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Verse Revelation 18:16. _CLOTHED IN FINE LINEN, AND PURPLE_, c.] The
verb περιβαλλεσθαι, which we here translate _clothed_,
signifies often _to abound, be enriched, laden with_, and is so used
by the...
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AND SAYING, ALAS, ALAS ... - notes on Revelation 18:10.
THAT WAS CLOTHED IN FINE LINEN - In the previous description
Revelation 18:12, these are mentioned as articles of traffic; here the
city, under...
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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...
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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 class...
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THE DOOM OF ROME (Revelation 18:1-3)...
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And the merchants of the earth will weep and lament over her, for no
one buys their cargo any more, the cargo of gold and of silver and of
precious stones and of pearls, of fine linen and of purple an...
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AND. Omit.
ALAS, ALAS,. Woe! woe! as Revelation 18:10 and Revelation 18:19.
THAT. the.
STONES. stone....
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_Alas, alas_ See on Revelation 18:10.
_decked_ Lit., GILDED, as at Revelation 17:4.
_stones … pearls_ Both these words should be collective singulars....
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ΚΕΧΡΥΣΩΜΈΝΗ. א has κεχρυσωμένον.
16. ΚΕΧΡΥΣΩΜΈΝΗ. See on Revelation 17:4....
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THE LAMENTATION OVER HER ON EARTH...
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_A GREAT LAMENTATION BY KINGS AND MERCHANTS REVELATION 18:9-16:_ The
rulers and leaders of the earth that had joined Rome in her
worldliness wept and lamented. They wept because they had enjoyed the
s...
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ΛΈΓΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004)
говорить,
ΠΕΡΙΒΕΒΛΗΜΈΝΗ _perf. pass. part. (adj.) от_
ΠΕΡΙΒΆΛΛΩ (G4016) набрасывать, облачать,
ΒΎΣΣΙΝΟΣ (G1039) лен.
ΠΟΡΦΥΡΟΎΣ (G4210) пурпур, пурпурное...
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AND THE KINGS OF THE EARTH, &C.— In the very solemn manner described
in the verses before us, by an angel, and by a voice from heaven, is
declared the fall of Rome, and her destruction by fire; and th...
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_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...
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Strauss-' Comments
SECTION 59
Text Revelation 18:1-20
After these things I saw another angel coming down out of heaven,
having great authority; and the earth was lightened with his glory. 2
And he cr...
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And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine
linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious
stones, and pearls!
AND. So Vulgate, Andreas; but 'Aleph (') A...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(4-20) The voice out of heaven warns the faithful to leave her, and
describes her fall....
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(15-17) THE MERCHANTS OF THESE THINGS... — The description is
resumed. The merchants stand like the kings (see Revelation 18:10)
afar off, because of the fear of her torment, saying, “Woe! woe!
(or, a...
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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...
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Revelation 18:9-20 : the wailing on earth, by kings (Revelation
18:9-10), merchants (at length, 11 16), and seafaring men (Revelation
18:17-20), imitated from the finer and more elaborate passag
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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...
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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...
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a There was nothing the merchants could do but stand fearfully in the
distance and mourn their own loss of a great customer. Like the
prodigal who had many friends while the money lasted (Luke 15:13-1...
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(9) And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and
lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when
they shall see the smoke of her burning, (10) Standing afar of...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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AND SAYING, ALAS, ALAS! THAT GREAT CITY,..... Using the same words the
kings of the earth do, Revelation 18:10 only adding, suitable to their
characters as merchants, and the things they traded in wit...
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And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine
linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious
stones, and pearls!
Ver. 16. _With gold and precious stones_] All...
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_The merchants, ship-masters, and sailors, and as many as trade by
sea, weep and wail_ For they can no longer import or export
commodities for her, or convey strangers to and fro, for there is an
end...
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ALAS, ALAS; showing the vast interests which multitudes of the
votaries of wealth, fashion, and pleasure had in her continuance, and
their disappointment, sorrow, vexation, and despair at her downfall...
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This description of the articles in which Babylon trafficked with the
nations, and the lamentation of the kings and merchants of the earth
over her fall, agrees in many respects with the prophecy of t...
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AND SAYING, ALAS, ALAS, THAT GREAT CITY, THAT WAS CLOTHED IN FINE
LINEN AND PURPLE AND SCARLET, AND DECKED WITH GOLD AND PRECIOUS STONES
AND PEARLS!...
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These features are so prominent that they are treated in another
paragraph:...
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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...
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_ 15 The merchants of these things, who became rich by her, will stand
at a distance for fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, 16and
saying, ‘Alas, alas, that great city that was clothed in fine l...
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9-19 The mourners had shared Babylon's sensual pleasures, and gained
by her wealth and trade. The kings of the earth, whom she flattered
into idolatry, allowing them to be tyrannical over their subje...
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ALAS, ALAS THAT GREAT CITY! The Church of Rome, that was so gay, and
splendid, and rich, and glorious....
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‘The merchants of these things who were made rich by her will stand
far off for fear of her torments, weeping and mourning, saying,
“Woe, woe, the great city. She who was arrayed in fine linen, and
pu...
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LAMENTATION OVER BABYLON THE GREAT BY THE SELF-SEEKERS (REVELATION
18:9).
We have witnessed the fall of Babylon the Great, now we witness the
‘grief' of her ‘friends'. The kings, the merchants and the...
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For the Woe see verses Revelation 18:10; Revelation 18:19. For the
next clause see Revelation 17:4 with the addition here of
βυσσινον ...
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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...
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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...
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THE BUSINESSMEN OF THE EARTH. The businessmen cry and mourn, because
their goods have suddenly become worthless! Most of the list of goods
are luxuries for a pleasure-mad world! These include _slaves...
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REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 18:9 Laments come from kings,
merchants, and sailors who profited from Babylon’s power and wealth.
⇐...
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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...
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FOR the reasons given at the foot of page 553, no suggestions for
exegetical or homiletical treatment are given in connection with chap.
18...
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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...
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_15 THE MERCHANTS OF THESE THINGS, WHICH WERE MADE RICH BY HER,
SHALL STAND AFAR OFF FOR THE FEAR OF HER TORMENT, WEEPING AND
WAILING,_
_ 16 AND SAYING, ALAS, ALAS, THAT GREAT CITY, THAT WAS CLOTHE...
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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...
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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...
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Luke 16:19; Revelation 17:4; Revelation 18:10; Revelation 18:11...
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Decked [κ ε χ ρ υ σ ω μ ε ν η]. See on ch. Revelation 17:4....
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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...