Revelation 18 Cross References - Goodspeed

¹ Afterward I saw another angel come down from heaven. He possessed great authority and his splendor lighted up the earth. ² He cried out with a mighty voice, "She is fallen! Mighty Babylon is fallen! She has become the haunt of demons, and a dungeon for every foul spirit and every unclean and loathsome bird, ³ for after drinking the wine of the passion of her immorality all the heathen have fallen; the kings of the earth have joined in her idolatry, and the traders of the earth have grown rich from her excessive luxury!" ⁴ Then I heard another voice from heaven say, "Come out of her, my people, so that you may not share in her sins, and suffer from her plagues. ⁵ For her sins are piled up to the sky, and God has remembered her crimes. ⁶ Pay her back in her own coin, and give her double for what she has done. In the cup she mixed for others, mix her a double draught. ⁷ The more she has given herself to pride and luxury the more you must give her torture and grief. Because she says to herself, 'I sit on a throne; I am not a widow, I shall never have any sorrow,' ⁸ her plagues will overtake her in one day, death, grief, and famine, and she will be burned up with fire; for the Lord God who has judged her is mighty. ⁹ The kings of the earth who have joined in her idolatry and luxury will weep and lament over her when they see the smoke from her burning. ¹⁰ They will stand a long way off for fear of her torture and say, 'Alas! Alas for the great city, for Babylon the mighty city, for in a single hour your judgment has overtaken you!' ¹¹ The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one will buy their cargoes any more— ¹² cargoes of gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet, all kinds of citron wood, all kinds of objects of ivory and costly wood, bronze, iron, and marble, ¹³ and cinnamon, spices, incense, perfume, frankincense, wine, olive oil, flour, wheat, cattle, sheep, horses, carriages, slaves—and human lives! ¹⁴ The fruit of your soul's desire is gone, your luxury and splendor have perished, and people will never find them again. ¹⁵ The dealers in these things, who had grown rich from their trade with her, for fear of her torture will stand a long way off, weeping and mourning, ¹⁶ and say, 'Alas! Alas for the great city that was dressed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and glittered with gold, precious stones, and pearls, ¹⁷ for in a single hour this vast wealth has been destroyed!' All navigators and all who travel by sea, sailors and sea-faring men, stood a long way off ¹⁸ and cried out when they saw the smoke from her burning, 'What city was like the great city?' ¹⁹ They threw dust on their heads and wept and mourned, crying out, 'Alas! Alas for the great city, where all who had ships on the sea grew rich through her extravagance! For in a single hour she has been destroyed!' ²⁰ Gloat over her, heaven! and all you people of God, apostles, and prophets, for God has avenged you upon her!" ²¹ Then a mighty angel caught up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, "With such violence will Babylon the great city be hurled to destruction and never be seen again! ²² The sound of harpists and musicians, flute-players, and trumpets will never be heard in you again. No craftsman of any kind will ever be found in you again, no sound of the millstone will ever be heard in you again; ²³ no light of any lamp will ever shine in you again; no voice of bride or bridegroom will ever be heard in you again. For your merchants were the great men of the earth; by your magic all the heathen have been led astray, ²⁴ and in you was found the blood of prophets, God's people, and all who have been slaughtered on the earth."

²⁴ for just as when the lightning flashes, it shines from one end of the sky to the other, that will be the way with the Son of Man.

⁸ Then the embodiment of disobedience will make his appearance, and the Lord Jesus will destroy him with the breath of his mouth and annihilate him by his appearance and arrival.

¹ Then I saw another mighty angel descend from heaven. He was clothed in a cloud, and a rainbow encircled his head. His face was like the sun, his legs were like pillars of fire,

¹ Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and spoke to me. "Come," he said, "I will show you the doom of the great idolatress who is seated on many waters,

⁷ but the angel said to me, "Why are you amazed? I will explain to you what the woman and the animal with seven heads and ten horns that carries her symbolize.

²³ The city does not need the sun nor the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God lighted it, and the Lamb is its lamp.

³ This man lived among the tombs, and no one could any longer secure him even with a chain, ⁴ for he had often been fastened with fetters and chains and had snapped the chains and broken the fetters; and there was no one strong enough to master him, ⁵ and night and day he was always shrieking among the tombs and on the hills and cutting himself with stones.

