| Rotherham | Old Testament Quotes (King James Version) |
|---|---|
| [1] After these things I saw another messenger, coming down out of heaven, – having great authority; and the earth was illumined with his glory. | |
| [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; | Isa 21:9; Dan 4:30; Jer 9:11; Isa 13:21; 34:13, 14; Lev 17:7; 2 Chr 11:15 |
| [3] Because 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. | Jer 51:7, 49; 25:16-27; Isa 51:17, 22; Isa 23:17 |
| [4] And I heard another voice out of heaven, saying – Come forth my people out of her, – that ye may have no fellowship with her sins, and, of her plagues that ye may not receive; | Jer 51:6, 9, 45, 50 |
| [5] because her sins were joined together as far as heaven, and God hath remembered her unrighteous deeds. | See vs 4 |
| [6] Render ye unto her as she also rendered, and double [the] double according to her works, – in the cup wherein she mixed mix unto her double, – | Psa 137:8; Jer 50:15, 29 |
| [7] As much as she glorified herself and waxed wanton so much give unto her torment and grief: – because in her heart she saith – I sit a Queen and widow am I not and grief in nowise shall I see! | |
| [8] Therefore in one day shall have come her plagues, – death and grief and famine; and with fire shall she be burned up; – because mighty is the [Lord] God who hath judged her. | Isa 47:7; Jer 50:34 |
| [9] And they shall weep and wail over her – shall the kings of the earth who with her committed lewdness and waxed wanton, – as soon as they see the smoke of her burning, – | Eze 26:16; 27:30, 33; Psa 48:4; Eze 27:35; Isa 23:17 |
| [10] afar off standing because of their fear of her torment, saying – Alas! alas! the great city! Babylon the mighty city! That in one hour hath come thy judgment. | Dan 4:30; Eze 26:17 |
| [11] And the merchants of the earth weep and grieve over her, because their cargo no one buyeth any more: | Eze 27:36, 31 |
| [12] cargo of gold and silver and precious stone and pearls and fine linen and purple and silk and scarlet and all thyine wood and every article of ivory and every article of wood most precious, and of copper and of iron and of marble | |
| [13] and cinnamon and spice and incense and unguent and frankincense and wine and oil and fine flour and wheat, and cattle and sheep, and cargo of horses and of chariots and of bodies, and lives of men. | Eze 27:13 |
| [14] And the fruit of the coveting of thy soul hath departed from thee and all things rich and bright have perished from thee; and no more in anywise for them shall they seek. | |
| [15] The merchants of these things who were enriched by her afar off shall stand, because of their fear of her torment weeping and grieving | Eze 27:13, 30 |
| [16] as they say – Alas! alas! the great city! She that was arrayed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stone and pearl, – | |
| [17] That in one hour hath been laid waste such great wealth as this! And every pilot and every passenger and mariners, and as many as by the sea carry on traffic afar off did stand, | |
| [18] and they cried out seeing the smoke of her burning saying – What city is like unto the great city? | Isa 34:10; Eze 27:28-32 |
| [19] And they cast dust upon their heads, and cried out weeping and grieving saying – Alas! alas! the great city! Whereby were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness, – that, in one hour she hath been laid waste! | Eze 27:30, 36, 33, 9; 26:19 |
| [20] Be glad over her thou heaven! And ye saints and ye apostles and ye prophets! For that God hath exacted your vindication from her. | Isa 44:23; Deu 32:43 |
| [21] And one mighty messenger lifted a stone as it were a geat millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying – Thus with main force shall be cast down Babylon the great city, – and in nowise be found any more; | Jer 51:63; Eze 26:21; Dan 4:30 |
| [22] And sound of harp-singers and musicians and flute-players and trumpeters, – In nowise be heard in thee any more; and any artisan [of any art] , – in nowise be found in thee any more; and sound of millstone, – in nowise be found in thee any more; | Isa 24:8; Eze 26:13 |
| [23] And light of lamp, – in nowise shine in thee any more; and voice of bridegroom and bride, – in nowise be heard in thee any more; because thy merchants were the great ones of the earth, because with thy sorcery were all the nations deceived: | Jer 25:10; Isa 23:8; 47:9 |
| [24] And in her blood of prophets and saints was found, – and of all who had been slain upon the earth. | Jer 51:49 |