Revelation 18 Cross References - Godbey

¹ After these things I saw another angel coming down out of the heaven, having great authority; and the earth was lighted with his glory. ² And he cried with a strong voice, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and has become the habitation of demons, and the hold of every unclean spirit, and the den of every unclean and hateful bird; ³ because all nations have fallen of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich from the costliness of her delicacy. ⁴ And I heard another voice out of the heaven, saying, Come out from her, my people, in order that you may not partake of her sins, and in order that you may not receive of her plagues; ⁵ because her sins have mounted up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. ⁶ Give unto her as indeed she has given, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she mixed, mix unto her double: ⁷ as to so many things as she has glorified herself, and lived wantonly, give unto her so much torment and sorrow. Because she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow; and I see no sorrow; ⁸ therefore in one day shall her plagues come, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burnt up with fire: because God, the one judging her, is a mighty Lord. ⁹ And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication with her, and lived wantonly, will weep and wail over her, when they may see the smoke of her burning, ¹⁰ and standing afar off on account of the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, the great city, the strong city, Babylon! because in one hour thy judgment came. ¹¹ And the merchants of the earth are weeping and mourning over her; because no one any longer buys their merchandise: ¹² their merchandise of gold, and of silver, and of precious stones, and of pearls, and of fine linen; and of purple, and of silk, and of scarlet, and all thyine wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel of most valuable wood, and of brass, and of iron, and of marble; ¹³ and cinnamon, and amomum, and incense, and myrrh, and libation, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and bodies and souls of men; ¹⁴ and the fruit of thy soul's inordinate desire has departed from thee; and all things bright and shining have perished from thee, and they will no longer find them. ¹⁵ The merchants of these things, who have grown rich from her, will stand a long way off on account of the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning; ¹⁶ saying, Alas, alas, the great city, clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and gilded with gold, and precious stone, and pearl! because in one hour so great riches have come to desolation. ¹⁷ And every pilot, and every one sailing to the place, both the sailors and so many as traverse the sea, stood a long way off, ¹⁸ and they continued to cry seeing the smoke of her burning, saying, Who is like unto the great city? ¹⁹ And they continued to cast dust upon their heads, and cry, weeping and mourning, saying, Alas, alas, the great city, in which all those having ships in the sea became rich from her costliness! that in one hour she is made desolate. ²⁰ Rejoice over her, O heaven, and the saints, and the apostles, and the prophets; because God has judged your judgment from her. ²¹ And one strong angel lifted up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with a mighty fall shall Babylon the great city, be cast down, and can be found no more. ²² And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and flute-players, and trumpeters, shall no more be heard in thee; and every artificer of every art shall no more be found in thee; and the sound of the mill shall no longer be heard in thee; ²³ and the light of a candle shall no more shine in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and the bride shall no longer be heard in thee: because thy merchants were the great men of the earth; because by thy sorcery all nations were deceived, ²⁴ truly in her is found the blood of prophets, and saints, and all those who have been slain upon the earth.

²⁴ For as the lightning, flashing out of the one part under the heaven, gleams into the other part under heaven, so shall be the Son of man in His day.

⁸ then indeed will the lawless one be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will remove by the spirit of his mouth, and will exterminate by the brightness of his coming;

¹ And I saw another mighty angel coming down out of the heaven, encircled with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire:

¹ And one of the seven angels having the seven bowls, came and spoke with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the judgment of the great harlot, the one sitting upon many waters:

⁷ And the angel said to me, Wherefore wast thou astonished? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman and of the beast which carries her, having the seven heads and ten horns.

²³ And the city has no need of the sun, nor of the moon, that they may light it:

³ who had his dwelling among the tombs: neither was any one able to bind him with chains; ⁴ because frequently he had been bound with fetters and chains, and the chains were slipped off by him, and the fetters torn to pieces. ⁵ No one was able to tame him: and all the time, night and day, he was among the tombs in the mountains, crying, and cutting himself with stones.

