Revelation 18:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.

All

The merchants

Revelation 18:11

Isaiah 47:15

2 Peter 2:1

Abundance

Proverbs 23:1

Her delicacies

Jeremiah 51:34

Lamentations 4:5

Luke 7:25

General references

Bible References

All

Then 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.

A second angel followed the first, declaring: "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great city! She made all the nations drink of the wine of her immoral passion."

with whom the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality and the earth's inhabitants got drunk with the wine of her immorality."

Babylonia had been a gold cup in the Lord's hand. She had made the whole world drunk. The nations had drunk from the wine of her wrath. So they have all gone mad.

The merchants

Then the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn for her because no one buys their cargo any longer --

They will disappoint you, those you have so faithfully dealt with since your youth. Each strays off in his own direction, leaving no one to rescue you."

But false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. These false teachers will infiltrate your midst with destructive heresies, even to the point of denying the Master who bought them. As a result, they will bring swift destruction on themselves.

Abundance

When you sit down to eat with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you,

Her delicacies

"King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon devoured me and drove my people out. Like a monster from the deep he swallowed me. He filled his belly with my riches. He made me an empty dish. He completely cleaned me out."

(He) Those who once feasted on delicacies are now starving to death in the streets. Those who grew up wearing expensive clothes are now dying amid garbage.

What did you go out to see? A man dressed in fancy clothes? Look, those who wear fancy clothes and live in luxury are in kings' courts!

General references

so that they cannot teach you all the abhorrent ways they worship their gods, causing you to sin against the Lord your God.

at one time outside, at another in the wide plazas, and by every corner she lies in wait.)

When they have drunk it, they will stagger to and fro and act insane. For I will send wars sweeping through them."

with whom the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality and the earth's inhabitants got drunk with the wine of her immorality."