Book of Revelation Chapter by Chapter (#2b)
Revelation Chapters Seventeen And Eighteen A Two Part Study
- Foundation to the Rest of the Study -
Part Two - The City and Merchants
Revelation 18
Verse 1 - After these things I saw another angel descending out of heaven, having great authority; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
2 - And he cried out in a mighty voice, saying: "Fallen, Fallen is Babylon the great! And she has become a habitation of demons, and a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean bird, and a prison of every unclean creature also having been hated.
- the inner city? (which also imprisons the 'innocent')
3 - For of the wine of the wrath of the sexual immorality of her have drunk all the nations, and the kings of the earth with her have committed sexual immorality, and the merchants of the earth through the power of the luxury of her have been enriched.
4 - And I heard another voice from heaven, saying: "Come out of her, my people, so that you may not have fellowship in her sins, and so that you may not receive of her plagues.
5 - For her sins are heaped high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
- I think she shakes her fist at the heavens, and at God..
6 - Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.
7 - So much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, inflict on her as much torment and mourning, because in the heart of herself she says I sit as a queen, a widow I never am, and mourning never shall I see.
8 - Therefore her plagues will come in one day, death and misery and famine; and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her."
- Truth. Only what's built on The Rock can stand.
9 - And the kings of the earth, the ones having committed sexual immorality and having lived luxuriously with her, will weep and will wail for her when they see the smoke of her burning,
10 - standing from afar because of the fear of her torment, saying: "Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For in a single hour your judgment has come."
11 - And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn for her, because no one buys their cargo any longer--
12 - cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory and precious wood, of bronze, iron, and marble;
13 - of cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; of cattle, sheep, horses, and chariots; of slaves and souls of men.
14 - The fruit you longed for is gone from you, all your luxury and splendor have vanished, and you will find them no more.
15 - The merchants of these things, who became rich from her, will stand afar from her because of the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning,
16 - saying: "Woe, woe, the great city, having been clothed with fine linen and purple and scarlet, and having been adorned with gold and precious stone and pearl,
17 - For in one hour such great wealth has been made desolate. And every shipmaster, and all those sailing to a place, and sailors, and as many as trade by the sea, stood at a distance,
18 - And cried seeing the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
19 - And they cast dust upon their heads, as they weep and mourn, crying out, "Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who had ships at sea became rich by her wealth, For in one hour she has been brought to desolation."
20 - Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, for God hath avenged you on her.
21 - Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: "Thus Babylon will be cast down with violence, the great city, and shall be found no more".
22 - And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, and the sound of the mill will be heard in you no more,
23 - The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because by your sorcery all the nations were deceived."
24 - And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints and of ALL those having been slain on the earth.
Part One / Chapter by Chapter (#2a) - Revelation Chapter 17 - The Beast and the Harlot
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Book of Revelation Chapter by Chapter (#1)
Book of Revelation Chapter by Chapter (#2)
Revelation Chapters Seventeen And Eighteen - A Two Part Study
- Foundation to the Rest of the Study - Part One - The Beast and the Harlot
- Part Two - and Revelation Chapter to Chapter (#2b) - The City and Merchants
Book of Revelation Chapter by Chapter (#3) - HE is King
Revelation Chapter by Chapter (#4) - The Faith On Earth
Revelation Chapter by Chapter (#5) - The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse
Revelation Chapter by Chapter (#6) - Time Times And Half A Time
Revelation Chapter by Chapter (#4) - The Faith On Earth
Revelation Chapter by Chapter (#5) - The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse
Revelation Chapter by Chapter (#6) - Time Times And Half A Time
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