²⁷ And a certain man from the city, who a long time had demons, and did not wear clothing, and did not remain in the house, but in the tombs; met Him having come to the land. ²⁸ And seeing Jesus, and crying out, he worshiped Him, and said with a loud voice; What is there to me and to thee, O Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I pray thee torment me not.

¹⁵ and his feet were like brass, as having been burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters,

² And I saw a mighty angel crying with a great voice, Who is able to open the book, and to loose its seals?

³ and he cried with a loud voice, as a lion roars. And when he cried the seven thunders uttered their voices.

⁸ And another second angel followed, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nation to drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

¹⁵ And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a great voice to the one sitting on the cloud, Send forth your sickle, and reap: because the hour of reaping has come; because the harvest of the earth is fully ripe.

¹³ And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet;

¹⁹ And the great city was divided into three parts, and cities of the Gentiles fell. And great Babylon came into remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the wrath of his indignation.

⁵ and upon her forehead her name was written; Mystery, Babylon The Great, The Mother of Harlots And The Abominations of The Earth.

¹⁸ And the woman whom you saw is the great city, the one having dominion over the kings of the earth.

¹⁰ and standing afar off on account of the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, the great city, the strong city, Babylon! because in one hour thy judgment came.

²¹ And one strong angel lifted up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with a mighty fall shall Babylon the great city, be cast down, and can be found no more.

²⁵ But what went you out into the wilderness to see? a man clothed in soft raiment? Behold those who are in gaudy apparel and luxury, are in royal palaces.

¹ However there were indeed false prophets among the people, as there will also be false teachers among you, whosoever shall bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction. ² And many will follow their impurities; through whom the way of truth will be slandered: ³ and in their covetousness they will sell you with their soft speeches: unto whom judgment from olden time tarries not, and their destruction does not slumber.

² with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and those dwelling upon the earth were made drunk from the wine of her fornication.

⁹ And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication with her, and lived wantonly, will weep and wail over her, when they may see the smoke of her burning,

¹¹ And the merchants of the earth are weeping and mourning over her; because no one any longer buys their merchandise: ¹² their merchandise of gold, and of silver, and of precious stones, and of pearls, and of fine linen; and of purple, and of silk, and of scarlet, and all thyine wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel of most valuable wood, and of brass, and of iron, and of marble; ¹³ and cinnamon, and amomum, and incense, and myrrh, and libation, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and bodies and souls of men; ¹⁴ and the fruit of thy soul's inordinate desire has departed from thee; and all things bright and shining have perished from thee, and they will no longer find them. ¹⁵ The merchants of these things, who have grown rich from her, will stand a long way off on account of the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning; ¹⁶ saying, Alas, alas, the great city, clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and gilded with gold, and precious stone, and pearl! because in one hour so great riches have come to desolation. ¹⁷ And every pilot, and every one sailing to the place, both the sailors and so many as traverse the sea, stood a long way off,

²³ and the light of a candle shall no more shine in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and the bride shall no longer be heard in thee: because thy merchants were the great men of the earth; because by thy sorcery all nations were deceived,

³⁰ and you say, If we were in the days of our fathers we would not have been their fellow-partakers in the blood of the prophets.

¹⁵ Then when you may see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him that readeth know), ¹⁶ then let those who are in Judea fly to the mountains:

¹⁷ Therefore come out from the midst of them, and be ye separate, says the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

²² Lay hands quickly on no one, and be not partaker of other men's sins.

¹¹ for the one bidding him God speed partakes of his evil deeds.

¹⁴ Alexander the coppersmith showed to me much evil: the Lord will reward him according to his works.

¹⁰ If any one leads into captivity he goes into captivity: if any one kills with a sword, it behooves him to be killed with a sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

¹⁰ and he shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, having been poured out without mixture in the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.

⁵ And I heard the angel of the waters saying, Thou art worthy, who is, and who was, the Holy One, because thou hast judged these things; ⁶ because they shed the blood of saints and of prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; they are worthy.

