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OET-RV by cross-referenced section REV 18:1

REV 18:1–19:4 ©

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Babylon’s fall

Rev 18:1—19:4

18After all that, I saw another messenger coming down from heaven. He had been given great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his radiance. 2He called out in a loud voice, saying, “The mighty Babylon has fallen and become a place for demons to live, and a prison for evil spirits and for every kind of scavenging and detestable bird.[fn][ref] 3All the nations have participated in her immoral passions, and the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have become wealthy from the power of her luxury.”[ref]

4Then I heard someone else from heaven saying,[ref]

“Come out from her, my people,

so that you won’t participate in her sins

and so that you won’t be on the receiving end of the plagues intended for her,

5because her pile of sins has reached up to heaven,[ref]

so God has noticed her wickedness.

6Pay her back in the way she’s treated others,[ref]

pay her back double for what she’s done.

Mix a double portion for her in her own cup.

7As much as she thought highly of herself and lived in luxury,[ref]

give her just as much torture and grief.

Because she tells herself

‘I sit like a queen,

I’m not a widow and will never have to grieve.’

8Because of that, her plagues will suddenly arrive one day,

death and grief and famine.

She’ll be burnt up by fire,

because it’s the powerful Yahweh God who has judged her.”

9The kings of the earth that had committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her, will weep and wail over her when they see the smoke of her burning.[ref] 10In their fear they’ll stand back at a distance and say,

“The famous city’s end won’t be good,

the powerful city of Babylon.

Because your judgement has come all at once.”

11The merchants on the earth will weep and mourn for her, because no one buys their goods anymore—[ref] 12gold and silver, precious stones and pearls, fine linen and purple cloth and silk and scarlet cloth, expensive wood and carved ivory containers and every kind of container made from the costliest wood and bronze and iron and marble,[ref] 13cinnamon and spice, incense and myrrh and frankincense, wine and oil and fine flour and wheat, cattle and sheep and horses, and chariots and slaves and people’s souls. 14People will say, “The good things the people of Babylon longed to have are gone. Their splendid and luxurious goods have been destroyed and won’t become available again.” 15The merchants who became rich selling those things will stand at a distance from her because of the fear of becoming included in her torment, weeping and mourning,[ref] 16saying, “That famous city that used to dress in fine linen and scarlet and be adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls has come to a bad end 17because so much wealth was destroyed in a single hour.”[ref]

Every captain of a ship, and all the passengers and sailors and others who work on the ocean will keep far away from the city 18and when they see the smoke from the burning city they’ll call out, “No other city has ever been so awesome.”[ref] 19Then they’ll throw dust on their heads (a Hebrew sign of mourning) and weep and mourn and cry out, “That incredible city where every ship owner became wealthy from valuable trade with her—she’s been destroyed in a single hour.”[ref]

20You in heaven celebrate, and also you believers and missionaries and prophets, because God has judged the city on your behalf.[ref]

21Then a powerful messenger picked up a stone the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “The famous city of Babylon will be violently thrown down just like that stone, and she’ll definitely never be seen again.[ref] 22The sounds of harpists and musicians and flutists and trumpeters will definitely never be heard in you again, and no more craftsmen will be seen in you, and the sound of grain being ground into flour will never be heard in you again.[ref] 23There definitely won’t be any more lamps illuminating you, nor will there be any more happy wedding sounds. Your merchants were the best in the world because all the nations were deceived by your witchcraft.

24The blood of the prophets and the believers and all the others who’ve been murdered can be found in that city.”[ref]

19After all that, I heard what sounded like a huge crowd in heaven, calling out, “Praise Yahweh—he’s saved us and all honour and power belong to him 2because his judgements are true and honest. He’s judged the famous prostitute who was corrupting the earth with her sexual immorality, and he’s avenged her for the murder of his slaves.”[ref] 3Then the crowd called out again, “Praise Yahweh. The smoke from her burning will keep rising throughout the ages.”[ref] 4Then the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures knelt down and worshipped God, the one sitting on the throne, saying, “May it be so. Praise Yahweh.”


18:2 There’s some manuscript variations here, and so some translations also mention wild animals.


Collected OET-RV cross-references

Isa 21:9:

9[ref]


21:9: Rev 14:8; 18:2.

Jer 51:8:

8

Rev 14:8:

8Then a second messenger followed, saying, “The powerful Babylon has fallen into ruins, the city that caused all the nations to drink from the wine of the passion of her immorality!”[ref]


14:8: Isa 21:9; Jer 51:8; Rev 18:2.

Isa 13:21:

21

Jer 50:39:

39[ref]


50:39: Rev 18:2.

Isa 23:17:

17

Jer 51:7:

7[ref]


51:7: Rev 17:2-4; 18:3.

Isa 48:20:


20[ref]


48:20: Rev 18:4.

Jer 50:8:

8[ref]


50:8: Rev 18:4.

51:6,45:

6 45

Gen 18:20-21:

20Then Yahweh said, “Because there’s so many people crying out about Sodom and Gomorrah, and because their sin is very grievous, 21I’ll go down there now and see if what I’ve heard about them is true, and if not, I’ll also find that out.”

