Revelation 18:2

He 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

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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.

In Context

1After these things I saw another angel coming down out of heaven. He had great authority, and the earth was illumined by his glory.

3For all the nations have drunk the wine of her immoral passion. 2 The kings of the earth have committed immorality with her. 1 The merchants of the earth have become rich from the power of her sensual way of living.” 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:16the horned owl and the screech owl, the seagull, and any kind of hawk.

Isaiah 14:23“I will also make her into a possession of owls, and into pools of water, 1 and I will sweep her with the broom of destruction”—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts. 1

Isaiah 34:11But wild birds and animals will live there; the owl and the raven will make their nest in it. 1 He will stretch over it the measuring line of ruin and the plumbline of destruction. 1

Jeremiah 50:39So desert beasts with the jackals will inhabit there, and the young of ostriches will live in her. 1 For all time, she will no longer be inhabited. From generation to generation, she will not be lived in. 1

Jeremiah 51:37Babylon will become heaps of rubble, a den of jackals, a horror, 1 an object of hissing, where there are no inhabitants. 1

Joel 3:16Yahweh will roar from Zion, 1 and raise his voice from Jerusalem. 1 The heavens and earth will shake, 1 but Yahweh will be a shelter for his people, 1 and a fortress for the people of Israel. 1

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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