⁴ And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and gilded with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and the impurities of her fornication:

⁴ the one opposing and exalting himself above everything that is called God or divinity; so that he sits in the temple of God, showing himself off that he is God. ⁵ Do you not remember that still being with you, I told you these things? ⁶ And now you know that which hinders, that he should be revealed in his time. ⁷ For already the mystery of lawlessness is working: only there is one now hindering, until he may be taken out of the midst; ⁸ then indeed will the lawless one be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will remove by the spirit of his mouth, and will exterminate by the brightness of his coming;

²² Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? whether are we stronger than he?

¹⁷ saying, We praise thee, O Lord God Omnipotent who is, and who was; and that thou hast received thy great power, and reigned.

¹⁶ And the ten horns which you saw and the beast, these will hate the harlot, and will make her desolate and naked, and eat her flesh, and burn her up with fire;

⁹ And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication with her, and lived wantonly, will weep and wail over her, when they may see the smoke of her burning, ¹⁰ and standing afar off on account of the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, the great city, the strong city, Babylon! because in one hour thy judgment came.

¹⁷ And every pilot, and every one sailing to the place, both the sailors and so many as traverse the sea, stood a long way off,

¹⁹ And they continued to cast dust upon their heads, and cry, weeping and mourning, saying, Alas, alas, the great city, in which all those having ships in the sea became rich from her costliness! that in one hour she is made desolate.

³ And a second time they said, Hallelujah! and her smoke is going up unto the ages of the ages.

¹¹ And the smoke of their torment, ascends up into ages of ages: and they have no rest day and night, who worship the beast and his image, and if any one receives the mark of his name.

¹² And the ten horns which you saw, are ten kings, who live not yet received a kingdom; but they receive authority as kings one hour with the beast. ¹³ These have one mind, and they give their power and authority to the beast.

³ because all nations have fallen of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich from the costliness of her delicacy.

⁷ as to so many things as she has glorified herself, and lived wantonly, give unto her so much torment and sorrow. Because she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow; and I see no sorrow;

¹⁸ and they continued to cry seeing the smoke of her burning, saying, Who is like unto the great city?

²⁰ Rejoice over her, O heaven, and the saints, and the apostles, and the prophets; because God has judged your judgment from her.

¹² And the ten horns which you saw, are ten kings, who live not yet received a kingdom; but they receive authority as kings one hour with the beast.

⁸ therefore in one day shall her plagues come, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burnt up with fire: because God, the one judging her, is a mighty Lord.

⁵ And they being careless, went away, one to his farm, and another to his merchandise:

¹⁶ And He said to those selling doves; Take these things hence, make not the house of my Father a house of merchandise.

³ and in their covetousness they will sell you with their soft speeches: unto whom judgment from olden time tarries not, and their destruction does not slumber.

¹⁶ And he causes all, small and great, both rich and poor, both free and bond, that they may give them a mark on their right hand, or on their forehead: ¹⁷ that no one may be able to buy or sell, except the one having the mark, the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

¹⁵ The merchants of these things, who have grown rich from her, will stand a long way off on account of the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning;

³ Then Mary taking a pound of myrrh of spikenard, estimated very valuable, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of the myrrh. ⁴ Then Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, the one about to betray Him, says: ⁵ Why was not this myrrh sold for three hundred denaria, and given to the poor? ⁶ And He spoke this, not because there was a care to him for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the purse, and was carrying those things cast in. ⁷ Then Jesus said, Let her alone; she hath reserved this unto the day of my burial; ⁸ for you have the poor always with you; but you have not me always.

¹⁰ for fornicators, for Sodomites, for kidnapers, for liars, for perjurers, and if any thing else is opposed to healthy teaching;

²⁰ But God said to him, Thou fool, this night they are demanding thy soul from thee; and to whom shall those things which thou hast prepared, belong?

²⁵ But Abraham said, Child, remember that you received your good things in your life, and Lazarus likewise evil things: but now he is comforted, and you are tormented.

