Judgment on Babylon

Because Babylon represents False Christianity, she receives a double judgment. She is rewarded double for her sins, which include spiritual fornication, merchandising Christianity, deception and persecution of God’s people. The two judgments of Babylon are the Great Tribulation and the final Judgment Day. There is great mourning for Babylon by the kings of the earth, the merchants and the shipmasters because she provided them great worldly luxuries (allowance for worldliness in the church). Click on video links below or continue study below.

Babylon – Double Judgment – Great Tribulation and Last Day

Great Tribulation

Final Judgment on Babylon

Judgment in Jeremiah 50-51

Judgment in Isaiah 13

Judgment in Isaiah 47

Judgment in Psalm 137

Babylon – Double Judgment – Great Tribulation and Last Day

Double Judgment Summary (Rev 18:2,18:6,18:9-10,18:15-19)

And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. (Rev 18:2)
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. (Rev 18:4)
Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. (Rev 18:6)
And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. (Rev 18:9-10)
The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! (Rev 18:15-16)
For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city! 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. (Rev 18:17-19)

It should be noted in Rev 18:4, that there are two reasons for departing from Babylon. First, Christians are not to partake of her sins of worldliness (worshiping false gods and idols). False gods and idols can include many, many things, but can be summed up in one phrase: deception of worldiness. Second, Christians are not to receive her plagues. All true Christians will flee from worldliness and be separate from sin. Since the book of Revelation is a symbolic book, the departure should not necessarily be a physical removing from other people. Rather a separation in that true Christians will not partake of worldly, sensual and sinful acts that are sponsored by the church. This may involve finding other mean of fellowshipping with God’s people.

The dual reasons for departing Babylon are consistent with the ‘double’ theme of Revelation 18. The double is the reward for Babylon’s sins and iniquities. We see the ‘double’ judgment (Great Tribulation and the Last Day) stated by the term ‘fallen, fallen’ in Rev 18:2. Additioanlly, the kings of the earth, the merchants and the shipmasters all say ‘alas, alas’ for Babylon once she is desolated during the Great Tribulation.

Fallen, Fallen (Rev 18:2)

And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. (Rev 18:2)

And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. (Rev 14:8)

And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground. (Isa 21:9)

Judgment on Babylon – Great Tribulation and the Last Day (Judgment Day)
Parallel to Destruction of Jerusalem in 586 B.C. (Great Tribulation) and the Fall of Babylon to the Medes in 536 B.C.
Fallen, fallen – double curse – see Rev 18:2, Gal 1:6-9 , Is 21:9

All nations – world under bondage to Satan – see 2 Tim 2:24-26, 2 Pet 2:19, Lk 1:74, Lk 5:10
Fall of Babylon – Isa 13-14, Isa 21:9, Isa 47-48, Jer 50-51, Dan 5, 2 Chr 36, Ezra 1, Hab 2:6-20
Verily, verily – Joh 1:51, Joh 3:3, Joh 3:5, Joh 3:11, Joh 5:19, Joh 5:24, Joh 5:25, Joh 6:26, Joh 6:32, Joh 6:47, Joh 6:53, Joh 8:34, Joh 8:51, Joh 8:58, Joh 10:1, Joh 10:7, Joh 12:24, Joh 13:16, Joh 13:20, Joh 13:21, Joh 13:38, Joh 14:12, Joh 16:20, Joh 16:23, Joh 21:18.

Alas, Alas (Rev 18:10,16,19)

It is notable that the 3 woes of Revelation are trumpets 5, 6 and 7 (see Rev 9 and Rev 11). Trumpets 5 and 6 refer to the Great Tribulation and trumpet 7 refers to the Last Day (judgment Day). In Rev 18, alas, alas are also used in the context of Judgment on Babylon during the Great Tribulation and the Last Day.

Woe, woes, woe

Gr: ouai – G3759 – woe, alas – exclamation of grief
Warning to Chorazin / Bethsaida – Mat 11:21, Lk 10:13
Woe unto the world because of offences – Mar 18:7, Lk 17:12
To Scribes, Pharisees, Lawyers – Mat 23:13-16, Mat 23:23, Mat 23:25, Mat 23:27, Mat 23:29, Lk 11:42-44, Lk 11:46-47, Lk 11:52
To those with child during Great Tribulation – Mat 24:19, Mk 13:17, Lk 21:23
To whom the son of Man is betrayed (Judas) – Mat 26:24, Mk 14:21, Lk 22:22
To the rich / full – Lk 6:24-25
To those who men speak well of – Lk 6:26
Woe unto a Christian if they do not share the Gospel – 1 Cor 9:16
Woe to the false teachers in the church – Jude 11
The last 3 trumpets of Rev 8-9 (Great Tribulation and Judgment Day) – Rev 8:13, Rev 9:12, Rev 11:14
Woe to people of earth after Satan cast to the earth – Rev 12:12
Alas, Alas – judgment on Babylon – Rev 18:10, Rev 18:16, Rev 18:19

Other Double Judgment Verses

If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double. (Exo 22:4)
If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man’s house; if the thief be found, let him pay double. (Exo 22:7)
For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour. (Exo 22:9)
Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle? (Job 41:13)
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD’S hand double for all her sins. (Isa 40:2)
For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them. (Isa 61:7)
And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things. (Jer 16:18)
Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction. (Jer 17:18)
Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee; (Zec 9:12)
Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. (Rev 18:6)

Double Honor / Blessing:

Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine. (1Ti 5:17)
And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. (2Ki 2:9)
But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his. (Deu 21:17)

Great Tribulation

God’s Judgment on Judah – the Harlot Church

Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations. Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle. (Jer 25:9-10)
The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people. (Isa 3:13)
The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses. (Isa 3:14)
When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning. (Isa 4:4)
And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands. (Jer 1:16)
Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them. (Jer 4:12)
Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? (Jer 5:9)
Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD. (Jer 8:7)
But the Chaldeans’ army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him. (Jer 39:5)
We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies. (Jer 51:9)
Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her. (Jer 51:47)
Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan. (Jer 51:52)
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations. (Eze 5:8)
Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds. (Eze 5:10)
So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it. (Eze 5:15)
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence. He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them. Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols. (Eze 6:11-13)
Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations. (Eze 7:3)
Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations. (Eze 7:8)
The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the LORD. (Eze 7:27)
And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you. (Eze 11:9)
Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. (Eze 11:10)
This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel: (Eze 11:11)
For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast? (Eze 14:21)
And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy. (Eze 16:38)
And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more. (Eze 16:41)
Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity. (Eze 21:30)
Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations. (Eze 22:2)
These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had executed judgment upon her. (Eze 23:10)
And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments. (Eze 23:24)
The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations; (Eze 23:36)
And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands. (Eze 23:45)
I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord GOD. (Eze 24:14)
And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them. (Eze 36:19)
We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments: (Dan 9:5)
And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem. (Dan 9:12)
They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. (Hab 1:7)
Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction. (Hab 1:12)

