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E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 18:1

And. Omit. after, &c. See Revelation 1:19 . saw . App-133 . another. App-124 . Not the speaker of Revelation 17:0 , but one invested with great authority and glory. come = coming. heaven. See Revelation 3:12 . power. App-172 . earth. App-129 . lightened. Greek. photizo. Compare App-130 . with. Same as "from", above. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 18:2

mightily. The texts read "with (Greek. en) a mighty (compare App-172 .) voice (Greek. phone) ". Babylon . . . fallen. See Revelation 14:8 . Isaiah 21:9 . Jeremiah 51:8 . the = a. habitation. Greek. katoiketerion. Only here and Ephesians 2:22 , which see. devils = demons. See App-101 . hold = prison, or cage, as below. See Revelation 2:10 ; Revelation 20:7 . foul = unclean, as below. spirit. App-101 . cage. See "hold" above. unclean. See "foul" above. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 18:3

nations = the nations. wine . . . wrath = furious wine. Figure of speech. Antimereia (of Noun). App-6 . have. Omit. are. Omit. through = by. Greek. ek. App-104 . abundance. App-172 .1; Rev 176:1 . delicacies = luxury. Greek. strenos. Only here in NT.; its verb only in verses: Revelation 7:9 . This identifies the city with that of Revelation 17:0 . In addition, it is here implied that Babylon will become the head-quarters of Spiritism, the habitation of demons, and the hold of every... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 18:4

another. App-124 . Come = Come forth. My People. See Jeremiah 50:4-9 , and compare Isaiah 10:20 , Isaiah 10:24 . that = in order that. Greek. hina. sins. App-128 . plagues. Greek. plege. See Revelation 13:3 (wound) and App-197 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 18:5

have, hath. Omit. reached. The texts read "joined" or "built together". unto = up to. God. App-98 . iniquities. App-128 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 18:1

REV:18The relationship of this chapter to the preceding one is generally admitted, although there are several views with regard to the exact nature of that relationship. That the judgment of the great whore is still under consideration seems certain; but Criswell thought that Revelation 18 deals with the particular "judgment of God himself upon Babylon,"[1] as sharply distinguished from the judgment of Revelation 17, in which "the nations of earth, not by the intervention of heaven, but by... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 18:2

And he cried with a mighty voice, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and is become a habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hateful bird.It should be noted that it is not merely the fall of Babylon (a symbol of pagan Rome) that is announced, but of "Babylon the great," the symbol of something far more extensive.Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great ... "Here is portrayed not merely the doom of an ancient city, but the sure collapse of... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 18:3

For by the wine of the wrath of her fornication all the nations are fallen; and the kings of the earth committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth waxed rich by the power of her wantonness.By the wine of the wrath of her fornication all the nations are fallen ... This places the blame squarely upon the harlot herself for the universal disaster about to fall. How is this so? The essence of this wine that at last intoxicates all mankind, especially the "ten kings" who are the... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 18:4

And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come forth, my people, out of her, that ye have no fellowship with her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues:Another voice from heaven ... See under the preceding verse for the reason behind this.Come forth, my people, out of her ... Amazing! Does God have people in the harlot church? Yes, nor should this surprise us. There were also saints in Sardis (Revelation 3:14), and much people who belonged to God even in pagan Nineveh (Jonah 4:11).... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 18:5

for her sins have reached even unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.For her sins have reached even unto heaven ... There is something resembling the quality of "glue" in the metaphor here. As Beckwith said, "The thought is not that the sins cleave to the skies, but that they cleave to each other, forming a mass reaching to heaven."[29] Moffatt saw it as a "gluing together of the leaves comprising a roll";[30] Rome's sins would make a roll reaching all the way to heaven! No... read more

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