²⁷ And when he landed, he met a man possessed by demons, who was coming out of the town. He had worn no clothing for a long time, and did not live in a house but in the tombs. ²⁸ When he saw Jesus he cried out and threw himself down before him, and said in a loud voice, "What do you want of me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you not to torture me!"

¹⁵ his feet were like bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the noise of mighty waters.

² And I saw a mighty angel announcing in a loud voice, "Who is fit to open the roll and break its seals?"

³ and he uttered a great shout like the roar of a lion; and when he shouted, the seven thunders raised their voices.

⁸ A second angel followed, saying, "She is fallen! Mighty Babylon is fallen, who made all the heathen drink the wine of the passion of her immorality!"

¹⁵ And another angel came out of the temple and cried in a loud voice to him who was seated on the cloud, "Use your sickle and reap. The time has come to reap, for the earth's harvest is ripe."

¹³ Then I saw three foul spirits like frogs emerge from the mouth of the dragon and from the mouth of the animal and from the mouth of the false prophet.

¹⁹ The great city broke into three pieces, the cities of the heathen fell, and God remembered to give mighty Babylon the cup of the wine of his fierce anger.

⁵ On her forehead there was written a name that was symbolic: "Mighty Babylon, mother of idolatresses and of earth's abominations."

¹⁸ And the woman that you saw is the great city that has dominion over the kings of the earth."

¹⁰ They will stand a long way off for fear of her torture and say, 'Alas! Alas for the great city, for Babylon the mighty city, for in a single hour your judgment has overtaken you!'

²¹ Then a mighty angel caught up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, "With such violence will Babylon the great city be hurled to destruction and never be seen again!

²⁵ Then what did you go out there to see? A man luxuriously dressed? Men who wear fine clothes and live in luxury you find in palaces.

¹ There were false prophets too among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will introduce destructive sects and deny the Master who has bought them, thus bringing on themselves swift destruction. ² Many people will follow their immoral ways, and they will cause the true way to be maligned. ³ In their greed they will exploit you with pretended arguments. From of old their condemnation has not been idle, and their destruction has not slumbered.

² in whose idolatry the kings of the earth have joined, and with the wine of whose idolatry the inhabitants of the earth have been intoxicated."

⁹ The kings of the earth who have joined in her idolatry and luxury will weep and lament over her when they see the smoke from her burning.

¹¹ The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one will buy their cargoes any more— ¹² cargoes of gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet, all kinds of citron wood, all kinds of objects of ivory and costly wood, bronze, iron, and marble, ¹³ and cinnamon, spices, incense, perfume, frankincense, wine, olive oil, flour, wheat, cattle, sheep, horses, carriages, slaves—and human lives! ¹⁴ The fruit of your soul's desire is gone, your luxury and splendor have perished, and people will never find them again. ¹⁵ The dealers in these things, who had grown rich from their trade with her, for fear of her torture will stand a long way off, weeping and mourning, ¹⁶ and say, 'Alas! Alas for the great city that was dressed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and glittered with gold, precious stones, and pearls, ¹⁷ for in a single hour this vast wealth has been destroyed!' All navigators and all who travel by sea, sailors and sea-faring men, stood a long way off

²³ no light of any lamp will ever shine in you again; no voice of bride or bridegroom will ever be heard in you again. For your merchants were the great men of the earth; by your magic all the heathen have been led astray,

³⁰ and say, 'If we had been living in the times of our fathers, we would not have joined them in the murder of the prophets.'

¹⁵ "So when you see the dreadful desecration, of which the prophet Daniel spoke, set up in the Holy Place"—the reader must take note of this— ¹⁶ "then those who are in Judea must fly to the hills;

¹⁷ Therefore, "Come out from them, And separate from them, says the Lord, And touch nothing that is unclean. Then I will welcome you,

²² Never ordain anyone hastily; do not make yourself responsible for the sins of others; keep your life pure.

¹¹ For anyone who bids him good morning shares in his wicked work.

¹⁴ Alexander, the metal-worker, did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him for what he did.

¹⁰ Whoever is destined for captivity will go into captivity; whoever kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. On this fact rests the endurance and fidelity of God's people.

¹⁰ shall drink the wine of God's wrath, poured unmixed into the cup of his anger, and be tortured with fire and brimstone before the eyes of the holy angels and the Lamb.

