Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:

Bible References

The merchants

Revelation 18:3
For all the nations have drunk [or, "have been forced to drink"] the wine of her passionate sexual immorality [See 14:8], and the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality with her and the [retail] merchants of the earth became rich from her excessive luxury."
Revelation 13:16
And this second beast forced everyone to be branded with a mark on their right hand and on their forehead --- insignificant and important people, rich and poor people, and free people and slaves ---

Buyeth

Matthew 22:5
But they made fun of it, and went on about their business, one to his farm, another to his store.
John 2:16
He said to those who were selling the pigeons, "Take these things out of here, and quit making my Father's house [i.e., the Temple] a merchandise mart."
2 Peter 2:3
And through greedy desires and deceptive words they will exploit you [for evil purposes]. But the judgment that they have had coming for a long time, will not delay, but will eventually awaken [i.e., arrive] to bring destruction upon them.