启示录 18:4-6 CUNPSS

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 18:1-24

The overthrow of wickedness. This, in symbolic form, is the real subject of this chapter. Wickedness shall be utterly and forever destroyed. I. A GLORIOUS ANGEL PROCLAIMS THIS . (Cf. Revelation 18:1 as to this angel.) Then such overthrow must be: 1 . Righteous. 2 . Blessed. 3 . Divine. Had it been possible for men to affect this, it would have been done long since. II. GOD 'S PEOPLE RECEIVE COMMAND . 1 . To separate themselves from sin. From... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 18:4

And I heard another voice from heaven, saying. Probably the voice of another angel in succession to the one mentioned in Revelation 18:1 . Another angel takes up the theme, because the message is now directly addressed to Christians. Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. The angel says, "my people," because he is representing God. These words, resembling Isaiah 48:20 ; Isaiah 52:1-15 :l; Jeremiah 1:8 ; and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 18:4

The fall of Babylon. "Come out of her, my people." This is not the sole similar warning which Scripture contains. Cf. the warning to Lot to come out of Sodom; the warning to Israel to come away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, etc.; the warning to God's people ( Jeremiah 51:45 ) to come away from Babylon, the old literal Babylon: "My people, go ye out of her, and deliver ye every man his soul." And now we have the same warning concerning the Babylon told of in this chapter. Inquire,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 18:5

For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. That is, the accumulation of sin is so great as to reach up to the heaven. Exactly the description of the judgment of Babylon given in Jeremiah 51:9 , "Forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country; for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies." The last part of the verse is a repetition of Revelation 16:19 . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 18:6

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. "You" is omitted in all the best manuscripts. The second "unto her," though supported by P, Syriac, Coptic, is omitted in א , A, B, C, etc.: Render to her as she also rendered, and double the doubled things according to her works, etc. The description of God's judgment is still founded on the denunciations against Babylon in Jeremiah (see Jeremiah... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 18:4

And I heard another voice from heaven - He does not say whether this was the voice of an angel, but the idea seems rather to be that it is the voice of God.Come out of her, my people - The reasons for this, as immediately stated, are two:(a)That they might not participate in her sins; and,(b)That they might not be involved in the ruin that would come upon her.The language seems to be derived from such passages in the Old Testament as the following: “Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 18:5

For her sins have reached unto heaven - So in Jeremiah 51:9, speaking of Babylon, it is said, “For her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.” The meaning is not that the sins of this mystical Babylon were like a mass or pile so high as to reach to heaven, but that it had become so prominent as to attract the attention of God. Compare Genesis 4:10, “The voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.” See also Genesis 18:20.And God hath remembered her... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 18:6

Reward her even as she rewarded you - It is not said to whom this command is addressed, but it would seem to be to those who had been persecuted and wronged. Applied to mystical Babylon - papal Rome - it would seem to be a call on the nations that had been so long under her sway, and among whom, from time to time, so much blood had been shed by her, to arise now in their might, and to inflict deserved vengeance. See the notes on Revelation 17:16-17.And double unto her double according to her... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 18:4-6

Revelation 18:4-6. And I heard another voice from heaven Probably the voice of Christ, graciously warning his people of their danger of being infected by the prevailing corruptions of the mystical Babylon, and, in consequence thereof, of being involved in her ruin; saying, Come out of her, my people Immediately forsake the communion of so corrupt a church; that ye be not partakers of her sins Which you surely will be if you do not separate yourselves from her; and that ye receive not of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Revelation 18:1-8

Fall of Babylon (18:1-8)The overthrow of human society in its worldwide opposition to God is announced as if it were the fall of the great and proud city of Babylon. The announcement, in the form of a funeral song, gives Christians a vivid picture of the world system in which they live. As they see the world as God sees it, they should want to avoid its dangers and live according to the principles of God’s kingdom.Once the commercial centre of the world, the city is now ruined and deserted,... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 18:1-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 18:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 18:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 18:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 18:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 18:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 18:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 18:6

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 18:4-6

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Revelation 18:1-8

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