⁵ Then I heard the angel of the waters say, "You are just in pronouncing this sentence, you who are and were, the Holy One; ⁶ for they shed the blood of your people and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink, as they deserve."

⁴ The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and glittered with gold, precious stones, and pearls. She had in her hand a gold cup full of accursed things, and the impurities of her immorality.

⁴ the adversary of every being that is called a god or an object of worship, and so overbearing toward them as to enter God's sanctuary and take his seat there, proclaiming himself to be God— ⁵ do you not remember that when I was with you, I used to tell you this? ⁶ So now you know what it is that is holding him back from making his appearance before the appointed time arrives. ⁷ For disobedience is already secretly at work, but only until he who is now holding it in check is gotten out of the way. ⁸ Then the embodiment of disobedience will make his appearance, and the Lord Jesus will destroy him with the breath of his mouth and annihilate him by his appearance and arrival.

²² Or are we trying to arouse the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he is?

¹⁷ saying, "We give you thanks, Lord God Almighty, who are and were, because you have assumed your great power and begun to reign.

¹⁶ The ten horns that you saw and the animal will hate the idolatrous woman and make her desolate and naked, and eat her flesh and burn her up with fire.

⁹ The kings of the earth who have joined in her idolatry and luxury will weep and lament over her when they see the smoke from her burning. ¹⁰ They will stand a long way off for fear of her torture and say, 'Alas! Alas for the great city, for Babylon the mighty city, for in a single hour your judgment has overtaken you!'

¹⁷ for in a single hour this vast wealth has been destroyed!' All navigators and all who travel by sea, sailors and sea-faring men, stood a long way off

¹⁹ They threw dust on their heads and wept and mourned, crying out, 'Alas! Alas for the great city, where all who had ships on the sea grew rich through her extravagance! For in a single hour she has been destroyed!'

³ Then they said again, "Praise the Lord! For smoke will go up from her forever and ever!"

¹¹ The smoke of their torture will go up forever and ever, and they will have no rest night or day—these worshipers of the animal and its statue, and any who bear the mark of its name."

¹² The ten horns that you saw are also ten kings, who have not yet begun to reign, but for a single hour they receive authority as kings along with the animal. ¹³ They have one purpose, they give their power and authority to the animal.

³ for after drinking the wine of the passion of her immorality all the heathen have fallen; the kings of the earth have joined in her idolatry, and the traders of the earth have grown rich from her excessive luxury!"

⁷ The more she has given herself to pride and luxury the more you must give her torture and grief. Because she says to herself, 'I sit on a throne; I am not a widow, I shall never have any sorrow,'

¹⁸ and cried out when they saw the smoke from her burning, 'What city was like the great city?'

²⁰ Gloat over her, heaven! and all you people of God, apostles, and prophets, for God has avenged you upon her!"

¹² The ten horns that you saw are also ten kings, who have not yet begun to reign, but for a single hour they receive authority as kings along with the animal.

⁸ her plagues will overtake her in one day, death, grief, and famine, and she will be burned up with fire; for the Lord God who has judged her is mighty.

⁵ But they took no notice of it, and went off, one to his estate, and another to his business,

¹⁶ And he said to the pigeon-dealers, "Take these things away! Do not turn my Father's house into a market!"

³ In their greed they will exploit you with pretended arguments. From of old their condemnation has not been idle, and their destruction has not slumbered.

¹⁶ And it makes everyone, high and low, rich and poor, freemen and slaves, have a mark stamped on their right hands or on their foreheads, ¹⁷ and permits no one to buy or sell anything unless he bears the mark, that is, the animal's name or the number corresponding to its name.

¹⁵ The dealers in these things, who had grown rich from their trade with her, for fear of her torture will stand a long way off, weeping and mourning,

³ And Mary took a pound of choice perfume, very costly, and poured it on Jesus' feet, and then wiped his feet with her hair, and the whole house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. ⁴ But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, who was going to betray him, said, ⁵ "Why was this perfume not sold for sixty dollars, and the money given to the poor?" ⁶ But he did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief and when he had charge of the purse he used to take what was put in it. ⁷ Jesus said, "Let her alone; let her keep it for the day of my funeral, ⁸ for you always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me."

