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Revelation 18:11
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The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargo any longer—
And the Merchants of the earth shall weepe and mourne ouer her, for no man buyeth their merchandise any more.
"And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargo any more—
And the merchants of the earth will cry and be sad about her, because now there is no one to buy their cargoes—
"The traders will cry and carry on because the bottom dropped out of business, no more market for their goods: gold, silver, precious gems, pearls; fabrics of fine linen, purple, silk, scarlet; perfumed wood and vessels of ivory, precious woods, bronze, iron, and marble; cinnamon and spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; wine and oil, flour and wheat; cattle, sheep, horses, and chariots. And slaves—their terrible traffic in human lives. Everything you've lived for, gone! All delicate and delectable luxury, lost! Not a scrap, not a thread to be found! "The traders who made millions off her kept their distance for fear of getting burned, and cried and carried on all the more: Doom, doom, the great city doomed! Dressed in the latest fashions, adorned with the finest jewels, in one hour such wealth wiped out! "All the ship captains and travelers by sea, sailors and toilers of the sea, stood off at a distance and cried their lament when they saw the smoke from her burning: ‘Oh, what a city! There was never a city like her!' They threw dust on their heads and cried as if the world had come to an end: Doom, doom, the great city doomed! All who owned ships or did business by sea Got rich on her getting and spending. And now it's over—wiped out in one hour! "O Heaven, celebrate! And join in, saints, apostles, and prophets! God has judged her; every wrong you suffered from her has been judged." A strong Angel reached for a boulder—huge, like a millstone—and heaved it into the sea, saying, Heaved and sunk, the great city Babylon, sunk in the sea, not a sign of her ever again. Silent the music of harpists and singers— you'll never hear flutes and trumpets again. Artisans of every kind—gone; you'll never see their likes again. The voice of a millstone grinding falls dumb; you'll never hear that sound again. The light from lamps, never again; never again laughter of bride and groom. Her traders robbed the whole earth blind, and by black-magic arts deceived the nations. The only thing left of Babylon is blood— the blood of saints and prophets, the murdered and the martyred.
And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn for her, since no one buys their cargo anymore,
"And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargoes any more—
And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo-
Every merchant on earth will mourn, because there is no one to buy their goods.
The world's businessmen weep and mourn over her, because no one is buying their merchandise any more —
And the merchants of the earth weep and grieve over her, because no one buys their lading any more;
"And the merchants of the earth will cry and be sad for her. They will be sad because now there is no one to buy the things they sell—
And the marchants of the earth shall weepe and wayle ouer her: for no man byeth their ware any more.
And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buys their merchandise any more:
The merchants of the earth also cry and mourn for her, because no one buys their goods any longer;
And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargo any more—
And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargo any more,
"And merchants of the earth will weep and grieve over her, because no one buys their cargo (goods, merchandise) anymore—
And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, for no man buyeth their merchandise any more;
And the traders of the earth are weeping and crying over her, because no man has any more desire for their goods,
The merchants of the eretz weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise any more;
The merchants of the earth cry and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargo anymoreEzekiel 27:27-36; Revelation 18:3;">[xr] -
And the merchants of the earth shall be sorrowful over her, because no man buyeth of their burden.
And the merchants of the earth will mourn over her, because no one purchaseth their cargo;
And the marchauntes of the earth shall wepe and wayle ouer her, for no man wyll bye their ware any more.
And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, for no man buyeth their merchandise any more;
The merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise any more;
And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her; for none buyeth their merchandize any more; Merchandize of gold,
And the merchants of the earth weep aloud and lament over her, because now there is no sale for their cargoes--
And marchauntis of the erthe schulen wepe on it, and morne, for no man schal bie more the marchaundise of hem;
And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, for no man buys their merchandise anymore;
And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
Then the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn for her because no one buys their cargo any longer—
"And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise anymore:
The merchants of the world will weep and mourn for her, for there is no one left to buy their goods.
The men of the earth who buy and sell are sorry for her and cry. They cry because there is no one to buy their things anymore.
And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn for her, since no one buys their cargo anymore,
And, the merchants of the earth, weep and grieve over her, because, their cargo, no one, buyeth any more:
And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her: for no man shall buy their merchandise any more.
And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn for her, since no one buys their cargo any more,
And the marchauntes of the erth shall wepe and wayle in them selves for no man wyll bye their ware eny more
`And the merchants of the earth shall weep and sorrow over her, because their lading no one doth buy any more;
And the marchauntes off the earth shall wepe and wayle in them selues, because no man will bye their ware eny more,
the merchants of the earth shall bewail and mourn over her, because there are none to purchase their cargo:
"The businessmen of the earth will also cry out in loss. No one will buy from them anymore.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the merchants: Revelation 18:3, Revelation 18:9, Revelation 18:15, Revelation 18:20, Revelation 18:23, Revelation 13:16, Revelation 13:17, Isaiah 23:1-15, Isaiah 47:15, Ezekiel 26:17-21, Ezekiel 27:27-36, Zephaniah 1:11, Zephaniah 1:18
buyeth: Proverbs 3:14, Matthew 22:5, John 2:16, 2 Peter 2:3
Reciprocal: Isaiah 2:7 - land Isaiah 2:16 - pleasant pictures Isaiah 14:11 - pomp Isaiah 23:3 - she is Isaiah 23:14 - General Isaiah 43:14 - whose cry Jeremiah 51:13 - abundant Ezekiel 17:4 - into Ezekiel 26:12 - thy merchandise Ezekiel 26:16 - all the princes Ezekiel 27:3 - a merchant Hosea 10:5 - for the people Zechariah 14:21 - no more Acts 16:16 - which Acts 19:25 - ye know 1 Timothy 3:3 - not covetous 1 John 2:16 - and the pride Revelation 14:8 - Babylon Revelation 16:10 - full Revelation 18:16 - Alas Revelation 18:17 - And every
Cross-References
Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched but found not the images.