Judgment on the Harlot (Rev 17:16-17)

And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. (Rev 17:16)
Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it. (Isa 47:14)
- 10 horns – see Rev 5:6, Rev 12:3, Rev 13:1, Rev 13:11, Rev 17:3,Rev 17:7, Rev 17:12, Dan 7:7-24 (represents the fullness of Satan’s kingdom at Judgment Day)
Horn – strength
Gr: keras, G2768 – 11 occurrences
Heb: qeren, H7161/H7162 – 90 occurrences
Strength of Salvation
Lord Jesus Christ – Horn of salvation (strength to bring salvation) – Lk 1:69, Ps 18:2, 2 Sam 22:3, 1 Sam 2:10 (strength)
Horn of David to bud – Ps 132:19
Horn of Israel to bud – Eze 29;21
Lamb with 7 horns – Rev 5:6 (perfection of Lamb’s perfect purpose of salvation)
4 horns of golden altar before the throne – Rev 9:13
Place of atonement – Ex 30:2-3, Ex 30:10, Lev 16;18 (Day of Atonement, Lev 16:8,12‑13)
Construction of 4 horns ‑ Ex 27:2, Ex 30:2-3, Ex 37:25‑26, Ex 38:2, Eze 43:15, Eze 43:20
Where blood is placed ‑ Lev 8:15, Lev 9:9, Lev 4:7‑34, Ex 29:12, Ex 30:10
Sacrifice bound to the horns of altar – Ps 118:28
Sin of Judah written on horns of altar – Jer 17:1
Hill, where the vineyard is – Isa 5:1
Ram caught by horns offered by Abraham – Gen 22:13
Horns of Joseph push people to ends of earth – Deut 33:17
God has horns (strength for salvation) out of his hand – Hab 3:4
Lord’s horn exalted because of salvation – Ps 112:9
Strength of kingdoms / leaders to attempt salvation
Gore enemies – Deut 33:17, 1 Ki 22:11
Where repentance is attempted ‑ appeal to authority of God at altar ‑ 1 Ki 1:50‑51, 1 Ki 2:28, Ex 21:14
Horns of the altar of Bethel to be cut off – Amos 3:14
Take horns by own strength – Amos 6:13
Antichrist – Rev 13:1, Rev 13:11
Satan’s kingdom – Rev 12;3, Rev 17:3, Rev 17:7, Rev 17:12, Rev 17:16
10 horns – Rev 12:3, Rev 13:1, Rev 17:3,9-12, Dan 7:7-8, Dan 7:11, Dan 7:20-21, Dan 7:24 (fullness of sovereign strength)
2 Horns of Greece (2 horns broken – Medes and Persians lost their power – Dan 8:3, Dan 8:6-7, Dan 8:20
Strength of nations to scatter Judah, Israel and Jerusalem – Zech 1:18-21
Horns of ivory brought as a present from the men of Dedan – Eze 27:15
Need to be saved from horns of unicorns – Ps 22:21
Prideful Horn of wicked – Ps 75:4-5
Shepherds of Israel pushed the diseased with their horns – Eze 34:21
Horns of iron push Syrians – 1 Ki 22:10, 2 Chr 18:10
Horn of Moab cut off – Jer 48:25
Horn of Israel cut off – Lam 2:3, Lam 2:17 (horn of adversaries set up)
In the Lord’s favor, horn will be exalted – Ps 89:17
In the Lord’s fithfulness and His name horn exalted – Ps 89:24
Exalted, anointed with oil – Ps 92:10
Horn of his people exalted – Ps 148:14
Trumpet – Jericho – Josh 6:5
Samuel’s horn filled with oil for anointing – 1 Sam 16:1, 1 Sam 16:13
Hannah’s horn exalted due to salvation – 1 Sam 2:1
Horns of wicked cut off, horns of righteous exalted – Ps 75:10
Zadok anointed Solomon – 1 Ki 1:39
Musician’s horn lifted up – 1 Chr 25:5
Job’s horn defiled in the dust – Job 16:15
Horn of Zion like iron for judgment – Mic 4:13
Cornet – Dan 3:5, Dan 3:7, Dan 3:10, Dan 3:15 (worship of image)
- Satan (10 horns) against Satan (Babylon) – 2 Chr 20:23, Mk 3:26, Mat 12:22-29 (Satan’s kingdom will fall since divided)
- Hate (G3404, miseo) the whore
  - Christians exist in Babylon (false Christian system) – see Babylon study (gold, precious stones, fine linen represent believers also, God’s people commanded to depart)
  - Hate is the opposite of love – Mat 6:24,
  - Need salvation from those who hate us – Lk 1:71
  - World hates Christians – 1 John 3:13, Lk 1:71, John 15:17-19, Mat 10:22, John 17:14, John 3:20, 1 John 2:9, 1 John2:11, 1 John 3:15, 1 John 4:20
  - Jesus hated without a cause – John 15:24-25
- Desolate – church overrun by unsaved – see Abomination of Desolation study (captivity, scattering, killing by famine, wild beasts, sword and pestilence)
  - Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know. (Isa 47:11)
  - Desolation a result of wild beasts – see Rev 6:7-8
  - Desolation is the Great Tribulation – scattering of the church
  - Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever. (Jer 51:62)
  - Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations. Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle. (Jer 25:9-10)
- Naked – Eze 16:37, 39, Is 47:3, Eze 23:26,45-47, Hos 2:3, Jer 13:22, Deut 28:48, shame of sin (Rev 1:13)
  - Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man. (Isa 47:3)
  - See parallel Assyria and Israel (Oholah – Ez 23:10, Oholibah – Eze 23:26-30)
- Eat her flesh – Ps 27:2, Dan 7:5, Ps 14:4, Jer 10:25, Micah 3:3 – to control / devour people – see Rev 19:18 (eat flesh points to Judgment Day – fowls consume unsaved flesh)
  - Judgment – Mat 24:28, Lk 17:37 w/ Rev 19:17-18, Pr 30:17-19, Jer 4:13, etc.
  - I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy. (Deu 32:42)
  - The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace. (Jer 12:12)
  - And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh. (Dan 7:5)
  - Other Verses on devour:
- Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. (Gen 49:27)
- And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon. (Jdg 9:15)
- But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech. (Jdg 9:20)
- Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren? (2Sa 2:26)
- If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; (2Ch 7:13)
- It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength. (Job 18:13)
- Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. (Psa 21:9)
- Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. (Psa 50:3)
- The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. (Psa 80:13)
- There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men. (Pro 30:14)
- Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers. (Isa 1:7)
- The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. (Isa 9:12)
- For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke. (Isa 9:18)
- And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day; (Isa 10:17)
- LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them. (Isa 26:11)
- Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited. (Isa 31:8)
- Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you. (Isa 33:11)
- I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once. (Isa 42:14)
- All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest. (Isa 56:9)
- Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD. (Jer 2:3)
- Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them. (Jer 5:14)
- Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour. (Jer 12:9)
- And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy. (Jer 15:3)
- But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched. (Jer 17:27)
- But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it. (Jer 21:14)
- Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey. (Jer 30:16)
- For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates. (Jer 46:10)
- Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee. (Jer 46:14)
- They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones. (Jer 48:45)
- And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him. (Jer 50:32)
- The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him. (Eze 7:15)
- And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them. (Eze 15:7)
- And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein. (Eze 20:47)
- That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them. (Eze 23:37)
- Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. (Eze 28:18)
- And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid. (Eze 34:28)
- Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saith the Lord GOD. (Eze 36:14)
- Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. (Dan 7:23)
- They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions. (Hos 5:7)
- For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof. (Hos 8:14)
- And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels. (Hos 11:6)
- I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them. (Hos 13:8)
- But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad. (Amo 1:4)
- But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof: (Amo 1:7)
- But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof. (Amo 1:10)
- But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. (Amo 1:12)
- But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind: (Amo 1:14)
- But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet: (Amo 2:2)
- But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem. (Amo 2:5)
- Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel. (Amo 5:6)
- And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it. (Oba 1:18)
- Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard. (Nah 2:13)
- Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars. (Nah 3:13)
- There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts. (Nah 3:15)
- Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly. (Hab 3:14)
- The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar. (Zec 9:15)
- Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars. (Zec 11:1)
- In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem. (Zec 12:6)
- Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. (Mat 23:14)
- Which devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation. (Mar 12:40)
- Which devour widows’ houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation. (Luk 20:47)
- For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face. (2Co 11:20)
- But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. (Gal 5:15)
- But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. (Heb 10:27)
- Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: (1Pe 5:8)
- And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. (Rev 12:4)
  - False doctrine (devours – see Rev 12:15-16) – 1 Pet 5:8, Zeph 3:3
  - Teeth of Lions – Ps 57:4, Joel 1:6, Job 4:10, Mk 9:18, Acts 7:54
- Lion – Satan – 1 Pet 5:8
  - Judgment ‑ 2 Ki 17:25‑26, Jer 2:30, Jer 5:6, 2 Ki 13:26, 1 Sam 17:37, Hos 11:10, Dan 6, Pr 19:12
  - Christ as a Lion: devours in judgment by Word of God (Gen 49:9, Rev 5:5, Rev 4:7, Pr 19:12, Hos 11:9‑11, Is 31:4, Jer 25:30, Amos 1:2, Judges 14:5, Lam 3:10, Joel 3:16, Hos 13:7‑8, 5:14, Amos 3:6‑8, Rev 10:3)
  - Lord roars in judgment – Hos 11:10, Joel 3:16, Amos 1:2, Rev 10:3, Is 5:29, Pr 19:12
- Abominations between teeth – Zech 9:7
- Bite – False prophets with peace – Micah 3:5
- Devour – Pr 30:14
- Biting and devouring in the church – Gal 5:15, Gal 5:26; 1 Cor 1:11, 1 Cor 3:3-4, 1 Cor 4:6-8, 1 Cor 11:16-19, 2Sa 2:26-27; Isa 9:20-21, Isa 11:5-9, Isa 11:13; 1Co 3:3, 1Co 6:6-8; 2Co 11:20; 2Co 12:20; Jas 3:14-18, Jas 4:1-3, 1 Pet 2:1, Eph 4:31-32
- Bite and devour one another – Gal 5:15, Num 21:6, Jer 8:17, Micah 3:5, Amos 5:19, Amos 9:3, Ecc 10:8, Ecc 10:11, Pr 23:32
- Teeth – desire to devour – Ps 37:12, Ps 35:16, Ps 58:6, Job 16:9, Acts 7:54
- Gnashing of teeth in hell – Mat 8:12, Mat 25:51, Mat 13:42, Mat 13:50, Mat 22:3, Lk 13:28, Mat 25:30
  - Gnashing of teeth – wicked – Lam 2:16, Ps 112:10, Mk 9:18
- Burn her with fire – Lev 21:9
  - Fire – Represents judgment – 2 Thess 1:6-8, Jude 7, 2 Pet 3:7, Heb 10:27, Heb 12:29, etc.
  - Sinfulness results in judgment – Rev 20:12, 22:15
  - Judgment begins with the house of God – 1 Pet 4:17
  - Church destroyed:
  - Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste. (Isa 64:11)
  - For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire. (Jer 21:10)
- Rev 17:17 – God put it into their hearts
  - For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. (Rev 17:17)
    - Fulfill God’s will – Lk 22:3, Lk 22:22, Lk 22:37, John 13:2,18
    - Put in their hearts – Ez 7:27, Ps 105:25, Pr 21:1, Jer 32:40, 2 Thess 2:10-12
    - God allows further blindness – Mk 4:33-34, Mat 13:10-17, James 1:13-17, Ro 11:7-8, Mk 4:11-12, Ro 1:21-28, Is 6:9-10
    - God uses wicked in His plan – Job 1-2
      - Pharoah – Ro 9:17, Ex 9:16
      - Babylon – Hab 1-2
    - Until words of God are fulfilled – Rev 6:11, Rev 10:7, Rev 15:1, Pro 19:21, Isa 45:17, Isa 46:10-11, Jer 27:6-7, Eze 38:16-17, Dan 12:7, Joh 10:35, Joh 12:39-40, Joh 19:24, Joh 19:28