¹⁰ immoral people, men sexually perverted, kidnapers, liars, perjurers, or whatever else is contrary to sound teaching,

²⁰ But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your soul will be demanded of you. Then who will have all you have prepared?'

²⁵ And Abraham said, 'My child, remember that you received your blessings in your lifetime, and Lazarus had his misfortunes in his; and now he is being comforted here, while you are in anguish.

⁶ Now these things happened to warn us, so that we should not long for what is evil as they did.

² You crave things, and cannot have them, and so you commit murder. You covet things, and cannot get them, and so you quarrel and fight. You do not have things because you do not ask for them.

¹⁶ for all that there is in the world, the things that our physical nature and our eyes crave, and the proud display of life—these do not come from the Father, but from the world; ¹⁷ and the world with its cravings is passing away, but whoever does God's will will endure forever.

¹⁷ And he taught them, and said, "Does not the Scripture say, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations'? But you have made it a robbers' cave."

¹⁹ But when her masters saw that their hopes of profits were gone, they seized Paul and Silas, dragged them to the public square, to the authorities,

²⁴ A silversmith named Demetrius was making large profits for his workmen by the manufacture of silver shrines of Artemis. ²⁵ He got the workmen in that and similar trades together, and said to them, "Men, you know that this business is the source of our prosperity, ²⁶ and you see and hear that not only in Ephesus but almost all over Asia, this man Paul has persuaded and drawn away numbers of people, telling them that gods made by human hands are not gods at all. ²⁷ There is danger, therefore, not only that this business of ours will be discredited, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be neglected and the magnificence of her whom all Asia and the world worship will be a thing of the past!"

¹⁰ They will stand a long way off for fear of her torture and say, 'Alas! Alas for the great city, for Babylon the mighty city, for in a single hour your judgment has overtaken you!' ¹¹ The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one will buy their cargoes any more—

¹⁹ "There was once a rich man, who used to dress in purple and fine linen, and to live in luxury every day. ²⁰ And a beggar named Lazarus was put down at his gate covered with sores ²¹ and eager to satisfy his hunger with what was thrown away from the rich man's table. Why, the very dogs came and licked his sores. ²² And it came about that the beggar died and was carried away by the angels to the companionship of Abraham, and the rich man too died and was buried. ²³ And in Hades he looked up, tormented as he was, and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus beside him. ²⁴ And he called to him and said, 'Father Abraham! take pity on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in torment, here in the flames!' ²⁵ And Abraham said, 'My child, remember that you received your blessings in your lifetime, and Lazarus had his misfortunes in his; and now he is being comforted here, while you are in anguish. ²⁶ Besides there is a great chasm set between you and us, so that those who want to go over from this side to you cannot, and they cannot cross from your side to us.' ²⁷ And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father's house, ²⁸ for I have five brothers; let him warn them so that they will not also come to this place of torture.' ²⁹ Abraham answered, 'They have Moses and the prophets; let them listen to them.' ³⁰ But he said, 'No! Father Abraham, but if someone will go to them from the dead, they will repent!' ³¹ He answered, 'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead!' "

⁴ and worshiped the dragon for having given the animal his authority, and they worshiped the animal, and said, "Who is there like the animal? Who can fight with it?"

⁴⁹ This is why the Wisdom of God said, 'I will send prophets and apostles to them, and some of them they will kill and some they will persecute'— ⁵⁰ so that this age may be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the creation of the world,

⁷ Then will not God provide protection for his chosen people, who cry out to him day and night? ⁸ I tell you, he will make haste to provide it! But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"

²⁰ You are built upon the apostles and prophets as your foundation, and Christ Jesus himself is the cornerstone.

⁵ (which in past ages was not disclosed to mankind as fully as it has now been revealed through the Spirit to his holy apostles and prophets)

¹¹ And he has given us some men as apostles, some as prophets, some as missionaries, some as pastors and teachers,

² to remember the things foretold by the holy prophets, and the command of the Lord and Savior through your apostles.

¹⁷ But you, dear friends, must remember what was foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

¹⁰ They cried out in a loud voice, "Holy and true Master, how long is it to be before you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?"

¹² Therefore, rejoice, you heavens and you who live in them! But alas for the earth and the sea, for the devil has descended upon you in a great rage, for he knows that he has only a short time left."

