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Text -- Revelation 18:16-24 (NET)

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18:16 saying, “Woe, woe, O great city– dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet clothing, and adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls18:17 because in a single hour such great wealth has been destroyed!” And every ship’s captain, and all who sail along the coast– seamen, and all who make their living from the sea, stood a long way off 18:18 and began to shout when they saw the smoke from the fire that burned her up, “Who is like the great city?” 18:19 And they threw dust on their heads and were shouting with weeping and mourning, “Woe, Woe, O great city– in which all those who had ships on the sea got rich from her wealth– because in a single hour she has been destroyed!” 18:20 (Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, for God has pronounced judgment against her on your behalf!) 18:21 Then one powerful angel picked up a stone like a huge millstone, threw it into the sea, and said, “With this kind of sudden violent force Babylon the great city will be thrown down and it will never be found again! 18:22 And the sound of the harpists, musicians, flute players, and trumpeters will never be heard in you again. No craftsman who practices any trade will ever be found in you again; the noise of a mill will never be heard in you again. 18:23 Even the light from a lamp will never shine in you again! The voices of the bridegroom and his bride will never be heard in you again. For your merchants were the tycoons of the world, because all the nations were deceived by your magic spells! 18:24 The blood of the saints and prophets was found in her, along with the blood of all those who had been killed on the earth.”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Babylon a country of Babylon in lower Mesopotamia


Dictionary Themes and Topics: REVELATION OF JOHN | Vision | Babylon | Angel | BABYLON IN THE NEW TESTAMENT | SHIPS AND BOATS | TRADE | Saints | STONES, PRECIOUS | BISHOP | MARRIAGE | MILL; MILLSTONE | HANDICRAFT | Colors | Merchant | Music | Pearl | Minister | Mill | Harp | more
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NET Notes: Rev 18:16 Grk “gilded with gold” (an instance of semantic reinforcement, see L&N 49.29).

NET Notes: Rev 18:17 Grk “and as many as.”

NET Notes: Rev 18:18 Grk “from the burning of her, saying.” For the translation “the smoke from the fire that burned her up,” see L&N 14.63. He...

NET Notes: Rev 18:19 On ἡρημώθη (Jhrhmwqh) L&N 20.41 states, “to suffer destruction, with the implication of being deserted ...

NET Notes: Rev 18:20 This verse forms a parenthetical aside in the narrative.

NET Notes: Rev 18:21 Thrown down is a play on both the words and the action. The angel’s action with the stone illustrates the kind of sudden violent force with whic...

NET Notes: Rev 18:22 This is a different Greek word (μύλος, mulos) from the one for the millstone in v. 21 (μύλινο&#...

NET Notes: Rev 18:23 On the term φαρμακεία (farmakeia, “magic spells”) see L&N 53.100: “the use of magic...

NET Notes: Rev 18:24 Grk “and of all.” The phrase “along with the blood” has been repeated from the previous clause for stylistic reasons.

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