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Revelation 18:3 KJV
Revelation · chapter 18 · verse 3
For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.Revelation 18:3 · King James Version
Revelation 18:3 in context
1And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
2And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
3For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
4And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
5For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- fornicationporneiaillicit sexual intercourse, adultery, fornication, homosexuality, lesbianism, intercourse…G4202 →
- fornicationporneuōto prostitute one's body to the lust of another, to give one's self to unlawful sexual…G4203 →
- merchantsemporosone on a journey, whether by sea or by land, esp. for trade, a merchant as opposed to a…G1713 →
- nationsethnosa multitude associated or living together, a company, troop, swarm, a multitude of…G1484 →
- drunkpinōto drink, figuratively, to receive into the soul what serves to refresh strengthen…G4095 →
- wraththymospassion, angry, heat, anger forthwith boiling up and soon subsiding again, glow, ardour…G2372 →
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The downfall and destruction of Babylon form an event so fully determined in the counsels of God, and of such consequence to his interests and glory, that the visions and predictions concerning it are repeated. 1. Here is another angel sent from heaven, attended with great power and lustre, Rev 18:1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8