Revelation 18:23 - Exposition

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; of a lamp (cf. Jeremiah 25:10 , "I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle"). For thy merchants were the great men of the earth; were the princes. The cause of this overthrow is thus again stated. It is a repetition of the idea in Revelation 18:7 , Revelation 18:15 , Revelation 18:19 , "I sit a queen;" "The merchants which were made rich by her;" "That great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea" (cf. Isaiah 23:8 , "Whose merchants were princes;" also Ezekiel 27:20-22 ). For by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. The judgment is the result of the non-repentance of Revelation 9:21 .