And (1) after these things I saw another (2) angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. (1) The second passage (as I said before) See Revelation 17:1 of the history of Babylon, is of the woeful fall and ruin of that whore of Babylon. This historical... [ Continue Reading ]
(3) And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. (3) The prediction of her ruin, containing both the fall of Babylon, in this verse,... [ Continue Reading ]
(4) And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, (5) Come out of her, my people, that ye (6) be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. (4) The second prediction, which is of the circumstances of the ruin of Babylon: of these there are two types: one going before it, as... [ Continue Reading ]
For her sins have (a) reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. (a) He uses a word which signifies the following of sins one after another, and rising one of another in such sort, that they grow at length to such a heap, that they come up even to heaven.... [ Continue Reading ]
(7) Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. (7) The provocation of the godly, and the commandment of executing the judgment of God, stand on three causes which are here expressed: the unjust wickedn... [ Continue Reading ]
How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith (b) in her heart, I sit a queen, and am (c) no widow, and shall (d) see no sorrow. (b) With herself. (c) I am full of people and mighty. (d) I shall taste of none.... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore shall her plagues come in (e) one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong [is] the Lord God who judgeth her. (e) Shortly, and at one instant.... [ Continue Reading ]
And (8) 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, (8) The circumstances following the fall of Babylon, or the consequences of it (as I distinguished them in) See Revelatio... [ Continue Reading ]
(9) And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: (9) The lamentation of those that trade by land, as I distinguished before.... [ Continue Reading ]
(10) And the (f) fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all. (10) An apostrophe, or turning of the speech by imitation, used for more vehemence, as if those merchants, as mourn... [ Continue Reading ]
(11) For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, (11) The manner of mourning used by them that trade by sea.... [ Continue Reading ]
Rejoice over her, (12) [thou] heaven, and [ye] holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her. (12) The other consequence on the ruin of Babylon, is the exultation or rejoicing of the godly in heaven and in earth as was noted in this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
(13) 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. (13) The third prediction, as I said See Revelation 18:1 based on a sign, and the interpretation of... [ Continue Reading ]
(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 the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee; (14) The events are two, and one of... [ Continue Reading ]
And in her was found the (15) blood of prophets, (16) and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth. (15) That is shed by bloody massacres, and calling for vengeance. (16) That is, proved and found out, as if God had appointed a just inquiry concerning the impiety, unnaturalness and inj... [ Continue Reading ]