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 lamentation which it calls forth. As was suggested on Revelation 17, we may believe that the songs of th... [ Continue Reading ]
FALLEN] cp. Revelation 14:8; Isaiah 21:9. HABITATION] cp. Isaiah 13:21; Isaiah 34:13. CAGE] RV 'hold,' i.e. prison.... [ Continue Reading ]
RV 'For by the wine of all the nations are fallen': cp. Revelation 14:8; Revelation 17:2. ABUNDANCE OF HER DELICACIES] RV 'power of her wantonness.' 4-8. God's people are commanded to come out of Babylon as, before, they were warned to quit Jerusalem: cp. Jeremiah 51:45; Matthew 24:16. So, spiritua... [ Continue Reading ]
REMEMBERED] cp. Revelation 16:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
REWARD HER] RV 'Render unto her': a command to the ministers of God's wrath. REWARDED YOU] RV 'rendered': cp. Psalms 137:8. DOUBLE] i.e. very great sin calls forth very great punishment: cp. Jeremiah 16:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIVED DELICIOUSLY] RV 'waxed wanton.' SAITH] cp. Isaiah 47:5. 9-20. Dirge of those who loved the wicked city. The writer evidently had in his mind Ezekiel 26. (of Tyre). The dirge is suddenly overmastered (Revelation 18:20) by the exultation of those she has oppressed.... [ Continue Reading ]
DELICIOUSLY] RV 'wantonly.' 11. Rome was not a trading city, but must have been a great buyer of luxuries.... [ Continue Reading ]
THYINE WOOD] a very hard, fragrant wood, specially valued by the Greeks and Romans as a material for tables (HDB.).... [ Continue Reading ]
CINNAMON] RV 'cinnamon, and spice.' ODOURS] RV' incense.' BEASTS] RV' cattle.'... [ Continue Reading ]
GOODLY] RV 'sumptuous.' 20. _Ye_ HOLY APOSTLES] RV 'ye saints, and ye apostles,'—SS. Peter and Paul were put to death at Rome. AVENGED YOU] RV 'judged your judgment.' 21-24. An angel compares the casting down of Babylon to the casting down of a millstone into the sea, i.e. it shall be sudden, and... [ Continue Reading ]