⁶ And these became our examples, in order that we may not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

² You lust, and you have not: you murder, and you strive, and you are not able to obtain: you fight and you war; and have not, because you do not ask:

¹⁶ because this is all that is in the world; the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, which is not of the Father, but is of the world. ¹⁷ The world and its lust are indeed passing away; but the one doing the will of God abides forever.

¹⁷ And He was teaching, saying to them, Is it not written, That my house shall be called a house of prayer for all the Gentiles? But you have made it a den of thieves.

¹⁹ And her masters seeing that the hope of their gain was gone, arresting Paul and Silas, dragged them into the forum to the rulers,

²⁴ For a certain Demetrius by name, a silversmith, making silver shrines of Diana, was bringing no small gain to the mechanics, ²⁵ whom having assembled and the laborers about such things, he said, Men, you know that it is from this work that prosperity is to us: ²⁶ and you see and hear, that not only at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, that this Paul having persuaded them has turned away a great multitude, saying that there are no gods made with hands. ²⁷ And not only is this interest in danger to us to come into disrepute; but even the temple of the great goddess Diana to be considered for nought, and they are about even to despise the majesty of her, whom all Asia and the world worships.

¹⁰ and standing afar off on account of the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, the great city, the strong city, Babylon! because in one hour thy judgment came. ¹¹ And the merchants of the earth are weeping and mourning over her; because no one any longer buys their merchandise:

¹⁹ There was a certain rich man, and he was habitually clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day. ²⁰ But a certain beggar, Lazarus by name, was laid at his gate, full of sores, ²¹ and desiring to be fed by the crumbs falling from the table of the rich man; but the dogs also coming continued to lick his sores. ²² And it came to pass that the beggar died, and himself was carried by the angels into the bosom of Abraham: and the rich man also died, and was buried. ²³ And in Hades lifted up his eyes, being in torment, sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. ²⁴ And he calling said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue, because I am tormented in this flame. ²⁵ But Abraham said, Child, remember that you received your good things in your life, and Lazarus likewise evil things: but now he is comforted, and you are tormented. ²⁶ And in addition to all these things, there is a great gulf fixed between us and you, in order that those wishing to go hence to you may not be able, neither can they come thence to us. ²⁷ And he said, Moreover I intreat you, father, that you may send him to the house of my father: ²⁸ for I have five brothers; in order that he may testify to them, that they may not also come to this place of the torment. ²⁹ But Abraham says, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. ³⁰ But he said, No, father Abraham: but if one may go to them from the dead, they will repent. ³¹ But he said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded if one may rise from the dead.

⁴ and they worshiped the dragon, because he gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying; Who is like the beast? and who is able to make war with him?

⁴⁹ Therefore the wisdom of God said, I will send unto them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will slay and persecute. ⁵⁰ In order that the blood of all the prophets poured out from the foundation of the world, may be required from this generation;

⁷ And shall not God avenge His elect, crying to Him day and night, and He is long-suffering over them? ⁸ I say unto you, that He will avenge them speedily. Moreover the Son of man having come, will He then find faith upon the earth?

²⁰ having been built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone,

⁵ which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets through the Spirit;

¹¹ And he gave some, apostles; some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

² to remember the words which have been spoken hitherto by the holy prophets, and the commandment of the Lord and Saviour by your apostles:

¹⁷ But you, beloved, remember the words which have hitherto been spoken by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;

¹⁰ And they cried with a great voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, do you not judge and avenge our blood from those who dwell upon the earth?

¹² Therefore rejoice, O ye heavens, and those dwelling in them; woe unto the earth and the sea! because the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has little time.

¹ After these things I heard as it were a great voice of a vast multitude in the heaven, saying, Hallelujah! Salvation, and glary, and power, belong to our God: ² because his judgments are true and righteous; because he has judged the great harlot, who corrupted the earth by her fornication, and he has avenged the blood of his servants from her hand. ³ And a second time they said, Hallelujah! and her smoke is going up unto the ages of the ages.

⁸ And the dragon and his angels fought, and they did not prevail; neither was their place found any more in the heaven.

