Revelation 19:2-3

19:2 because his judgments are true and just.

For he has judged the great prostitute

who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality,

and has avenged the blood of his servants poured out by her own hands!”

19:3 Then a second time the crowd shouted, “Hallelujah!” The smoke rises from her forever and ever.


tn Compare the similar phrase in Rev 16:7.

tn Or “has punished.” See BDAG 568 s.v. κρίνω 5.b.α, describing the OT background which involves both the vindication of the innocent and the punishment of the guilty.

tn See the note on the word “servants” in 1:1.

tn Grk “from her hand” (referring to her responsibility in causing the blood of God’s followers to be shed).

tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

tn Or “her smoke ascends forever and ever.”