Revelation 18:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

They cast

Weeping

Revelation 18:10

General references

Exodus 11:6

Jeremiah 49:25

Jeremiah 51:54

Bible References

They cast

Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the LORD until the evening, he and the elders of Israel. And they put dust on their heads.

A man of Benjamin ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn and with dirt on his head.

And Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the long robe that she wore. And she laid her hand on her head and went away, crying aloud as she went.

Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the people of Israel were assembled with fasting and in sackcloth, and with earth on their heads.

And when they saw him from a distance, they did not recognize him. And they raised their voices and wept, and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads toward heaven.

and shout aloud over you and cry out bitterly. They cast dust on their heads and wallow in ashes;

Weeping

They will stand far off, in fear of her torment, and say, "Alas! Alas! You great city, you mighty city, Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come."

General references

There shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there has never been, nor ever will be again.

How is the famous city not forsaken, the city of my joy?

"A voice! A cry from Babylon! The noise of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!