²⁰ And every island fled, and the mountains were not found.

²² And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and flute-players, and trumpeters, shall no more be heard in thee; and every artificer of every art shall no more be found in thee; and the sound of the mill shall no longer be heard in thee;

¹¹ And I saw a great white throne, and him sitting on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

¹¹ And they gave heed to him, because for a long time he had deceived them with his magic arts.

⁹ And the great dragon, the old serpent, the one called the devil, and Satan, the one deceiving the whole world, was cast out: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

¹³ And he performs great signs, so that he can indeed make fire descend out of the heaven to the earth in presence of the people. ¹⁴ And he deceives those dwelling upon the earth through the signs which it was given unto him to perform in the presence of the beast, saying to those dwelling on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, who had the wound of the sword, and did live. ¹⁵ And it was given unto him to give spirit to the image of the beast, in order that the image of the beast may indeed speak, and he may cause so many as will not worship the image of the beast that they should be killed. ¹⁶ And he causes all, small and great, both rich and poor, both free and bond, that they may give them a mark on their right hand, or on their forehead:

¹¹ And the merchants of the earth are weeping and mourning over her; because no one any longer buys their merchandise: ¹² their merchandise of gold, and of silver, and of precious stones, and of pearls, and of fine linen; and of purple, and of silk, and of scarlet, and all thyine wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel of most valuable wood, and of brass, and of iron, and of marble; ¹³ and cinnamon, and amomum, and incense, and myrrh, and libation, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and bodies and souls of men; ¹⁴ and the fruit of thy soul's inordinate desire has departed from thee; and all things bright and shining have perished from thee, and they will no longer find them. ¹⁵ The merchants of these things, who have grown rich from her, will stand a long way off on account of the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning; ¹⁶ saying, Alas, alas, the great city, clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and gilded with gold, and precious stone, and pearl! because in one hour so great riches have come to desolation. ¹⁷ And every pilot, and every one sailing to the place, both the sailors and so many as traverse the sea, stood a long way off, ¹⁸ and they continued to cry seeing the smoke of her burning, saying, Who is like unto the great city? ¹⁹ And they continued to cast dust upon their heads, and cry, weeping and mourning, saying, Alas, alas, the great city, in which all those having ships in the sea became rich from her costliness! that in one hour she is made desolate.

⁸ But to the cowardly, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and the murderers, and the fornicators, and the sorcerers, and the idolaters, and all liars, shall be their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.

⁵ And there shall be no more night; and they have no need of the light of a candle, nor the light of the sun; because the Lord God shines on them: and they shall reign until the ages of the ages.

¹⁵ For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and harlots, and murderers, and idolaters, and every one doing and loving falsehood.

²⁷ Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you are like whitened sepulchers, which are beautiful indeed externally, but within they are full of the hones of the dead people, and every impurity.

³⁵ in order that all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel, unto the blood of Zachariah the son of the blessed, whom they slew between the temple and the altar, may come upon you.

⁴⁷ Woe unto you! because you build the sepulchers of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. ⁴⁸ Therefore you are witnesses and you consent unto the works of your fathers: because they slew them, and you build. ⁴⁹ Therefore the wisdom of God said, I will send unto them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will slay and persecute. ⁵⁰ In order that the blood of all the prophets poured out from the foundation of the world, may be required from this generation; ⁵¹ from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the house; yea, I say unto you, it shall be required of this generation.

⁵² Which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? and they slew those proclaiming concerning the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you became:

¹⁵ who even killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and persecuted us, and are displeasing to God, and hostile to all men;

⁷ And when they may finish their testimony, the beast which ascends up out of the bottomless pit will make war against them, and conquer them, and slay them.

⁶ because they shed the blood of saints and of prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; they are worthy.

⁶ And I saw the woman drunken from the blood of the saints, and from the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and seeing her, I was astonished with great astonishment.

² because his judgments are true and righteous; because he has judged the great harlot, who corrupted the earth by her fornication, and he has avenged the blood of his servants from her hand.