Revelation 18:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: ”

• Revelation 18:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  And the merchants of the earth - Who have been accustomed to traffic with her, and who have been enriched by the traffic. The image is that of a rich and splendid city. Of course, such a city dep...

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• Revelation 18:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (9) And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: (9) The lamentation of those that trade by land, as I distinguished before.

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• Revelation 18:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Revelation 18:1 . another angel: we have no means of identifying this angel of doom. Revelation 18:2 . habitation. bird: cf . Isaiah 13:21 f; Isaiah 34:14 , where the rained cities of Bab...

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• Revelation 18:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  shall. Omit. over. App-104. no man . no one. Greek. oudeis. buyeth. Greek. agorazo, rend, "redeemed" in Revelation 5:9 ; Revelation 14:3 ; Revelation 14:4 . elsewhere always "buy". F...

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• Revelation 18:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: The merchants of the earth - These are represented as mourning over her, because their traf...

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• Revelation 18:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And the kings of the earth, &c.— In the very solemn manner described in the verses before us, by an angel, and by a voice from heaven, is declared the fall of Rome, and her destruction by fire;...

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• Revelation 18:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: Shall. So B; but 'Aleph (') A C read, present 'weep and mourn.' Merchandise - `...

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• Revelation 18:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Fall of Babylon In the last c., the fall of Rome, and the manner of its fall, were prophetically announced. In this c., the greatness of the tragedy is shown by songs of thanksgiving and of la...

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• Revelation 18:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  (4-20) The voice out of heaven warns the faithful to leave her, and describes her fall.

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• Revelation 18:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER XIV. THE FALL OF BABYLON. Revelation 18:1-24 . BABYLON has fallen. We have now the Divine proclamation of her fate, and the lamentation of the world over the doom to which she has been...

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• Revelation 18:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  “Her Sins Have Reached unto Heaven” Revelation 18:1-13 We have seen that the scarlet woman represents the false religion of human wit and fashion. It is found in every age. There is not a city,...

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• Revelation 18:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The vision of the destruction of Babylon as directly resulting from the government of God is now given. It is announced, "Fallen is Babylon." Her condition is described as that of a habitation of dem...

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• Revelation 18:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (9) And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, (10) Standing afar o...

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• Revelation 18:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over over her ,.... Who these are, Revelation 18:3 and, what their lamentation, Revelation 18:16 the reason of their weeping and mourning foll...

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• Revelation 18:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: Ver. 11. And the merchants of the earth ] The pope's indulgencers, and other officers o...

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• Revelation 18:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And the kings of the earth , &c. Even the chief rulers and great powers of the world, who were formerly in league with her, and supported her in her corruptions, practised her idolatries, and l...

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• Revelation 18:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  God's Judgment of Great Babylon In Revelation 17:1-18 we have seen that the destruction of Great Babylon is by the hand of the Beast and his ten horns. Now, in Revelation 18:1-24 , the judgment...

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• Revelation 18:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Fall of Babylon. A. D.  95.       9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication...

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• Revelation 18:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  As the merchants, Ezekiel 27:27 , lamented for Tyre, that they could barter and truck no more there, because all the trade thereof was destroyed; so those ecclesiastical merchants, that were wont...

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• Revelation 18:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Lamentation over Babylon the Great by the Self-Seekers ( Revelation 18:9-19 ). We have witnessed the fall of Babylon the Great, now we witness the ‘grief' of her ‘friends'. The kings, the merchant...

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• Revelation 18:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  FOR the reasons given at the foot of page 553, no suggestions for exegetical or homiletical treatment are given in connection with chap. 18

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• Revelation 18:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Revelation 18:1 . Another angel came down from heaven and the earth was lightened with his glory. This was an angel of the highest order, having great power. It may be the Lord himself, the miss...

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• Revelation 18:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Revelation 18:1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven; after [omitting "and"]… coming down, etc. The usual form of introduction to a new vision...

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• Revelation 18:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The description of the desolation:

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• Revelation 18:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Peter 2:3 ; Ezekiel 26:17-21 ; Ezekiel 27:27-36 ; Isaiah 23:1-15 ; Isaiah 47:15 ; John 2:16 ; Matthew 22:5 ; Proverbs 3:14 ; Revelation 13:16 ; Revelation 13:17 ; Revelation 18:15 ; Rev...

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• Revelation 18:11 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  Mystic and Commercial Babylon Revelation 17:1-18 and Revelation 18:1-24 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The seventeenth chapter of Revelation discusses what we call mystic Babylon; and the eighteenth...

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