Revelation 18:5

Because her sins have reached as far as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.

In Context

4And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out from her, my people, so that ye may not participate with her sins, and that ye may not receive from her plagues.

6Render to her as she also rendered to you, and double to her two-fold according to her works. In the cup that she mixed, mix two-fold for her.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:20And LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,

Ezra 9:6and I said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God, for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our guiltiness has grown up to the heavens.

Jonah 1:2Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it, for their wickedness has come up before me.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 18:2-9

The Fall of Babylon. ( a. d. 95.) 1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. 2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. 3 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,… Read the whole commentary →

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