Revelation 18 (NET)

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Revelation 18:1¹After these things I saw another angel, who possessed great authority, coming down out of heaven, and the earth was lit up by his radiance.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 43:2 Luke 17:24 2 Thess 2:8 Isa 60:1-3 Rev 10:1 Rev 17:1 Rev 21:23 Rev 17:7

Revelation 18:2²He shouted with a powerful voice: “Fallen, fallen, is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detested beast.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 51:8 Rev 14:8 Jer 51:37 Jer 50:39-40 Jer 51:60-64 Isa 13:19-22 Isa 21:8-9 Rev 16:19 Rev 18:21 Rev 17:18

Revelation 18:3³For all the nations have fallen from the wine of her immoral passion, and the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have gotten rich from the power of her sensual behavior.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 14:8 Rev 17:2 Rev 18:9 Jer 51:7 Rev 18:23 2 Pet 2:1-3 Lam 4:5 Rev 18:11-17 Isa 47:15 Jer 51:34

Revelation 18:4⁴Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, so you will not take part in her sins and so you will not receive her plagues,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Cor 6:17 Isa 52:11 Jer 51:6 Jer 51:45 Jer 50:8 Isa 48:20 1 Tim 5:22 2 John 1:11 Gen 19:12-13 Ps 50:18

Revelation 18:5⁵because her sins have piled up all the way to heaven and God has remembered her crimes.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 9:6 Gen 18:20-21 Jer 51:9 Rev 16:19 Jonah 1:2 2 Chr 28:9

Revelation 18:6⁶Repay her the same way she repaid others; pay her back double corresponding to her deeds. In the cup she mixed, mix double the amount for her.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 50:29 Ps 137:8 Jer 50:15 Jer 51:24 Rev 14:10 Rev 16:19 Jer 16:18 Jer 17:18 Jer 51:49 Rev 17:4

Revelation 18:7⁷As much as she exalted herself and lived in sensual luxury, to this extent give her torment and grief because she said to herself, ‘I rule as queen and am no widow; I will never experience grief!’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 47:7-9 Zeph 2:15 Ezek 28:2-10 Lam 1:1 2 Thess 2:4-8 Jer 13:18 Isa 22:12-14 Isa 47:1-2

Revelation 18:8⁸For this reason, she will experience her plagues in a single day: disease, mourning, and famine, and she will be burned down with fire, because the Lord God who judges her is powerful!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 50:31 Jer 50:34 Rev 17:16 Rev 18:9-10 1 Cor 10:22 Isa 47:9-11 Jer 51:58 Jer 51:6 Rev 18:19 Job 9:19

Revelation 18:9⁹Then the kings of the earth who committed immoral acts with her and lived in sensual luxury with her will weep and wail for her when they see the smoke from the fire that burns her up.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 18:3 Rev 19:3 Rev 17:2 Rev 18:18 Ezek 26:16-17 Rev 14:11 Rev 18:20 Gen 19:28 Jer 50:46 Rev 18:7

Revelation 18:10¹⁰They will stand a long way off because they are afraid of her torment, and will say, “Woe, woe, O great city, Babylon the powerful city! For in a single hour your doom has come!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 18:19 Rev 18:8 Rev 18:15-17 Rev 14:8 Amos 5:16 Joel 1:15 Jer 30:7 Jer 51:8-9 Rev 17:12 Isa 21:9

Revelation 18:11¹¹Then the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn for her because no one buys their cargo any longer—Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 18:3 Ezek 27:27-36 Rev 18:23 Ezek 26:17-21 Rev 13:16-17 Rev 18:15 Rev 18:20 Zeph 1:11 2 Pet 2:3 Isa 23:1-15

Revelation 18:12¹²cargo such as gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, silk, scarlet cloth, all sorts of things made of citron wood, all sorts of objects made of ivory, all sorts of things made of expensive wood, bronze, iron and marble,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 17:4 1 Kgs 10:11-12 Ezek 27:5-25 Prov 8:10-11 2 Chr 2:8

