Revelation 18:18

and cried out as they looked upon the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like the great city?

ASV Byzantine Text

In The King James Version

And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!

In Context

17for in one hour so great riches is made desolate. And every shipmaster, and everyone that saileth anywhither, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood afar off,

19And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and mourning, and saying, Woe, woe, the great city, wherein all that had their ships in the sea were made rich by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 51:37And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.

Revelation 13:4and they worshiped the dragon that had given his authority unto the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? and who is able to war with him?

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 →

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