As Harkrider says, "There will 'no more' be the amusement life, business life, or even the home life which existed in the arrogant, rebellious" city of John's revelation. The reason all this comes to an end is threefold. The merchants of the wicked, worldly city had made profit their sole ambition, the nations of the earth were deceived by her worldly ways and slew God's spokesmen.
REVELATION 18:22 kai. pa/j tecni,thj pa,shj te,cnhj {B} The absence of pa,shj te,cnhj in a A copbo is probably accidental; the words are adequately attested by C P 046 051 most minuscules itgig vg sy...
Verse Revelation 18:22. _THE VOICE OF HARPERS_, c.] This seems to indicate not only a total destruction of influence, c., but also of _being_. It seems as if this city was to be _swallowed up by an ea...
AND THE VOICE OF HARPERS - Those who play on the harp. This was usually accompanied with singing. The idea, in this verse and the following, is substantially the same as in the previous parts of the c...
CHAPTER 18 Revelation 18:1 . Babylon is now seen under another aspect. In the former chapter we have the religious center of Rome and her wicked idolatries, in the present chapter it includes also th...
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 act...
And a strong angel lifted a stone like a great mill-stone, and cast it into the sea. "Thus, he said, "with a rush Babylon the great city will be cast down, and will never again be found. The sound of...
THE DOOM OF ROME (Revelation 18:1-3)...
ANY MORE. no more, as above....
_the voice of harpers_&c. Isaiah 14:11, of Babylon, Ezekiel 26:13, of Tyre, are certainly parallels: compare also Isaiah 24:8, which is as similar as the passages of Jeremiah referred to on the follow...
ΠΆΣΗΣ ΤΈΧΝΗΣ. אA cop[681] omit. [681] Coptic. ΜΎΛΟΝ. C has μύθον. 22. ΦΩΝῊ ΚΙΘΑΡΩΙΔΩ͂Ν. Isaiah 14:11, of Babylon, Ezekiel 26:13, of Tyre, are certainly parallels: compare also Isaiah 24:8, which is...
THE REJOICING OVER HER IN HEAVEN...
_GREAT JOY AT THE SIGHT OF BABYLON'S RUIN -- REVELATION 18:20-24:_ The righteous were affected very differently by the fall of Rome. God's people were to celebrate the fact that He had executed vengea...
ΚΙΘΑΡΩΔΌΣ (G2790) игрок на арфе, ΜΟΥΣΙΚΌΣ (G3451) музыкальный, музыкант. Имеется в виду человек, имеющий навыки музыканта, здесь это может быть либо игрок, либо певец (Swete). ΑΎΛΉΤΗΣ (G834) флейтис...
A MIGHTY ANGEL TOOK UP A STONE, &C.— Farther to confirm the sudden fall and irrecoverable destruction of Rome, an emblem is given, similar to that in Jeremiah 51:63. _A mighty angel casteth a milstone...
_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ CHAPTER XVIII BABYLON IS FALLEN _Text (Revelation 18:1-24)_ 1 After these things I saw another angel coming down out of heaven, having great authority; and the earth was light...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 60 Text Revelation 18:21-24 21 And a strong angel took up a stone as it were a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with a mighty fall shall Babylon, the...
And the voice of harpers and musicians and of pipers and trumpeters shall be heard no more at all in And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at...
__ Temple Section-Babylon's Destruction 16 "Gilded" seems to be a figure for all mere outward show, for it is with gold, and precious stones and pearls. 21 In the East the millstone is used to grin...
THE FALL OF BABYLON In the last c., the fall of Rome, and the manner of its fall, were prophetically announced. In this c., the greatness of the tragedy is shown by songs of thanksgiving and of lamen...
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 18 THE FUNERAL OF BABYLON - REVELATION 18:1-24 V1 Then I saw another *angel come down from heaven. This *angel had great power. The...
AND THE VOICE OF HARPERS... — Better, _the sound_,.. The sounds of mirth and triumph, &c., cease: _the sound of harpers, and musicians, and flute-players, and trumpeters, shall not be heard in thee_ A...
CHAPTER XIV. THE FALL OF BABYLON. Revelation 18:1. BABYLON has fallen. We have now the Divine proclamation of her fate, and the lamentation of the world over the doom to which she has been consigne...
μουσικῶν “minstrels or musicians” (1Ma 9:41); the occurrence of the generic term among the specific is certainly awkward and would favour the rendering “singers” (Bengel, Holtzm.) in almost any other...
Revelation 18:21-24 : a rhythmic song of doom, introduced by a symbolic action partly imitated from Jeremiah 51:63-64....
FALLEN LIKE A STONE INTO THE SEA Revelation 18:14 This section delineates the utter desolation which will ensue when the judgments of God have finished their mission against professing but unfaithful...
The vision of the destruction of Babylon as directly resulting from the government of God is now given. It is announced, "Fallen is Babylon." Her condition is described as that of a habitation of demo...
(14) And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft [he be], shall be found any more in thee; and...
(21) And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. (2...
It is necessary that we should all bear in mind, if we have not observed it before, that Revelation 17:1-18 does not pursue the chronological course of the prophecy. It is a description, and not one o...
Babylon Has Fallen Psalms 13:2...How long will my enemy be exalted over me? (NKJV) Psalms 35:17 Lord, how long will You look on?... (NKJV) Psalms 74:10 O God, how long will the adversary reproach? Wil...
Chapter 18 announces the judgment. The one difficulty here is Verse 4 (Revelation 18:4), coming where it is; but, as every difficulty in scripture, it leads into further light. The destruction of Baby...
