Revelation 18:15
The merchants of these things, who were made rich, shall stand afar off from her, for fear of her torments, weeping and mourning.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Judges 18:23And began to shout out after them. They looked back, and said to Michas: What aileth thee? Why dost thou cry?
Hosea 12:7He is like Chanaan, there is a deceitful balance in his hand, he hath loved oppression.
Zechariah 11:5Which they that possessed, slew, and repented not, and they sold them, saying: Blessed be the Lord, we are become rich: and their shepherds spared them not.
Acts 16:19But her masters, seeing that the hope of their gain was gone, apprehending Paul and Silas, brought them into the marketplace to the rulers.
Revelation 18:3Because 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 have been made rich by the power of her delicacies.
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 →