Revelation 16:19

The great city was split into three parts, and the nations' cities collapsed. Then God called to mind Babylon the great, and he gave that city the cup filled with the wine made from his furious wrath.

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In The King James Version

And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

In Context

18There were flashes of lightning, rumbles, crashes of thunder, and a terrible earthquake—an earthquake greater than any that has ever happened since human beings have been on the earth, so great was this earthquake.

20Every island disappeared, and the mountains were no longer found.

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Cross References

Isaiah 51:17Awake, awake, stand up, Jerusalem, 1 you who have drunk out of the hand of Yahweh from the bowl of his anger; 1 you who have drunk out of the bowl, down to the dregs from the cup of staggering. 1

Jeremiah 25:26all the kings of the north, the ones close by and the ones far away—everyone with his brother and all the kingdoms of the world that are on the surface of the earth, all of them had to drink the cup from Yahweh's hand. Finally, the king of Babylon will also drink from that cup.

Revelation 11:8Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city (which is symbolically called Sodom and Egypt) where their Lord was crucified.

Revelation 17:5On her forehead was written a name having a secret meaning: “Babylon the great, the mother of prostitutes and of the detestable things of the earth.”

Revelation 18:2He cried out with a mighty voice, saying, 1 “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! 2 She has become a dwelling place for demons, 1 a refuge for every unclean spirit, 2 and a refuge for every unclean and detestable bird. 1

Revelation 18:10They will stand off at a distance, afraid of her torment, saying, 1 “Woe, woe to the great city, 2 Babylon, the powerful city! 1 For in a single hour your punishment has come.”

Matthew Henry on Revelation 16:18-21

The Seven Vials. ( a. d. 95.) 17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. 18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. 19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the… Read the whole commentary →

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