AND THE VOICE OF HARPERS, AND MUSICIANS, AND OF PIPERS AND TRUMPETERS,.... Which were for mirth, delight, and pleasure: SHALL BE HEARD NO MORE AT ALL IN THEE: the words seem to be taken from Isaiah 2...
And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft _he be_, shall be found any more in thee; and the s...
_The voice of harpers_ Players on stringed instruments; _and musicians_ Skilful singers in particular; _and pipers_ Who played on flutes, chiefly on mournful, whereas _trumpeters_ played on joyful occ...
THE SOUND OF A MILLSTONE; compare Jeremiah 25:10. The orientals grind their meal daily in hand-mills. The cessation of the sound of the millstone is therefore a sign of utter desolation....
AND THE VOICE OF HARPERS AND MUSICIANS AND OF PIPERS AND TRUMPETERS SHALL BE HEARD NO MORE AT ALL IN THEE; AND NO CRAFTSMAN, OF WHATSOEVER CRAFT HE BE, SHALL BE FOUND ANY MORE IN THEE; AND THE SOUND O...
The punishment completed:...
GOD'S JUDGMENT OF GREAT BABYLON In Revelation 17:1 we have seen that the destruction of Great Babylon is by the hand of the Beast and his ten horns. Now, in Revelation 18:1, the judgment is seen to be...
_ 22 The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters shall not be heard in you anymore. No craftsman of any craft shall be found in you anymore, and the sound of a millstone shall not be he...
20-24 That which is matter of rejoicing to the servants of God on earth, is matter of rejoicing to the angels in heaven. The apostles, who are honoured and daily worshipped at Rome in an idolatrous m...
Ver. 22,23. AND THE VOICE OF HARPERS, &C., SHALL BE HEARD NO MORE AT ALL IN THEE; all these seem to me but the expression of an utter ruin and desolation, by various phrases and expressions; they shou...
Revelation 18:22 G2532 sound G5456 harpists G2790 G2532 musicians G3451 G2532 flutists G834 and G2532 trumpe
‘And the sound (voice) of harpists and minstrels and flute-players and trumpeters will no more at all be heard in you, and no craftsman of whatever craft will be found any more at all in you, and the...
Revelation 18:22-24. The destruction spoken of is enlarged on in strains of touching eloquence, but it is unnecessary to dwell on the particulars. They include everything belonging either to the busin...
THE VOICE (φωνη). Cf. Ezekiel 26:13. Or "sound" as in 1 Corinthians 14:8 with σαλπιγξ (trumpet). For this song of judgment see Jeremiah 25:10.OF HARPERS (κιθαρωιδων). Old word (from κιθαρα, har...
VOICE Compare (Isaiah 24:8). Contrast (Revelation 14:1)....
We have no difficulty in knowing to what city this great Babylon refers, for the Church of Rome, in the plenitude of its wisdom, has taken the title to itself in attempting to claim that Peter was the...
May the Spirit of God take away the veil from our eyes while we read what was revealed to the beloved apostle John! Here we have the prophecy of the destruction of the great anti-Christian system of B...
CONTENTS: Last form of apostate Christendom and the warning to God's people. The human and the angelic views of Babylon. CONCLUSION: As there is to be an ecclesiastical Babylon («confusion») heading u...
Revelation 18:1. _Another angel came down from heaven and the earth was lightened with his glory._ This was an angel of the highest order, _having great power._ It may be the Lord himself, the mission...
THEN A MIGHTY ANGEL. The large stone is _thrown down_ to the bottom of the sea where no one can retrieve it! This is symbolic that Babylon will be found "never again!" [God continually judges "society...
Another voice from heaven bids the people of God to come out of her, for her sins have reached unto heaven. God's people must ever be a separate people, not conformed to the world, but transformed. Th...
FOR the reasons given at the foot of page 553, no suggestions for exegetical or homiletical treatment are given in connection with chap. 18...
EXPOSITION REVELATION 18:1 AND AFTER THESE THINGS I SAW ANOTHER ANGEL COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN; _after _[omitting "and"]… _coming down, _etc. The usual form of introduction to a new vision (cf. Revelat...
_21 AND A MIGHTY ANGEL TOOK UP A STONE LIKE A GREAT MILLSTONE, AND CAST IT INTO THE SEA, SAYING, THUS WITH VIOLENCE SHALL THAT GREAT CITY BABYLON BE THROWN DOWN, AND SHALL BE FOUND NO MORE AT ALL._...
CHAPTER 18 - BABYLON THE GREAT EXPLAINED The focus of the previous chapter was about the judgment of the harlot religious system that rode the Beast. The main focus of this chapter will be about the j...
Now after these things I saw another angel (Revelation 18:1) It may be one of the seven. It doesn't really declare or it could be outside of the seven. It is just another angel as far as we know. com...
Ezekiel 26:13; Isaiah 24:8; Isaiah 24:9; Jeremiah 16:9; Jeremiah 25:10
Harpers. See on ch. Revelation 14:2. Musicians [μ ο υ σ ι κ ω ν] Only here in the New Testament. There seems to be no special reason for changing the rendering to minstrels, as Rev. The term music had...
MYSTIC AND COMMERCIAL BABYLON Revelation 17:1 _and Revelation 18:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS The seventeenth chapter of Revelation discusses what we call mystic Babylon; and the eighteenth presents commer...
And the voice of harpers — Players on stringed instruments. And musicians — Skilful singers in particular. And pipers — Who played on flutes, chiefly on mournful, whereas trumpeters played on joyful,...