Revelation 18:13¹³cinnamon, spice, incense, perfumed ointment, frankincense, wine, olive oil and costly flour, wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and four-wheeled carriages, slaves and human lives.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 27:13 Amos 2:6 2 Pet 2:3 Neh 5:8 Deut 24:7 Exod 21:16 Isa 50:1 1 Tim 1:10 1 Kgs 10:10 1 Kgs 10:15

Revelation 18:14¹⁴(The ripe fruit you greatly desired has gone from you, and all your luxury and splendor have gone from you— they will never ever be found again!)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Cor 10:6 1 John 2:16-17 Jas 4:2 Luke 12:20 Luke 16:25 Num 11:4 Ps 106:14 Ps 78:18 Num 11:34

Revelation 18:15¹⁵The merchants who sold these things, who got rich from her, will stand a long way off because they are afraid of her torment. They will weep and mourn,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 18:3 Acts 19:24-27 Ezek 27:31 Rev 18:10-11 Acts 16:19 Amos 5:16-17 Hos 12:7-8 Mark 11:17 Zech 11:5 Judg 18:23-24

Revelation 18:16¹⁶saying, “Woe, woe, O great city— dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet clothing, and adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls—Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 17:4 Luke 16:19-31 Rev 18:10-11 Rev 18:19

Revelation 18:17¹⁷because in a single hour such great wealth has been destroyed!” And every ship’s captain, and all who sail along the coast —seamen, and all who make their living from the sea, stood a long way offCopy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 27:27-36 Isa 23:14 Rev 17:16 Jer 51:8 Jonah 1:6 Rev 18:10-11 Rev 18:19 Isa 47:9 Lam 4:6

Revelation 18:18¹⁸and began to shout when they saw the smoke from the fire that burned her up, “Who is like the great city?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 13:4 Ezek 27:30-32 Isa 23:8-9 Jer 51:37 Rev 18:9-10

Revelation 18:19¹⁹And they threw dust on their heads and were shouting with weeping and mourning, “Woe, Woe, O great city— in which all those who had ships on the sea got rich from her wealth— because in a single hour she has been destroyed!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 18:10 Josh 7:6 Ezek 27:30 Job 2:12 Rev 18:3 1 Sam 4:12 Rev 18:8 2 Sam 13:19 Neh 9:1 Rev 18:15-17

Revelation 18:20²⁰(Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, for God has pronounced judgment against her on your behalf!)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 6:10 Luke 18:7-8 Rev 12:12 Rev 19:1-3 2 Pet 3:2 Isa 26:21 Eph 2:20 Eph 4:11 Isa 49:13 Jer 51:47-48

Revelation 18:21²¹Then one powerful angel picked up a stone like a huge millstone, threw it into the sea, and said, “With this kind of sudden violent force Babylon the great city will be thrown down and it will never be found again!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 51:63-64 Ezek 26:21 Rev 5:2 Dan 11:19 Job 20:8 Rev 12:8 Rev 16:20 Rev 18:22 Rev 20:11 Exod 15:5

Revelation 18:22²²And the sound of the harpists, musicians, flute players, and trumpeters will never be heard in you again. No craftsman who practices any trade will ever be found in you again; the noise of a mill will never be heard in you again.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 26:13 Jer 25:10 Jer 16:9 Jer 7:34 Isa 24:8-9 Eccl 12:4 Jer 33:11

Revelation 18:23²³Even the light from a lamp will never shine in you again! The voices of the bridegroom and his bride will never be heard in you again. For your merchants were the tycoons of the world, because all the nations were deceived by your magic spells!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 18:3 Isa 23:8 Nah 3:4 Jer 7:34 Rev 22:15 2 Kgs 9:22 Ezek 27:33-34 Jer 16:9 Job 21:17 Prov 24:20

Revelation 18:24²⁴The blood of the saints and prophets was found in her, along with the blood of all those who had been killed on the earth.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 17:6 Rev 16:6 Jer 51:49 Acts 7:52 Rev 19:2 Matt 23:27 Dan 7:21 Matt 23:35 Rev 11:7 1 Thess 2:15

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