Final Judgment on Babylon

Rev 14:8 – 2^nd Angel of Judgment (Isa 21:9)

And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. (Rev 14:8)
And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground. (Isa 21:9)

Rev 16:19, 17:1 – 7^th Bowl Judgment

And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. (Rev 16:19)
And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. (Rev 19:15)
And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: (Rev 17:1)

Rev 17:14 – War with the Lamb

These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. (Rev 17:14)
- Make war (G4170, polemos) – Intense final spiritual battle – see notes on Rev 6:3-4, Rev 11:7, Rev 16:1, Rev 19:15-21, Dan 7:21,25, dan 11:9-12,24-25, etc.
- Lamb – see notes on Rev 5:6 , etc.
  - Meekness of Christ as Lamb – Mat 11:28-30, etc
- Overcome – 1 Cor 15:24, Dan 2:44,7:26-27, Jer 50:4, Ps 2:8-9, 21:8-12, 110:5
  - Lord of Lords, King of Kings – see 1 Tim 6:15, Rev 19:16, Ps 136:3, Deut 10:17, Pr 8:15-16, Dan 2:47
  - They that are with Him – Believers with Christ at second coming
    - Many are called, but few are chosen – Mat 22:14
  - Chosen – lit:elect – 2 Thess 2:13-14, John 15:16, 2 Pet 1:10, 1 Pet 2:9, 5:10,13, 1 Thess 1:4, John 13:18, 5:21, 17:2,9-10, 10:14-15, 6:37-39, 2 Tim 2:4,10, Titus 1:1, 2 John 1,13, Col 3:12, Ro 16:13, Lk 18:7, Mat 24:22,31, Acts 1:2, 2:39, 10:40-41, 22:14, Ro 11:28
  - Faithful – true believers will persevere – see notes on Rev 2:10

Rev 18:1-2 – Babylon is Fallen, fallen

Rev 18:1-2 – Babylon is Fallen, is Fallen (see Rev 14:8, Isa 21:9) – points to double judgment (Great Tribulation and Last Day)
- And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. (Rev 18:1-2)
- And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground. (Isa 21:9)
- And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. (Rev 14:8)
- Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. (Jer 51:8)
- Fallen, fallen – double fall points to the earthly judgment of the harlot church being desolated and the final judgment of the Last Day
  - False Gospels – double curse – Gal 1:6-9
  - Fallen – sign of damnation – e.g. Joel 2:8, Jer 6:15, 8:4, 46:6, 50:32, 25:27,34, etc
- 3 Angels come down from heaven – 10:1, 18:1, 20:1 (all ae types of Christ – see 10:1-2 notes)
- Great power – omnipotence – see notes on 16:8
- Earth lightened with His glory
- Earth lightened by Christ – John 1:9, 1 John 2:8, Rev 21:23, Ez 43:2, Lk 17:24, Mat 24:27
- Light reveals sin – Eph 5:13, Mat 5:14-16, John 1:5, 3:19, 1 John 1:5-7, 2 Cor 6:14, 1 John 2:9-10
- Glory – see notes on Rev 1:6, Rev 4:9-11, etc.
- Cried mightily w/ strong voice – see Rev 1:15, 5:2, 10:3, 14:15, Jer 23:20, Joel 3:16

Rev 18:5-6 – Sins reach to heaven, iniquities

Rev 18:5-6 – Sins reach to heaven, Rewarded double for her sins:
- For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. (Rev 18:5)
- Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. (Rev 18:6)
- See fallen, fallen discussion above on Rev 18:2
- Reached unto heaven – Jer 51:9, Gen 18:20-21, 2 Chr 28:9, Ezra 9:6, Jonah 1:2
  - We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies. (Jer 51:9)
- Remembrance – See Rev 16:19 (God remembers the wickedness of Babylon)
  - God is patient – 2 Pet 3:9, Ex 34:6, Num 14:18, Ps 78:38,86:15, 145:8, Ro 15:5, Nah 1:3
  - But, God is just – Ps 89:14, Ps 145:17, Jer 12:1
- Reward her – imprecatory Psalms – Ps 137:8, Isa 60:15, Isa 60:29, Ps 7,35,55,58,59,69,79,109, 137, 139, etc.
- She rewarded you – All Christians suffer – , John 16:33, Ps 34:19, Ps 84:5-7, John 15:18-20, 16:33, Ro 8:17, 2 Tim 2:12, 3:12, Mat 10:24-28, 32-33, 20:23, 16:24-27, Phil 1:29, 1 Pet 2:20-21, Mk 8:34-38, Lk 9:23-26, Heb 11:35-37, Gal 4:29, 1 John 3:13, 1 Thess 3:3, Mat 14:30, 2 Thess 1:5, 1 Thess 3:2-3
- Cup which she hath filled – see notes on Rev 18:3, Rev 17:1-4 (sin) – cup of the wrath of her fornication (judgment on the church)
- Double warning – see Gal 1:6-9, Rev 18:2 nots above, Rev 18:10 notes, etc.
- Double judgment:
  - Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD’S hand double for all her sins. (Isa 40:2)
  - And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things. (Jer 16:18)
  - Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction. (Jer 17:18)
- Double salvation:
  - Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee; (Zec 9:12)
  - For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them. (Isa 61:7)

Rev 18:7,18:10 – Torment and Sorrow

Rev 18:7, Rev 18:10 – Torment and sorrow:
- How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. (Rev 18:7)
- Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. (Rev 18:10)
- Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers. Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man. (Isa 47:1-3)
- Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms. (Isa 47:5)
- I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke. (Isa 47:6)
- And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it. (Isa 47:7)
- Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children: (Isa 47:8)
- But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments. (Isa 47:9)
  - Glorified self – John 7:18, 3:26-30, 11:4, 12:28, 13:31-32, 17:4-5, Pr 25:27, Mat 6:9 (Christ should be glorified)
  - Lived deliciously – see 18:3, 11-15 (think that they are rich – see 3:17 notes)
  - Torment – hell (Lk 16:23-28, Mk 5:7, Mat 8:29, 18:34, see Rev 14:10-11 notes, Rev 20:10)
  - Sorrow – Rev 18:11, 21:4, Lk 6:25 (laugh now)
  - Christians mourn now – James 4:9, 1 Cor 5:2, Mat 5:4, 9:15
  - Weeping and gnashing of teeth – Mat 8:12, 13:42, 22:13, 24:51, 25:30, Lk 13:28
    - Heart – desperately wicked – Jer 17:9, Ecc 9:3, Mk 7:21-22

