Revelation 18:2

And he cried out, with a mighty voice, saying—Fallen! fallen! is Babylon the Great, and hath become a habitation of demons, and a prison of every impure spirit, and a prison of every impure and hated bird;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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 messenger, coming down out of heaven,—having great authority; and, the earth, was illumined with his glory.

3Because, by reason [of the wine] of the wrath of her lewdness, have all the nations fallen, and, the kings of the earth, with her, did commit lewdness, and, the merchants of the earth, by reason of the power of her wantonness, waxed rich.

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:16and the female ostrich, and the male ostrich, and the sea-gull,—and the hawk after its kind;

Isaiah 14:23And will make her a possession for the bittern, And marshes of water,—And will sweep it with the besom of destruction, Declareth Yahweh of hosts.

Isaiah 34:11That the vomiting pelican and the bittern may possess it: And the great owl and the raven, dwell therein; Then will he stretch out over it The line of desolation, and The plummet of emptiness.

Jeremiah 50:39Therefore shall the criers dwell with, the howlers, Yea ostriches, shall dwell therein,—So shall it be dwelt in no more for ever, Neither shall it be inhabited unto generation after generation.

Jeremiah 51:37Thus shall Babylon become—Heaps A habitation of jackals An astonishment, and A hissing, Without inhabitant.

Joel 3:16And, Yahweh, out of Zion, will roar, and, out of Jerusalem, will utter his voice, and the heavens and the earth, shall tremble,—but, Yahweh, shall be a shelter to his people, and a refuge to the sons of Israel.

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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