Revelation 18:14

18:14 (The ripe fruit ¹  you greatly desired ² 

has gone from you,

and all your luxury ³  and splendor ⁴ 

have gone from you –

they will never ever be found again!) ⁵ 

Revelation 19:8

19:8 She was permitted to be dressed in bright, clean, fine linen” ⁶  (for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints). ⁷ 

[18:14]  ¹ tn On ὀπώρα (opwra) L&N 3.34 states, “ἡ ὀπώρα σου τῆς ἐπιθυμίας τῆς ψυχῆς ‘the ripe fruit for which you longed’ Re 18:14. In this one occurrence of ὀπώρα in the NT, ‘ripe fruit’ is to be understood in a figurative sense of ‘good things.’”

[18:14]  ² tn Grk “you desired in your soul.”

[18:14]  ³ tn On λιπαρός (liparo") BDAG 597 s.v. states, “luxury Rv 18:14.”

[18:14]  ⁴ tn On τὰ λαμπρά (ta lampra) BDAG 585 s.v. λαμπρός 4 states, “splendor…in which a rich man takes delight (cp. Jos., Ant. 12, 220 δωρεὰς δοὺς λαμπράς) Rv 18:14.”

[18:14]  ⁵ tn Verse 14 is set in parentheses because in it the city, Babylon, is addressed directly in second person.

[19:8]  ⁶ tn On the term translated “fine linen,” BDAG 185 s.v. βύσσινος states, “made of fine linen, subst. τὸ β. fine linen, linen garment…Rv 18:12…16; 19:8, 14.”

[19:8]  ⁷ sn This phrase is treated as a parenthetical explanation by the author.