¹ After that I heard what sounded like the loud shout of a great multitude in heaven saying, "Praise the Lord! Salvation, glory, and power belong to our God, ² for his judgments are sound and upright. For he has passed judgment upon the great idolatress who corrupted the earth with her idolatry, and he has avenged the blood of his slaves upon her!" ³ Then they said again, "Praise the Lord! For smoke will go up from her forever and ever!"

⁸ but they were defeated, and there was no place for them any longer in heaven.

²⁰ Every island vanished, the mountains disappeared,

²² The sound of harpists and musicians, flute-players, and trumpets will never be heard in you again. No craftsman of any kind will ever be found in you again, no sound of the millstone will ever be heard in you again;

¹¹ Then I saw a great white throne with a being seated on it from whose presence earth and sky fled so far that they could not be found.

¹¹ They made much of him because for a long time he had amazed them with his magic.

⁹ So the great dragon, the ancient serpent who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world, was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him.

¹³ It performs great wonders, even making fire come down from heaven to earth before men's eyes. ¹⁴ It leads the inhabitants of the earth astray by the wonders it is allowed to do on behalf of the animal, telling the inhabitants of the earth to erect a statue to the animal that bears the mark of the sword-thrust and yet lives. ¹⁵ It is also allowed to impart life to the animal's statue so that the animal's statue can speak, and to have all who do not worship the animal's statue killed. ¹⁶ And it makes everyone, high and low, rich and poor, freemen and slaves, have a mark stamped on their right hands or on their foreheads,

¹¹ The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one will buy their cargoes any more— ¹² cargoes of gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet, all kinds of citron wood, all kinds of objects of ivory and costly wood, bronze, iron, and marble, ¹³ and cinnamon, spices, incense, perfume, frankincense, wine, olive oil, flour, wheat, cattle, sheep, horses, carriages, slaves—and human lives! ¹⁴ The fruit of your soul's desire is gone, your luxury and splendor have perished, and people will never find them again. ¹⁵ The dealers in these things, who had grown rich from their trade with her, for fear of her torture will stand a long way off, weeping and mourning, ¹⁶ and say, 'Alas! Alas for the great city that was dressed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and glittered with gold, precious stones, and pearls, ¹⁷ for in a single hour this vast wealth has been destroyed!' All navigators and all who travel by sea, sailors and sea-faring men, stood a long way off ¹⁸ and cried out when they saw the smoke from her burning, 'What city was like the great city?' ¹⁹ They threw dust on their heads and wept and mourned, crying out, 'Alas! Alas for the great city, where all who had ships on the sea grew rich through her extravagance! For in a single hour she has been destroyed!'

⁸ But the cowardly, unfaithful, and polluted—murderers, immoral people, those who practice magic or idolatry, and all liars will find themselves in the burning lake of fire and brimstone. This is the second death."

⁵ There will no longer be any night and they will have no need of lamplight or sunlight, for the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.

¹⁵ The dogs, those who practice magic or immorality, murderers, idolaters, and anyone who loves falsehood or tells lies will be shut out of it.

²⁷ Alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you are like white-washed tombs! They look well on the outside, but inside they are full of the bones of the dead, and all that is unclean.

³⁵ it is that on your heads may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth from the blood of Abel the upright to the blood of Zechariah, Barachiah's son, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar!

⁴⁷ Alas for you! For you build monuments for the prophets, whom your forefathers killed. ⁴⁸ So you testify to what your fathers did and approve it, for they killed them and you build their monuments. ⁴⁹ This is why the Wisdom of God said, 'I will send prophets and apostles to them, and some of them they will kill and some they will persecute'— ⁵⁰ so that this age may be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the creation of the world, ⁵¹ from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you! This age will be charged with it all!

⁵² Which of the prophets did your forefathers not persecute? They killed the men who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and killed—

¹⁵ who killed the Lord Jesus and persecuted the prophets and us; who displease God, and in their hostility to all mankind

⁷ When they finish their testimony, the animal that comes up out of the abyss will make war on them and conquer them and kill them,

⁶ for they shed the blood of your people and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink, as they deserve."

⁶ I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God's people, and the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. When I saw her I was perfectly amazed,

² for his judgments are sound and upright. For he has passed judgment upon the great idolatress who corrupted the earth with her idolatry, and he has avenged the blood of his slaves upon her!"