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

The kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived sensuously with her, will weep and lament over her, when they see the smoke of her burning.

Another angel followed, saying: Babylon the great has fallen. She has fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

Babylon was like a gold cup in my hand, making the whole world drunk. The nations drank its wine and went out of their minds.

The merchants

The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her. For no man buys their merchandise any more.

That is all they can do for you, these you have labored with and trafficked with since childhood. Each of them goes on in his error. No one can save you.

There arose false prophets among the people. There will be false teachers among you! They will privately bring in destructive heresies (contrary doctrines), denying even the Master who bought them. They bring swift destruction on themselves.

Abundance

When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you.

Her delicacies

The people of Jerusalem say: King Nebuchadnezzar made us panic. That monster (big snake) filled up with our treasures, leaving us empty. He gobbled down what he wanted and spit out the rest.

Those used to feasting on delicate food are wasted in the streets. Those who as children were dressed in purple are stretched out on the dust.

What did you go to see, a man clothed in fancy clothes? Only kings dress in fancy clothes.

General references

Otherwise, they will teach you to do all the disgusting things they do for their gods. You will sin against Jehovah your God.

Now in the streets and squares, she waits at every corner.

When they drink from it, they will stagger and go insane because of the wars that I am going to send them.'

with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.