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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Revelation 18

Chapter 18

And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.

I saw

17:1

and the

21:23 Isaiah 60:1-3 Ezekiel 43:2 Luke 17:24 2 Thessalonians 2:8

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.

cried

1:15 5:2 10:3 14:15 Jeremiah 25:30 Joel 3:16

Babylon

10,21 14:8 16:19 17:5,18 Isaiah 13:19 21:9 Jeremiah 51:8,60-64

become

Leviticus 11:13-19 Isaiah 13:20-22 14:23 21:8 34:11-15 Jeremiah 50:39,40 Jeremiah 51:37 Mark 5:3-5 Luke 8:27,28

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 abundance of her delicacies.

all

9 14:8 17:2 Jeremiah 51:7

the merchants

11-17,23 Isaiah 47:15 2 Peter 2:1-3

abundance

or, power.

Proverbs 23:1-3

her delicacies

Jeremiah 51:34 Lamentations 4:5 Luke 7:25

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.

Come

Genesis 19:12,13 Numbers 16:26,27 Isaiah 48:20 52:11 Jeremiah 50:8 51:6,45,50 Matthew 24:15,16 2 Corinthians 6:17

partakers

Psalms 50:18 Matthew 23:30 1 Timothy 5:22 2 John 1:11

For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.

reached

Genesis 18:20,21 2 Chronicles 28:9 Ezra 9:6 Jeremiah 51:9 Jonah 1:2

and

16:19

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.

Reward

13:10 16:5,6 Exodus 21:23-25 Psalms 137:8 Jeremiah 50:15,29 51:24,49 2 Timothy 4:14

double unto

Isaiah 40:2 61:7 Jeremiah 16:18 17:18 Zechariah 9:12

the cup

14:10 16:19 17:2,4

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.

much she

Isaiah 22:12-14 47:1,2,7-9 Ezekiel 28:2-10 Zephaniah 2:15 2 Thessalonians 2:4-8

I sit

Psalms 45:9 Jeremiah 13:18

no widow

Isaiah 47:7,8 Lamentations 1:1

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.

shall her

10,17,19 Isaiah 47:9-11 Jeremiah 51:6

and she

9 17:18 19:3 Jeremiah 51:58

for

11:17 Job 9:19 Psalms 62:11 Isaiah 27:1 Jeremiah 50:31,34 1 Corinthians 10:22

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,

the kings

3,7 17:2,12,13

shall bewail

20 Psalms 58:10 Jeremiah 50:46 Ezekiel 26:16,17 32:9,10 Daniel 4:14 Zechariah 11:2,3

the smoke

18 14:11 19:3 Genesis 19:28 Deuteronomy 29:23 Isaiah 13:19 30:33 34:9,10 Jeremiah 50:40

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

afar

Numbers 16:34

Alas

16,19 Jeremiah 30:7 Joel 1:15 Amos 5:16

that great

14:8 Isaiah 21:9

for

8,17,19 Jeremiah 51:8,9

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

the merchants

3,9,15,20,23 13:16,17 Isaiah 23:1-15 47:15 Ezekiel 26:17-21 27:27-36 Zephaniah 1:11,18

buyeth

Proverbs 3:14 Matthew 22:5 John 2:16 2 Peter 2:3

The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,

merchandise

17:4 1 Kings 10:11,12 Proverbs 8:10,11 Ezekiel 27:5-25

thyine

or, sweet.

1 Kings 10:11 2 Chronicles 2:8

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 men.

cinnamon

1 Kings 10:10,15,25 2 Chronicles 9:9 Proverbs 7:17 Song of Solomon 1:3 4:13,14 5:5 Amos 6:6 John 12:3-8

slaves

or, bodies.

Exodus 21:16 Deuteronomy 24:7 28:68 Nehemiah 5:4,5,8 Isaiah 50:1 Ezekiel 27:13 Amos 2:6 Amos 8:6 1 Timothy 1:10

and souls

2 Peter 2:3

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.

thy soul

Numbers 11:4,34 Psalms 78:18 106:14 1 Corinthians 10:6 James 4:2 1 John 2:16,17

departed

Luke 12:20 16:25

The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,

which

3,11 Hosea 12:7,8 Zechariah 11:5 Mark 11:17 Acts 16:19 19:24-27

shall

11 Judges 18:23,24 Ezekiel 27:31 Amos 5:16,17

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!

Alas

10,11 17:4 Luke 16:19-31

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,

in one

10 Isaiah 47:9 Jeremiah 51:8 Lamentations 4:6

And every

11 Isaiah 23:14 Ezekiel 27:27-36 Jonah 1:6

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

when

9

What

10 13:4 Isaiah 23:8,9 Jeremiah 51:37 Ezekiel 27:30-32

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.

they cast

Joshua 7:6 1 Samuel 4:12 2 Samuel 13:19 Nehemiah 9:1 Job 2:12 Ezekiel 27:30

weeping

10,15,16

for

8

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

Rejoice

19:1-3 Judges 5:31 Psalms 48:11 58:10 96:11-13 107:42 109:28 Proverbs 11:10 Isaiah 44:23 49:13 Jeremiah 51:47,48

and ye

Ephesians 2:20 3:5 4:11 2 Peter 3:2 Jude 1:17

God

6:10 19:2 Deuteronomy 32:42 Psalms 18:47 94:1 Isaiah 26:21 Luke 11:49,50 18:7,8

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.

a mighty

Thus

Exodus 15:5 Nehemiah 9:11 Jeremiah 51:63,64

and shall

22 12:8 16:20 20:11 Job 20:8 Psalms 37:36 Ezekiel 26:21 Daniel 11:19

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;

the voice

Isaiah 24:8,9 Jeremiah 7:34 16:9 25:10 33:11 Ezekiel 26:13

And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.

the light

22:5 Job 21:17 Proverbs 4:18,19 24:20

the voice

22

thy merchants

3,11-19 Isaiah 23:8 Ezekiel 27:24,25,33,34

for

3,9 12:9 13:13-16 17:2,5 21:8 22:15 2 Kings 9:22 Isaiah 47:9 Nahum 3:4 Acts 8:11

And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.

in her

11:7 16:6 17:6 19:2 Jeremiah 2:34 Ezekiel 22:9,12,27 Daniel 7:21 Matthew 23:27 Luke 11:47-51 Acts 7:52 1 Thessalonians 2:15

were

Jeremiah 51:49