Revelation 18:7
As much as she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, so much torment and mourning give her. For she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no mourning;
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Psalms 45:9Daughters of kings are among thy chosen women; On the right hand stands the queen In gold of Ophir.
Isaiah 47:1Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin, daughter of Babylon! Sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldaeans! For thou shalt no longer be called the tender and delicate!
Jeremiah 13:18Say to the king and to the queen, Sit ye down upon the ground, For your beautiful crown shall fall from your heads.
Ezekiel 23:34Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and lick the sherds, and thou shalt tear thy breasts. For I have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Zephaniah 2:15This is the rejoicing city that dwelt in security, That said in her heart, “I, and none besides me!” Now is she become a desolation, a resting-place for wild beasts! Every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.
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 →