Revelation 18:20

'Be glad over her, O heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets, because God did judge your judgment of her!'

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.

In Context

19and they did cast dust upon their heads, and were crying out, weeping and sorrowing, saying, Woe, woe, the great city! in which were made rich all having ships in the sea, out of her costliness — for in one hour was she made waste.

21And one strong messenger did take up a stone as a great millstone, and did cast [it] to the sea, saying, 'Thus with violence shall Babylon be cast, the great city, and may not be found any more at all;

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Cross References

Judges 5:31So do all Thine enemies perish, O Jehovah, And those loving Him [are] As the going out of the sun in its might!' and the land resteth forty years.

Psalms 48:11Rejoice doth Mount Zion, The daughters of Judah are joyful, For the sake of Thy judgments.

Psalms 94:1God of vengeance — Jehovah! God of vengeance, shine forth.

Psalms 107:42The upright do see and rejoice, And all perversity hath shut her mouth.

Proverbs 11:10In the good of the righteous a city exulteth, And in the destruction of the wicked [is] singing.

Isaiah 44:23Sing, O heavens, for Jehovah hath wrought, Shout, O lower parts of earth, Break forth, O mountains, with singing, Forest, and every tree in it, For Jehovah hath redeemed Jacob, And in Israel He doth beautify Himself.

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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