18:4 Then 1 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 2 up all the way to heaven 3 and God has remembered 4 her crimes. 5 18:6 Repay her the same way she repaid others; 6 pay her back double 7 corresponding to her deeds. In the cup she mixed, mix double the amount for her. 18:7 As much as 8 she exalted herself and lived in sensual luxury, 9 to this extent give her torment and grief because she said to herself, 10 ‘I rule as queen and am no widow; I will never experience grief!’
1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.
2 tn On ἐκολλήθησαν (ekollhqhsan) BDAG 556 s.v. κολλάω 2.a.β states, “fig. cling to = come in close contact with (cp. Ps 21:16; 43:26 ἐκολλήθη εἰς γῆν ἡ γαστὴρ ἡμῶν. The act.=‘bring into contact’ PGM 5, 457 κολλήσας τ. λίθον τῷ ὠτίῳ) ἐκολλήθησαν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ἄχρι τ. οὐρανοῦ the sins have touched the heaven = reached the sky (two exprs. are telescoped) Rv 18:5.”
3 tn Or “up to the sky” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).
4 tn That is, remembered her sins to execute judgment on them.
5 tn Or “her sins.”
3 tn The word “others” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.
4 tn On this term BDAG 252 s.v. διπλόω states, “to double τὰ διπλᾶ pay back double Rv 18:6.”
4 tn “As much as” is the translation of ὅσα (Josa).
5 tn On the term ἐστρηνίασεν (estrhniasen) BDAG 949 s.v. στρηνιάω states, “live in luxury, live sensually Rv 18:7. W. πορνεύειν vs. 9.”
6 tn Grk “said in her heart,” an idiom for saying something to oneself.