Rev 18:8 – Plagues Come in One Day

Rev 18:8 – Plagues come in 1 day:
- Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. (Rev 18:8)
- But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments. For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me. Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know. (Isa 47:9-11)
- Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it. (Isa 47:14)
- Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary. (Jer 51:58)
- Therefore – 5 symptoms of an apostate church:
  - Persecute the true – 18:6
  - Causes people to sin – 18:6
  - Glorified self – 18:7
  - Physically prosperous – 18:7
  - Believes that they are saved – 18:7
- Plagues – see notes on Rev 15:1, etc (judgment)
- One day – Judgment day (see Rev 1:10, Rev 6:17, Rev 9:15 notes)
- Death – eternal death – Rev 20:6, Rev 20:14, Rev 2:11, Rev 6:8 notes
- Mourning – see Rev 18:7 (same Greek root as sorrow)
- Famine – see Rev 6:5-6 (no more Word of God)
  - Famine in the New Testament (G3042, limos – 12 occurrences)
  - Famine in the Great Tribulation (New Testament) – Mat 24:7-8, Mk 13:8, Lk 4:25, Lk 21;11, Mk 13:8, Acts 7:11, Rev 6:8, Rev 18:8
  - Famine in the Old Testament:
    - H7456 (raeb, to hunger – 32 occurrences) – 1Sa 2:5, 2Sa 17:29, 2Ki 7:12, Job 5:5, Job 22:7, Job 24:10, Psa 50:12, Psa 107:5, Psa 107:9, Psa 107:36, Psa 146:7, Pro 6:30, Pro 25:21, Pro 27:7, Isa 8:21 (2), Isa 9:20, Isa 29:8, Isa 32:6, Isa 44:12, Isa 58:7, Isa 58:10, Isa 65:13, Eze 18:7, Eze 18:16, Deu 8:3, Psa 34:10, Pro 19:15, Isa 49:10, Jer 42:14, Pro 10:3, Gen 41:55
    - H7459 (reabom – famine – 3 occurrences – Gen 42:19, Gen 42:33, Ps 37:19)
    - H7457 (raeb, hungry – 19 occurrences) – Exo 16:3, Deu 28:48, Deu 32:24, Neh 9:15, Jer 38:9, Lam 2:19, Lam 4:9, Eze 34:29, Job 18:12
    - H7458 (raab, famine – 101 occurrences) – Gen 12:10 (2), Gen 26:1 (2), Gen 41:27, Gen 41:30-31 (3), Gen 41:36 (2), Gen 41:50, Gen 41:56-57 (3), Gen 42:5, Gen 43:1, Gen 45:6, Gen 45:11, Gen 47:4, Gen 47:13 (2), Gen 47:20, Rth 1:1, 2Sa 21:1, 2Sa 24:13, 1Ki 8:37, 1Ki 18:2, 2Ki 6:25, 2Ki 7:4, 2Ki 8:1, 2Ki 25:3, 1Ch 21:12, 2Ch 20:9, 2Ch 32:11, Job 5:20, Psa 33:19, Psa 105:16, Isa 14:30, Isa 51:19, Jer 5:12, Jer 11:22, Jer 14:12-13 (2), Jer 14:15-16 (3), Jer 14:18, Jer 15:2 (2), Jer 16:4, Jer 18:21, Jer 21:7, Jer 24:9-10 (2), Jer 27:8, Jer 27:13, Jer 29:17-18 (2), Jer 32:24, Jer 32:36, Jer 34:17, Jer 38:2, Jer 42:16-17 (2), Jer 42:22, Jer 44:12-13 (3), Jer 44:18, Jer 44:27, Jer 52:6, Lam 5:10, Eze 5:12, Eze 5:16-17 (3), Eze 6:11-12 (2), Eze 12:15-16 (3), Eze 14:13, Eze 14:21, Eze 36:29-30 (2), Amo 8:11 (2), Gen 41:54 (2), 2Ki 4:38, 2Ch 6:28, Neh 5:3, Isa 5:13
    - Famines in the Bible
      - Abraham in Canaan – Gen 12:10
      - Isaac in Canaan – Gen 26:1
      - Joseph in Canaan and Egypt – Gen 41:27-57, Ps 105:16, Acts 7:11, etc.
      - Israel in wilderness – Ps 107:5-98, Ps 77:3, Ex 16:3, Ps 78:24-29, Neh 9:15
      - Elimelech in Bethlehem- Ruth 1:1-2
      - David in Canaan – 2 Sam 21:1
      - Elijah in Canaan – 1 Ki 18:2, Lk 4:25
      - Elisha in Samaria – 2 Ki 6:25, 2 Ki 7:4
      - Elisha in Gilgal – 2 Ki 4:38
      - Elisha – 7 year famine – 2 Ki 8:1
      - Siege of Jerusalem – 2 Ki 25:3, Jer 52:6, Lam 2:19, Lam 4:9, Jer 5:2, etc., etc.
      - Hezekiah in Jerusalem – 2 Chr 32:11
      - Jerusalem – Neh 5:3
      - Judgment on Philistia – Is 14:30
      - Judgment – Is 51:19, Mat 24:7, Mk 13:8, Lk 21:11, Rev 18:8, Zeph 2:11, Deut 28:48, Deut 32:24
      - Days of Claudius – Acts 11:28
    - In famine, we are redeemed and hunger no more – Job 5:20, Ps 146:7, Rev 7:16, Is 65:13
    - Blessed are they who hunger and thirst – Mat 5:6, Lk 6:21-25
    - God’s people are sustained in famine – Ps 33:19, Ps 37:19, John 6:35, Eze 34:29, Pr 10:3
    - Those who Forsake God Shall Hunger in Famine – Is 8:21, Job 18;12, Is 9:20, Is 44:12, Is 65:13, Is 29:8, Is 14:30
  - Symbolic meaning – Famine for hearing the Word of God – Amos 8:11-12, Is 5:13, Pr 18:20-21, Pr 24:13-14, Pr 10:3, Mat 4:4, Lk 4:4, Deut 8:3, Is 30:20-21, Is 58;7, Is 58:10, Is 55:2-3, Is 55:10-11, Ps 34:10, Ps 50:12, Pr 19:15, Is 49:10, Job 5:20, Ps 33:19, Ps 37:19, Ps 107:36, Ps 146:7, Pr 25:21, Pr 27:7, Job 22:7, Job 24:10, Is 32:6, Eze 18:7, Eze 18:16, Ps 33:18-20, Lev 26:26
- Utterly burned with fire – eternal death in lake of fire (Rev 20:14, see notes on 17:16)
- Strong is the Lord – Jer 50:34, see Rev 11:17 notes
- Judgeth her – Judgment given to the Son – see John 5:22-27

