Revelation 18:5

for her sins have reached to the sky, and God has remembered her iniquities.

World English Bible

In The King James Version

For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.

In Context

4I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, that you have no participation in her sins, and that you don’t receive of her plagues,

6Return to her just as she returned, and repay her double as she did, and according to her works. In the cup which she mixed, mix to her double.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:20The LORD said, “Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,

Ezra 9:6and I said, “My God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my God, for our iniquities have increased over our head, and our guiltiness has grown up to the heavens.

Jonah 1:2“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach against it, for their wickedness has come up before me.”

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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