Revelation 18:21
And one mighty agent took up a stone like a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus in violence Babylon the great city will be thrown down, and will, no, not be found any more.
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Nehemiah 9:11And thou divided the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land. And thou cast their pursuers into the depths as a stone into the mighty waters.
Psalms 37:36But I passed by, and, lo, he was not. Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Ezekiel 26:21I will make thee a horror, and thou shall no more have any being. Though thou be sought for, yet thou shall never be found again, says lord LORD.
Revelation 5:2And I saw a powerful agent proclaiming in a great voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals of it?
Revelation 12:8And he did not prevail, nor was a place found for him any more in heaven.
Revelation 18:10having stood from afar because of the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, the great city, Babylon, the mighty city! Because thy judgment has come in one hour.
Matthew Henry on Revelation 18:10-24
The Fall of Babylon. ( a. d. 95.) 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 off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. 11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: 12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and… Read the whole commentary →