REVELATION 18. THE DIRGE OVER THE FALLEN CITY. This chapter contains a very fine threnody over Rome after her fall. It describes her desolation and ruin and the paralysis of her trade and commerce.... [ Continue Reading ]
REVELATION 18:1. ANOTHER ANGEL: we have no means of identifying this angel of doom. Revelation 18:2. habitation. bird: _ cf_. Isaiah 13:21 f; Isaiah 34:14, where the rained cities of Babylon and Edom become the haunts of unclean spirits. Revelation 18:3. kings of the earth: Revelation 17:2 *. Reve... [ Continue Reading ]
REVELATION 18:13. CINNAMON: probably not the spice now called by that name but an unguent or cosmetic used as a perfume. CHARIOTS: a fashionable kind of equipage much used in Rome by the wealthy classes. SOULS OF MEN: the Gr. phrase does not refer to what we mean when we use the term soul. It denote... [ Continue Reading ]
THE REJOICING IN HEAVEN OVER THE FALL OF ROME. Revelation 18:20. judged your judgement: vindicated the cause of the Christian Church against Rome. REVELATION 18:21. TOOK UP A STONE: a symbolical action to represent the utter destruction of the city (_cf._ Jeremiah 51:63 f.). As this stone is flun... [ Continue Reading ]