Revelation 18:8

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Summary

Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.

Shall her

Revelation 18:10

Isaiah 47:9

Jeremiah 51:6

And she

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Bible References

Shall her

standing at a distance because of the fear of her torment, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For in one hour your judgment has come.’

“But these two things will come on you suddenly in one day:
Loss of children and widowhood.
They will come on you in full measure
In spite of your many sorceries,
In spite of the great power of your spells.

Flee from the midst of Babylon,

And each of you save his life!
Do not be

destroyed in her punishment,

For this is the Lord’s time of vengeance;
He is going to render recompense to her.

And she

“And the kings of the earth, who committed acts of immorality and lived sensuously with her, will weep and lament over her when they see the smoke of her burning,

The woman whom you saw is the great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth.”

And a second time they said, “Hallelujah! Her smoke rises up forever and ever.”

Thus says the Lord of hosts,
“The broad wall of Babylon will be completely razed
And her high gates will be set on fire;
So the peoples will toil for nothing,
And the nations become exhausted only for fire.”

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Then they burned all their cities where they lived and all their camps with fire.

Even in laughter the heart may be in pain,
And the end of joy may be grief.

“As when God overthrew Sodom
And Gomorrah with its neighbors,” declares the Lord,
“No man will live there,
Nor will any son of man reside in it.

But I am very angry with the nations who are at ease; for while I was only a little angry, they

furthered the disaster.”