Revelation 18:15

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Summary

The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,

Which

Shall

Bible References

Which

For all the nations have drunk
the wine of her sexual immorality,
which brings wrath.
The kings of the earth
have committed sexual immorality with her,
and the merchants of the earth
have grown wealthy from her excessive luxury.

A merchant loves to extort
with dishonest scales in his hands.

Those who buy them slaughter them but are not punished. Those who sell them say: Praise the Lord because I have become rich! Even their own shepherds have no compassion for them.

Then He began to teach them: “Is it not written, My house

will be called a house of prayer

for all nations? But you have made it a den of thieves!”

When her owners saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to the authorities.

For a person named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, provided a great deal of business for the craftsmen.

Shall

The merchants of the earth will also weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their merchandise any longer—

They called to the Danites, who turned to face them, and said to Micah, “What’s the matter with you that you mobilized the men?”

They shave their heads because of you
and wrap themselves in sackcloth.
They weep over you
with deep anguish and bitter mourning.

Therefore Yahweh, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says:

There will be wailing in all the public squares;
they will cry out in anguish in all the streets.
The farmer will be called on to mourn,
and professional mourners

to wail.