Revelation 18:21

And one strong angel took up a stone, as a great millstone, and cast (it) into the sea, and said, In this force [or In this fierceness] that great city Babylon shall be sent, and now it shall no more be found.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

20Heaven, and holy apostles, and prophets, make ye full out joy on it, for God hath deemed your doom on it. (Heaven, and the holy apostles, and the prophets, rejoice over it, for God hath taken vengeance upon it for you.)

22And the voice of harps (or And the sound of harps), and of men of music, and singing with pipe and trump, shall no more be heard in it. And each craftsman, and each craft, shall no more be found in it. And the voice of a millstone shall no more be heard in thee (or And the sound of a millstone shall no more be heard in thee),

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Cross References

Nehemiah 9:11And thou partedest the sea before them, and they passed through the midst of the sea in the dry place; and thou castedest down the pursuers of them into the depth, as a stone in strong waters. (And thou partedest the Red Sea, or the Sea of Reeds, before them, and they passed through the middle of it on dry land; and thou threwest down their pursuers into the depths, like a stone thrown into mighty waters.)

Psalms 37:36And I passed (or And then I passed by later), and lo! he was not (there); I sought him, and his place was not found.

Ezekiel 26:21I shall drive thee into nought, and thou shalt not be; and thou shalt be sought, and thou shalt no more be found [into] without end, saith the Lord God. (then I shall drive thee down into nothing, and thou shalt not be; and thou shalt be sought, but thou shalt never be found again, saith the Lord God.)

Revelation 5:2And I saw a strong angel, preaching with a great voice (or asking with a loud voice), Who is worthy to open the book, and to undo the seals of it?

Revelation 12:8and they had not might [more] (than the others), neither the place of them was found (any) more in heaven. (but they did not have as much strength as Michael and the other angels, and so there was no longer any place in heaven for them.)

Revelation 18:10standing afar, for dread of the torments of it, saying, Woe! woe! that great city Babylon, and that strong city; for in one hour thy doom cometh. (standing afar, for fear of its torments, saying, Woe! woe! that great city Babylon, and that strong city; for in one hour thy judgement cometh.)

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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