Revelation 18:23

The light of a lamp 2 will not shine in you anymore. 1 The voices of the bridegroom and the bride 2 will not be heard in you anymore, 1 for your merchants were the princes of the earth, 2 and the nations were deceived by your sorcery. 1

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In The King James Version

And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.

In Context

22The sound made by harpists, musicians, 3 flute players, and trumpeters 2 will not be heard anymore in you. 1 No craftsman of any kind 2 will be found in you. 1 No sound of a mill 2 will be heard anymore in you. 1

24In her the blood of prophets and saints was found, 2 and the blood of all who have been killed on the earth.”

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Cross References

Job 21:17How often is it that the lamp of wicked people is put out, 1 or that their calamity comes upon them? 1 How often does it happen that God distributes sorrows to them in his anger? 1

Proverbs 24:20for the evil person has no future 1 and the lamp of wicked people will go out. 1

Isaiah 47:9But these two things will come to you in a moment in one day: 1 the loss of children and widowhood; in full force they will come on you, 1 despite your sorceries and your many incantations and amulets. 1

Jeremiah 16:9For Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this, 'See, before your eyes, in your days and in this place, I am about to put an end to the sound of joy and the sound of gladness, the sound of the groom and the sound of the bride.'

Ezekiel 27:33When your merchandise went ashore from the sea, it satisfied many peoples; 1 you enriched the kings of the earth with your great wealth and merchandise! 1

Acts 8:11They listened to him, because he had astonished them for a long time with his sorceries.

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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