Rev 18:9-10 – Kings mourn Babylon

And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, (Rev 18:9)
Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. (Rev 18:10)
But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments. (Isa 47:9)
Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know. (Isa 47:11)
And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames. (Isa 13:8)
Kings of the earth – see Rev 17:2, Rev 18:3 (the world system), Earth – (ge, G1093) – lit: land – often points to promised land – Heb 11:9, Gen 17:8 (Satan is the god of this world, Babylon is in control of the nominal church)
Committed fornication and lived deliciously – see Rev 18:1-3 notes
Bewail
- G2799 (Gr: klaio) – literally, to sob, weep aloud (as opposed to G1145, which is to cry silently
- Mat 2:18, Mat 26:75, Mar 5:38, Mar 5:39, Mar 14:72, Mar 16:10, Luk 6:21, Luk 6:25, Luk 7:13, Luk 7:32, Luk 7:38, Luk 8:52, Luk 19:41, Luk 22:62, Luk 23:28, Joh 11:31, Joh 11:33, Joh 16:20, Joh 20:11, Joh 20:13, Joh 20:15, Act 9:39, Act 21:13, Rom 12:15, 1Co 7:30, Php 3:18, Jas 4:9, Jas 5:1, Rev 5:4, Rev 5:5, Rev 18:9, Rev 18:11, Rev 18:15, Rev 18:19
- Revelation verses outside of Rev 18:9,11,15,19:
  - And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. (Rev 5:4-5)
- Other related verses:
  - Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep. (Luk 6:25)
  - Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. (Joh 16:20)
  - Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. (Jas 4:9)
  - Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. (Jas 5:1)
- Old Testament related verses:
  - She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies. (Lam 1:2)
  - See also – Lam 1:16, Lam 2:11, Lam 2:18-19, Job 7:3, Ps 6:6, Ps 77:2-6, Jer 9:1, Jer 9:17-19, Jer 13:17
- Lament
  - G2875 (Gr: kopto) – literally, chop (beat the breast)
  - Mat 11:17, Mat 21:8, Mat 24:30, Mk 11:8, Lk 8:52, Lk 23:27, Rev 1:7, Rev 18:9
  - Key related verses:
    - And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way. (Mat 21:8)
    - And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. (Mat 24:30)
    - And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. (Luk 23:27)
    - Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. (Rev 1:7)
  - World loves the harlot – false religion
  - Smoke of her burning
    - Smoke – everlasting destruction – see notes on Rev 9:2-3, Rev 14:11, Gen 19:28, Gen 29:23, Isa 13:19, Isa 30:23, Isa 34:9-10, Jer 51:8-9

- - Smoke of torment went up forever – hell is unending – Rev 14:11, Mat 25:41, Mk 9:48, Lk 16:24, Jude 7, Rev 20:10, 2 Thess 1:8f, 2 Pet 3:7, Phil 3:19, 1 Thess 5:3, etc.

Standing afar off – Num 16:34 (fear of judgment – see also Rev 6:12-17 notes)
Torment – see Rev 14:10, Rev 18:7 notes
- The Greek word ‘torment’ used in Lk 16:28 (as well as Lk 16:23) is different than the Greek word used for torment in Lk 16:24-25 (which literally means ‘sorrow’). In Lk 16:28 and Lk 16:23, the Greek word for torment (basanos, G931 and its cognates G928, G929, G930) involve the physical birth of Christ (Rev 12:2), physical sickness (Mat 4:24, Mat 8:6), trials of the Christian life (Mk 6:48, Mat 14:24, 2 Pet 2:8), conditions that exist during the end-time Great Tribulation (Rev 9:5) or with the experience of final judgment day (see Mat 18:34, 14:11, 18:7, 18:10, 18:15, 20:10, Mat 8:29, Mk 5:7, Lk 8:28). In the context of the Parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man, it is appropriate to conclude that the torment that is in view is the conditions that exist in hades:
  - Silence (No Fellowship) – Ps 31:17-18, Ps 94:17, Ps 28:1, Ps 115:17-18
  - No Purpose / No Knowledge – Ecc 9:5-10, Ps 146:4, Ps 6:5
  - No Communications with the Living – Ps 6:5, Job 7:9-10, Ps 88:4-8
  - Darkness (no Gospel Truth) – 1 Sam 2:9, Job 17:11-13, Ps 88:6
  - Cannot Praise or Hear from God – Ps 143:7, Ps 115:17-18, Ps 6:3-5, Ps 88:10-12
  - As Prisoners, with no Hope – Is 24:21-22, Job 17:15-16, Ps 88:3-8

- Torment – see Rev 14:10, Rev 18:7,10,15, Mat 8:29, Mk 5:7, Lk 8:28, Lk 16:23-28
  - Fire and brimstone – see notes on Rev 1:14-15, Rev 9:17-18 (judgment)

Alas, alas – lit: woe, woe (see Rev 8:13, Rev 9:12, Rev 11:14, Rev 12:12, Rev 18:16,19 notes)
Double warning – see Gal 1:6-9, Rev 18:2,Rev 18:6, Rev 18:16 notes
Great – see Rev 14:8 notes, Isa 2:19
Mighty city – strong in world – 1 Cor 1:27
Hour of judgment – see Mat 24:36, Mk 13:32

Rev 18:11-19 – Merchants, shipmasters, sailors mourn

And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: (Rev 18:11)
The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, (Rev 18:12)
And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men. (Rev 18:13)
And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all. (Rev 18:14)
The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, (Rev 18:15)
And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! For in one hour so great riches is come to nought … (Rev 18:16-17)
Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms. (Isa 47:5)
Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee. (Isa 47:15)
For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, (Rev 18:17)
And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city! (Rev 18:18)
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. (Rev 18:19)
Cast dust on their heads – Josh 7:4, Job 2:12, Lam 2:10
Dust – Return to Dust – Ps 90:1-6, Job 34:14-15, Ps 104:29, Ro 5:12-21, 1 Cor 15:20-50 (reminder of death and fallen state of world)
Weep – Rev 18:11 (G2799) – see Rev 18:9 notes above
Mourn – Rev 18:11 (G3996 – Gr: pentheo) – literally, to grieve (feeling or act)
- Mat 5:4, Mat 9:15, Mk 16:10, Lk 6:25, 1 Cor 5:2, 2 Cor 12:21, James 4:9, Rev 18:11, Rev 18:15, Rev 18:10
- Key verses:
  - Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. (Mat 5:4)
  - And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept. (Mar 16:10)
  - Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep. (Luk 6:25)
  - Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. (Jas 4:9)
- Alas, alas – see notes on Rev 18:10, Rev 17:5, double curse – see Rev 18:2 notes
- Made rich – see notes on Rev 13:17, Rev 18:3, Rev 18:15
- Ships in the sea – churches in the world – see Rev 18:17 notes
- Costliness – precious – 1 Cor 3:12, James 5:7, 1 Pet 1:7,19, 2 Pet 1:4, see 17:4 notes – true believers
- One hour – judgment
- Made desolate – see notes on Rev 17:16
- Hour of Judgment:
  - Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. (Rev 3:3)
  - Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. (Rev 3:10)
  - And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. (Rev 8:1)
  - And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men. (Rev 9:15)
  - And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven. (Rev 11:13)
  - Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. (Rev 14:7)
  - And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. (Rev 17:12)
  - Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. (Rev 18:10)
  - For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off (Rev 18:17)
  - 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. (Rev 18:19)