And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.
And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.
And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over over her,.... Who these are, :- and, what their lamentation, Revelation 18:16 the reason of their weeping and mourning follows: for no man buyeth their merchandise any more; what their merchandise is, is expressed in the two next verses; and this shows that it is not to be understood merely in a literal sense; for such commodities in general as are there mentioned, if they do not sell at one place, they will at another; and the decline of trade in one city does not put a stop to business all the world over; and often so it is, that the ruin of commerce in one place is the rise of it in another; and all the things hereafter spoken of, excepting the last article, are what will be merchandised in one place or another to the end of the world; unless the sense should be, that no man at Rome, and the parts adjacent, will buy of this merchandise any more; but though they should not, this could not be cause of such lamentation as is afterwards expressed, since their goods might be sold elsewhere; but it looks as if this must be understood of such kind of wares as will be disused and despised all the world over, and they will meet with no customers any where to deal with them in them.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And the merchants of the earth - Who have been accustomed to traffic with her, and who have been enriched by the traffic. The image is that of a rich and splendid city. Of course, such a city depends much on its merchandise; and when it declines and falls, many who had been accustomed to deal with it, as merchants or traffickers, are affected by it, and have occasion to lament its fall.
Shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise anymore - The merchandise which they were accustomed to take to the city, and by the sale of which they lived. The enumeration of the articles of merchandise which follows, seems to have been inserted for the purpose of filling out the representation of what is usually found in such a city, and to show the desolation which would occur when this traffic was suspended.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Revelation 18:11. The merchants of the earth — These are represented as mourning over her, because their traffic with her was at an end.
Bishop Bale, who applies all these things to the Church of Rome, thus paraphrases the principal passages:-
"The mighty kinges and potentates of the earth, not havinge afore their eyes the love and feare of God, have committed with this whore moste vile filthynesse; abusinge themselves by many straunge or uncommaunded worshippings, and bynding themselves by othe to observe hyr lawes and customs. At the examples, doctrines, counsels, and perswasions of hyr holy whoremongers, have they broken the covenaunts of peace; battailed, oppressed, spoyled, ravished, tyrannously murthered innocents; yea, for vain foolish causes, and more vaine titles, as though there were neither heaven nor hel, God nor accounts to be made.
"And her mitred marchantes, hyr shorne souldiers, hir massemongers, hyr soulesellers, and hir martbrokers, waxed very riche, through the sale of hir oyles, creme, salt, water, bread, orders, hallowings, houselinges, ashes, palme, waxe, frankensence, beades, crosses, candlesticks, copes, belles, organes, images, reliques, and other pedlary wares.
"They have gotten in unto them pallaces and princely houses, fat pastors and parkes, meadowes and warrens, rivers and pondes, villages and towns, cities and whole provinces, with the divill and all els; besides other men's wives, daughters, mayde servantes, and children, whom they have abhominably corrupted. What profites they have drawen unto them also by the sale of great bishopricks, prelacies, promocions, benefices, tot quoties, pardons, pilgrymages, confessions, and purgatory; besides the yearely rents of cathedrall churches, abbayes, colleges, covents, for sutes and suche other.-Specially shal they be sore discontented with the matter, which have with hir committed the whordom of the spyrite, by many externe worshipings of drye waffer cakes, oyles, roods, relyques, ladyes, images, sculles, bones, chippes, olde ragges, showes, (shoes,) bootes, spurres, hattes, breches, whodes, night capes, and such like.
"And they that have lived wantonly with hir, (Revelation 18:9), in following hir idle observacions, in mattenses, houres, and masses; in sensinges, halowings, and font halowing; in going processions with canapye, crosse, and pyx; with banneres, stremers, and torche light; with such other gaudes to folish for children.
"Alas, alas, that great cyty (Revelation 18:10) that beautiful Babilon, that blessed holy mother the Church, which somtime had so many popes pardons, so many bishoppes blessinges, so many holye stations, so many cleane remissions a pena et culpa, so many good ghostly fathers, so many religious orders, so much holy water for spirites, and Saint John's gospel, with the five woundes and the length of our Lord for drowning, is nowe decayed for ever!
'Alas, alas, who shall pray for us now? Who shall singe dirges and trentoles? Who shal spoile us of our sinnes? Who shal give us ashes and palmes? Who shal blesse us with a spade, and singe us out of purgatory when we are deade? If we lacke these things we are like to want heaven. These are the desperate complaints of the wicked."
