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Revelation 18:10 KJV
Revelation · chapter 18 · verse 10
Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.Revelation 18:10 · King James Version
Revelation 18:10 in context
8Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
9And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
10Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
11And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
12The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
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Key words (Strong's)
- Standinghistēmito cause or make to stand, to place, put, set, to bid to stand by, [set up], in the…G2476 →
- tormentbasanismosto torture, a testing by the touchstone, which is a black siliceous stone used to test…G929 →
- BabylonbabylōnBabylon = " confusion" , a very large and famous city, the residence of the…G897 →
- sayinglegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- greatmegasgreat, of the external form or sensible appearance of things , in particular, of space…G3173 →
- afarmakrothenfrom afar, afarG3113 →
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Here we have, I. A doleful lamentation made by Babylon's friends for her fall; and here observe, 1. Who are the mourners, namely, those who had been bewitched by her fornication, those who had been sharers in her sensual pleasures, and those who had been gainers by her wealth and trade - the kings and the merchants of…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-24