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Revelation 18:20

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18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!

19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

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

21 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.

22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;

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BSB
Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.
KJV
Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
WEB
“Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints, apostles, and prophets, for God has judged your judgment on her.”
ASV
Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye saints, and ye apostles, and ye prophets; for God hath judged your judgment on her.
DARBY
Rejoice over her, heaven, and [ye] saints and apostles and prophets; for God has judged your judgment upon her.
BLB
Rejoice over her, O heaven, and [you] saints and apostles and prophets, because God judged the judgment of you⁺ against her.
ÅB
Fryd deg over den, du himmel, og dere hellige, og dere apostler og profeter, fordi Gud har holdt dom over den for dere!
OTB
"Gled dere over henne, dere himler, og dere hellige, apostler og profeter,
for Gud har avsagt dom for dere mot henne."
B1930
Fryd dig over den, du himmel, og I hellige, og I apostler og profeter, fordi Gud har holdt dom over den for eder!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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  • Revelation 6:10

    And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

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  • Revelation 12:12

    Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

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  • Revelation 19:1–3

    And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:

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  • Luke 18:7–8

    And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

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  • Isaiah 26:21

    For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

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  • 2 Peter 3:2

    That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:

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  • Proverbs 11:10

    When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.

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  • Psalms 58:10

    The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

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