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Text -- Revelation 18:1-8 (NET)
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Babylon is Destroyed
18:1 After these things I saw another angel , who possessed great authority , coming down out of heaven , and the earth was lit up by his radiance .
18:2 He shouted with a powerful voice : “Fallen , fallen , is Babylon the great ! She has become a lair for demons , a haunt for every unclean spirit , a haunt for every unclean bird , a haunt for every unclean and detested beast .
18:3 For all the nations have fallen from the wine of her immoral passion , and the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality with her , and the merchants of the earth have gotten rich from the power of her sensual behavior .”
18:4 Then I heard another voice from heaven saying , “Come out of her , my people , so you will not take part in her sins and so you will not receive her plagues ,
18:5 because her sins have piled up all the way to heaven and God has remembered her crimes .
18:6 Repay her the same way she repaid others; pay her back double corresponding to her deeds . In the cup she mixed , mix double the amount for her .
18:7 As much as she exalted herself and lived in sensual luxury , to this extent give her torment and grief because she said to herself , ‘I rule as queen and am no widow ; I will never experience grief !’
18:8 For this reason , she will experience her plagues in a single day : disease , mourning , and famine , and she will be burned down with fire , because the Lord God who judges her is powerful !”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Babylon |
Angel |
Vision |
REVELATION OF JOHN |
Cage |
Fellowship |
Pride |
Confidence |
BABYLON IN THE NEW TESTAMENT |
Commerce |
Associations |
ABOUND; ABUNDANCE; ABUNDANT; ABUNDANTLY |
Birds |
Holiness |
Wicked |
Security |
Merchant |
Alcohol |
God |
TRADE |
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NET Notes: Rev 18:1 Grk “glory”; but often in the sense of splendor, brightness, or radiance (see L&N 14.49).
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NET Notes: Rev 18:2 There are several problems in this verse. It seems that according to the ms evidence the first two phrases (i.e., “and a haunt for every unclean...
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NET Notes: Rev 18:4 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.
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NET Notes: Rev 18:6 On this term BDAG 252 s.v. διπλόω states, “to double τὰ διπλᾶ pay back double...
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