Revelation 18:18

and cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What is like that great city!

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!

In Context

17And every pilot, and all the crew in the ships, and the mariners, and as many as exercise their labours on the sea, stood afar off,

19And they cast dust upon their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, by which all who occupied ships on the sea were enriched from her opulence! how in one hour is she made desolate!

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Cross References

Revelation 13:4And they worshipped the dragon who had given authority to the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like to the beast? who is able to wage war with him?

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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