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Revelation 18:21

and one strong messenger lifts [a] stone as [a] large millstone and casts into the seawater, saying, "The-same-ly to{impetus/impulse/initiative-effect} Babylon, the large/great city, will-be-cast, and no, it-would_not_be-discovered still,

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

In Context

20Be-being-gladdened upon to{same}, heaven, and the[plural] holy and the sent-off[one]s and the prophets, that the God judges the judge-effect/judgment of{you[plural]} out of{same},"

22and [the] sound of{kithara[translit.]-ers/cithara[Latinized]-ers/[type of]lyre-ers} and of{musical[plural]} and of{flutists} and of{trumpeters}, no, would_not_be-heard in to{you} still, and every crafter of{every craft}, no, would_not_be-discovered in to{you} still, and [the] sound of{[a] millstone}, no, would_not_be-heard in to{you} still,

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Cross References

Revelation 5:2and I-behold [a] strong messenger proclaiming in to{[a] large sound}, "Who[?] [is] worthy to-open-up the scrollet and to-loose the seals of{same}[?],"

Revelation 12:8and they-do_not_have-strength, nor place is-discovered of{same[plural]} still in to{the heaven},

Revelation 18:10having-stood from afar through the fear of{the torture} of{same}, saying, 'Woe, woe, the city, the large/great Babylon, the city, the strong, that to{one hour} the judge-sis[i.e. state of judgment] of{you} comes,'

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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