Mourning in Jeremiah, Lamentations and Ezekiel

For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it. (Jer 4:28)
O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us. (Jer 6:26)
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come: (Jer 9:17)
How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end. (Jer 12:4)
They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart. (Jer 12:11)
Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. (Jer 14:2)
For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies. (Jer 16:5)
Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother. (Jer 16:7)
For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right. (Jer 23:10)
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. (Jer 31:13)
Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres. (Jer 48:31)
The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness. (Lam 1:4)
The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation. (Lam 2:5)
The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning. (Lam 5:15)
And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe. (Eze 2:10)
The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof. (Eze 7:12)
But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity. (Eze 7:16)
The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the LORD. (Eze 7:27)
Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down. (Eze 24:16)
Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men. (Eze 24:17)
And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another. (Eze 24:23)
Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him. (Eze 31:15)

Rev 18:20 – Vengeance (Judgment) on Babylon

Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her. (Rev 18:20)
- Avenge – G2919 (krino) – to judge
Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her. Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the LORD. As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth. (Jer 51:47-49)
Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man. (Isa 47:3)
Rejoice – imprecatory Psalms – see Rev 18:6 notes
Apostles – see 2:2 notes
Lit: sent one
12 apostles – Mat 10:2, Acts 1:26, Lk 6:13
First – 1 Cor 12:28-29
Authority – 1 Thess 2:6, Acts 9:27
Word of God – Ro 1:5, 11:13, 1 Cor 1:1, Jude 17, 2 Pet 1:1-2, 3:2, 1 Pet 1:1, Col 1:1, Eph 1:1, 2 Cor 1:1, 1 Cor 1:1, Titus 1:1, 2 Tim 1:1,11, 1 Tim 1:1, Acts 1:2
Signs of apostles – 2 Cor 11:5, 12:11-12, Acts 2:43, 5:12, Acts 4:33, Acts 8:6,13-14
Christ appeared to apostles – 1 Cor 15:1-10, Acts 1:22, 1 Cor 9:1
Prophets – Word of God – Lk 1:70, Ro 1:2, Heb 1:1, Acts 3:21
God sends apostles and prophets to proclaim Word of God – Lk 11:49, 2 Pet 3:2, Eph 2:20, 3:5, Jude 17
Avenged – justice of God – Acts 7:31, wrath of God

Rev 18:21 – Judgment as a great millstone cast into the sea

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. (Rev 18:21)
And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates: And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah. (Jer 51:63-64)
A millstone was a very heavy spinning wheel that can be used to grind (or pulverize) material. A millstone, similar to a craftsmen is tied to a person (often a woman (Ex 11:5) or a slave (Job 31:10, Lam 5:13, Jud 6:21, Is 47:2)) who works to produce flour which is used to make food (Is 47:2). We find in Mat 24:41 and Lk 17:35, that the workers at the millstone are used allegorically to reflect two people who are doing the same work, but one will be saved and the other not saved. Therefore, just as in the reference ‘craftsmen’, the workers at the millstone can be seen in a positive or negative way. One could be grinding to make food (e.g., bread, which can represent the Word of God, John 6:63, Deut 8:3, Is 55:10-11) or it could represent someone who is not saved, yet is toiling in the same spiritual work (e.g., trying to teach spiritual truth) as one who is saved.
In the context of Rev 18:21, a millstone that is cast down can represent the false teaching (deception) of Babylon related to Babylon’s judgment. We see in Jer 51:63-64 that Jeremiah’s prophecy of judgment on Babylon (‘book’) was tied to a stone and cast into the Euphrates. This is a symbol of the Word of God being linked to the Judgment of Babylon (Jer 51:64).
Mighty angel – see Rev 10:1 notes
Stone like a millstone – Jer 51:63f, Mat 18:6, Lk 17:2 (that which makes pseudo-believers stumble)
Sea – hell – see notes on Rev 4:5-9, Re 15:2, etc.
Found no more at all – Jer 51:64, Nah 1:8-9

Rev 18:22-23 – All Christians are Gone Away from Babylon

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; And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. (Rev 18:22-23)
Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations. Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle. (Jer 25:9-10)

Judgment in Jeremiah 50-51

50:1-3 – Judgment: Desolation of Babylon and Idols by Nation of the North

The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. (Jer 50:1)
Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces. (Jer 50:2)
For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast. (Jer 50:3)

50:4-5 – Salvation: Israel and Judah Come to Zion Weeping (Perpetual Covenant)

In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God. (Jer 50:4)
They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten. (Jer 50:5)

50:6-7 – Great Tribulation: Come out of Babylon – The Shepherds of God’s People Cause People to go Astray

My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace. (Jer 50:6)
All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers. (Jer 50:7)
Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks. (Jer 50:8)

50:9-10,12-16 – Judgment of the Great Nations of the North – Desolation (see also 50:1-3)

For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain. (Jer 50:9)
And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD. (Jer 50:10)
Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. (Jer 50:12)
Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues. (Jer 50:13)
Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD. (Jer 50:14)
Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her. (Jer 50:15)
Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land. (Jer 50:16)

50:11,17 – Great Tribulation: Babylon (like Assyria) as Destroyer of God’s Inheritance

Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls; (Jer 50:11)
Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones. (Jer 50:17)

50:18 – Judgment Day: Babylon to be puished as the King of Assyria

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria. (Jer 50:18)

50:19-20 – Salvation: Israel to be Brought Back to His Inheritance

And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead. (Jer 50:19)
In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve. (Jer 50:20)

50:21-32 – Judgment: The Proud (Babylon) to be Utterly Destroyed

Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee. (Jer 50:21)
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction. (Jer 50:22)
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! (Jer 50:23)
I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD. (Jer 50:24)
The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans. (Jer 50:25)
Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left. (Jer 50:26)
Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation. (Jer 50:27)
The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple. (Jer 50:28)
Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel. (Jer 50:29)
Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD. (Jer 50:30)
Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee. (Jer 50:31)
And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him. (Jer 50:32)

50:33 – Great Tribulation – Israel Captive, Captors refused to let them go

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go. (Jer 50:33)

