Revelation 16:20 - Exposition

And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. This continues the description of the earthquake in Revelation 16:18 , the parenthesis concerning Babylon occurring owing to the mention of the destruction of the city (cf. the account given under the sixth seal). Such convulsions of nature generally, in biblical descriptions, accompany the near approach of the last judgment. Some writers interpret the islands and mountains of kingdoms (cf. Revelation 17:9 , Revelation 17:10 ).