3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance2 of her delicacies.3

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4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

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5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. 6 1Reward her even as she rewarded

you, and

the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness. MARK, v. 2, 3: There met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains.

See on REV. xvii. 2.

Ver. 11, 15. ISA. xlvii. 15: Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.

h See on 2 Cor. vi. 17.

1 GEN. Xviii. 20, 21: The LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know. JER. li. 9: We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed-her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies. JONAH,

i. 2: Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

* REV. xvi. 19: Great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of

his wrath.

1 Ps. cxxxvii. 8: O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. JER. 1. 15, 29: Take vengeance upon her [Babylon]; as she hath done, do unto her. Recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her. do. li. 24, 49: And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD. As

double unto her double according to her works : in the m cup which she hath filled 4 fill 5 to her double.

7 How much she hath "glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no

sorrow.

8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.

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Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth. 2 TIM. iv. 14: Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works. REV. xiii. 10: He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword.

m See on REV. xiv. 10.

DEZEK. xxviii. 2, &c : Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God, &c.

• ISA. xlvii. 7, 8: Thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it. Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children. ZEP. ii. 15: This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his head.

P Ver. 10. ISA. xlvii. 9: These two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries.

9 REV. xvii. 16.

' Ps. lxii. 11: God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God. JER. 1. 34: Their Re

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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 off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for win one hour is thy judgment come.

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11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:

12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine "

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deemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. REV. xi. 17: We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.

s Ver. 3. EZEK. xxvi. 16, 17: Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee. And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it! REV. xvii. 2.

JER, 1. 46: At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations. " Ver. 18. REV. xix. 3. See on REV. xiv. 11.

See on REV. xiv. 8.

w Ver. 8, 17, 19.

* Ver. 3. EZEK. xxvii. 27, &c: Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin, &c.

Y REV. xvii. 4.

wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,

13 And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of

inen.

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14 And the 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.

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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, b that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!

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17 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,

7 bodies. A. V. 8 delicious. Dod. 9 splendid. Ded.

2 EZEK. xxvii. 13: Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.

a Ver. 3, 11.
b REV. xvii. 4.

© Ver. 10, 19.

d Isa. xxiii. 14: Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste. EZEK. Xxvii. 29-31: All that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land; and shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes: and they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.

18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, 'What city is like unto this great city!

19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

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20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.

21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a

• See on REV. xiv. 11.

REV. xiii. 4: They worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?

8 Jos. vii. 6: And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads. 1 SAM. iy. 12; And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head. 2 SAM. xiii. 19: And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying. JOB, ii. 12: They rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven, EZEK. xxvii. 30, 31: The words under ver. 17.

b See on REV. xii. 12.

DEUT. xxxii. 43: Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people : for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people. LUKE, Xi. 49, 50: Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute: that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, &c. do. xviii. 7, 8: And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? REV. vi. 10: And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? do. xix. 2.