Revelation 18:4-5 ASV

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

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

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

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 18:4

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

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 18:1-8

Revelation 18:1-8. I saw another angel, &c.— After the account of the state and condition of spiritual Babylon, here follows a description of her fall and destruction, in the same sublime and figurative style as Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel have foretold the fall of Babylon and Tyre, the types and emblems of this spiritual Babylon. A mighty and glorious angel descends from heaven, and proclaims (as in chap. Revelation 14:8.) the fall of... read more