Revelation 18:3

1 After this I saw another angel descending from heaven with great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his glory.

2 And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.

All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”

4 Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.

5 For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”
KJV
For all nations have drunk 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 are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
WEB
For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her sexual immorality, the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from the abundance of her luxury.”
ASV
For by the wine of the wrath of her fornication all the nations are fallen; and the kings of the earth committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth waxed rich by the power of her wantonness.
DARBY
because all the nations have drunk of the wine of the fury of her fornication; and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have been enriched through the might of her luxury.
BLB
For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her sexual immorality; and the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality with her; and the merchants of the earth became rich through the power of her luxury.”
ÅB
for av hennes horelevnets vredes-vin har alle folk drukket, og kongene på jorden har drevet hor med henne, og kjøpmennene på jorden er blitt rike av hennes vellevnets fylde.
OTB
For alle nasjonene har drukket av hennes utuktighets vredesvin,
og jordens konger har drevet utukt med henne,
og jordens kjøpmenn er blitt rike av hennes overdådige luksus."
B1930
for av hennes horelevnets vredes-vin har alle folk drukket, og kongene på jorden har drevet hor med henne, og kjøbmennene på jorden er blitt rike av hennes vellevnets fylde.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Revelation 14:8

    Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”

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  • Revelation 17:2

    The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.”

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  • Revelation 18:9

    Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her.

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  • Revelation 18:23

    The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”

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  • Jeremiah 51:7

    Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad.

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  • Revelation 18:11–17

    And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo—

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  • 2 Peter 2:1–3

    Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.

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  • Lamentations 4:5

    Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps.

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