Jer 51:9:

9[ref]


51:9: Rev 18:5.

Psa 137:8:


8You daughter of Babylon who will be destroyed

blessed be the one who repays you for what you did to us.[ref]


137:8: Rev 18:6.

Jer 50:29:

29[ref]


50:29: Rev 18:6.

Isa 47:7-9:

7

8[ref]

9


47:8-9: Rev 18:7-8.

Eze 26:16-17:

16Then all the leaders of the coastal kingdoms will step down from their thrones and remove their robes and take off their embroidered clothes. Instead, they’ll clothe themselves with trembling, they’ll sit on the ground and tremble every moment, and they’ll be appalled because of you. 17Then they’ll sing this song of mourning for you: and say to you,

How you, who were inhabited by sailors, have been destroyed.

The famous city that was so strong, it’s now gone from the sea.

The ones living in her once spread a terror about themselves upon everyone who lived nearby.

Eze 27:31,36:

31They’ll shave their heads bald for you and dress in rough sackcloth,[fn]

and they’ll weep bitterly over you and they will cry out with loud moans.

36The merchants of the people hiss at you.

You’ve become a horror, and you won’t exist anymore.”


27:30 All of these (dust, ashes, shaving, sackcloth) are traditional signs of mourning.

Eze 27:12-13,22:

12Tarshish was a trading partner with you because of your abundant wealth of goods. They traded silver, iron, tin, and lead for your wares. 13Yavan, Tubal, and Meshech traded slaves as well as bronze items for your merchandise. 14Beyt-Togarmah provided horses, stallions, and mules in exchange for your products. 15The men of Dedan (Rhodes Island) were your traders on many coasts. You sent the merchandise and they sent back ivory tusks and ebony wood as payment. 16Syria (Heb. Aram) was a dealer in your many productsthey provided emeralds, purple dye, coloured cloth, fine fabric, pearls, and rubies for your merchandise. 17Yehudah and Yisrael were trading with you. They provided wheat from Minnit, cakes, honey, oil, and balsam for your merchandise. 18Damascus was a trader of all your products, of all your enormous wealth, and of the wine from Helbon and the wool from Zahar.[fn] 19Dan and Yavan from Uzal provided you with merchandise of wrought iron, cinnamon, and fragrant calamus seeds which became merchandise for you. 20Dedan was your dealer in woven saddle blankets. 21Arabia and all the leaders of Kedar were traders with you—they provided you with lambs, rams and goats. 22Traders from Sheba and Ramah came to sell you the best of every spice and all kinds of precious gems—they traded gold for your goods.


27:18 Possibly, Zahar (used only once in the Hebrew scriptures) could refer to the white colour of the wool.

Isa 23:14:

14

Eze 27:26-30:

26Your rowers have brought you into vast seas.

The east wind has wrecked you in the middle of them.

27Your wealth, merchandise, and trade goods,

your sailors, pilots, and ship-builders,

your traders of merchandise and all the men of war who are in you, and all your crew—

they will sink into the depths of the sea at the time of your destruction.

28The surroundings will shake

when they hear your pilot’s cry of distress.


29All the oarsmen will come down off their ships.

Mariners and all the pilots on the sea will stand on the land,

30then they’ll raise their voices towards you and will wail bitterly.

They’ll throw dust up onto their heads. They’ll roll around to get covered in ashes.

Eze 27:32:

32They will wail loudly for you and sing funeral songs about you.

Who is like the city of Tsor, which has now been brought to silence in the middle of the sea?

Eze 27:30-34:

30then they’ll raise their voices towards you and will wail bitterly.

They’ll throw dust up onto their heads. They’ll roll around to get covered in ashes.

31They’ll shave their heads bald for you and dress in rough sackcloth,[fn]

and they’ll weep bitterly over you and they will cry out with loud moans.

32They will wail loudly for you and sing funeral songs about you.

Who is like the city of Tsor, which has now been brought to silence in the middle of the sea?

33When your merchandise went ashore from the sea, it pleased many peoples.

You enriched kings across the world with your great wealth and merchandise.

34But when you were shattered by the seas, by deep waters,

your merchandise and all your crew sank.


27:30 All of these (dust, ashes, shaving, sackcloth) are traditional signs of mourning.

Deu 32:43:

43

Jer 51:48:

48[ref]


51:48: Rev 18:20.

Jer 51:63-64:

63[ref] 64


51:63-64: Rev 18:21.

Eze 26:21:

21I’ll send disaster onto you, and you won’t exist anymore. Then people will look for you, but you’ll never be found again. That is the master Yahweh’s declaration.”[ref]


26:21: Rev 18:21.

Eze 26:13:

13I’ll stop the sound of your songs and the music from your harps won’t be heard anymore.

Isa 24:8:

8

Jer 51:49:

49[ref]


51:49: Rev 18:24.

2Ki 9:7:

7You should attack the house of Ahab your master so Yahweh can avenge the murder of his servants, the prophets, and avenge the murder of all his servants who were killed by Izevel (Jezebel).

Isa 34:10:

10[ref]


34:10: Rev 14:11; 19:3.