50:34 – Salvation: Land to be given Rest

Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. (Jer 50:34)

50:35-46 – Judgment: A Sword Upon Babylon for Desolation from those of the North

A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men. (Jer 50:35)
A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed. (Jer 50:36)
A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed. (Jer 50:37)
A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols. (Jer 50:38)
Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation. (Jer 50:39)
As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein. (Jer 50:40)
Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. (Jer 50:41)
They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon. (Jer 50:42)
The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail. (Jer 50:43)
Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me? (Jer 50:44)
Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them. (Jer 50:45)
At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations. (Jer 50:46)

51:1-4 – Judgment: a Destroying Wind upon Babylon

Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind; (Jer 51:1)
And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about. (Jer 51:2)
Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host. (Jer 51:3)
Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets. (Jer 51:4)

51:5-7 – Salvation: God’s People not Forsaken – Flee out of Babylon (who makes the earth drunk)

For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the LORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel. (Jer 51:5)
Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD’S vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence. (Jer 51:6)
Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD’S hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad. (Jer 51:7)

51:6b,8-16 – Judgment: Sudden Fall of Babylon – King of the Medes Destroys / Walls Broken

… for this is the time of the LORD’S vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence. (Jer 51:6)
Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. (Jer 51:8)
We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies. (Jer 51:9)
The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God. (Jer 51:10)
Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple. (Jer 51:11)
Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon. (Jer 51:12)
thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness. (Jer 51:13)
The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a shout against thee. (Jer 51:14)
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding. (Jer 51:15)
When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. (Jer 51:16)

51:17-18 – Great Tribulation: Idols and their Makers are Confounded

Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. (Jer 51:17)
They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. (Jer 51:18)

51:19 – Salvation: Jacob not like Babylon, Israel is the Rod of His Inheritance

The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his name. (Jer 51:19)

51:20-23 – Judgment: Jacob as God’s Battle Axe

Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; (Jer 51:20)
And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider; (Jer 51:21)
With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid; (Jer 51:22)
I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers. (Jer 51:23)

51:24-26 – Judgment: God to make Babylon a Burnt Mountain

And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD. (Jer 51:24)
Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain. (Jer 51:25)
And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD. (Jer 51:26)

51:27-33 – Judgment: The Nations Prepared for War, Land Trembles with Sorrow

Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers. (Jer 51:27)
Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion. (Jer 51:28)
And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant. (Jer 51:29)
The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken. (Jer 51:30)
One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end, (Jer 51:31)
And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted. (Jer 51:32)
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come. (Jer 51:33)

51:34-35 – Great Tribulation: Nebuchadnezzar has done Violence (devoured) God’s People

Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out. (Jer 51:34)
The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say. (Jer 51:35)

51:36-43 – Judgment: God’s Vengeance on Babylon, a desolation

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry. (Jer 51:36)
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant. (Jer 51:37)
They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions’ whelps. (Jer 51:38)
In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD. (Jer 51:39)
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats. (Jer 51:40)
How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations! (Jer 51:41)
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof. (Jer 51:42)
Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby. (Jer 51:43)

Jer 51:44-49,51-58 – Judgment: Punishment for other Gods and Idols (Strangers in the Lord’s House) by Spoilers of the North

And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall. (Jer 51:44)
My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD. (Jer 51:45)
And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler. (Jer 51:46)
Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her. (Jer 51:47)
Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the LORD. (Jer 51:48)
As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth. (Jer 51:49)
We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD’S house. (Jer 51:51)
Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan. (Jer 51:52)
Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD. (Jer 51:53)
A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans: (Jer 51:54)
Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered: (Jer 51:55)
Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite. (Jer 51:56)
And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts. (Jer 51:57)
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary. (Jer 51:58)

51:50 – Salvation: Those who esacpe to remember the Lord and Jerusalem

Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind. (Jer 51:50)

51:44,47,49,51-53a – Great Tribulation: Israel fell by other Gods and Idols

And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall. (Jer 51:44)
Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her. (Jer 51:47)
As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth. (Jer 51:49)
We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD’S house. (Jer 51:51)
Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan. (Jer 51:52)
Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD. (Jer 51:53)

51:59 – Judgment Day: Prophecy of Jeremiah to Seraiah (who went to Babylon with Zedekiahin 4^th Year of Zedekiah) – Desolation and Millstone cast into Euphrates

The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince. (Jer 51:59)
So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon. (Jer 51:60)
And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words; (Jer 51:61)
Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever. (Jer 51:62)
And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates: (Jer 51:63)
And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah. (Jer 51:64)

Judgment in Isaiah 13

13:1-5 – Gathering for Judgment of Babylon

The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. (Isa 13:1)
Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. (Isa 13:2)
I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness. (Isa 13:3)
The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle. (Isa 13:4)
They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. (Isa 13:5)

13:6-8 – Day of the Lord brings Fear

Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. (Isa 13:6)
Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall melt: (Isa 13:7)
And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames. (Isa 13:8)

13:9,11-12 – Day of the Lord – cruel wrath and anger – land to be desolate, sinners (proud) destroyed

Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. (Isa 13:9)
And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. (Isa 13:11)
I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. (Isa 13:12)

13:10,13-14 – Day of the Lord – No light from the heavenly bodies, earth shaken

For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. (Isa 13:10)
Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger. (Isa 13:13)
And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land. (Isa 13:14)

13:15-18 – Medes: Judge by the sword, children killed, houses spoiled, wives ravished

Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword. (Isa 13:15)
Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. (Isa 13:16)
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it. (Isa 13:17)
Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children. (Isa 13:18)

13:19-21 – Beauty of Chaldea to become Desolation

And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. (Isa 13:19)
It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. (Isa 13:20)
But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there. (Isa 13:21)
And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged. (Isa 13:22)

Judgment in Isaiah 47

47:1-3 – Judgment – No throne, in dust, not delicate, naked, vengeance

Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. (Isa 47:1)
Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers. (Isa 47:2)
Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man. (Isa 47:3)

47:4 – Salvation- God is Redeemer

As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel. (Isa 47:4)

47:5 – Judgment – Silence, Darkness not Lady (Mistress) of the Kingdoms

Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms. (Isa 47:5)

47:6 – Great Tribulation – God’s Wrath, Inheritance Polluted

I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke. (Isa 47:6)

47:7-8 – Great Tribulation – Lady Forever, not Widow, Children – Careless Lifestyle

And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it. (Isa 47:7)
Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children: (Isa 47:8)

47:9a,11 – Judgment – Sudden Destruction, Widow, Loss of Children

But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they will come upon thee in their perfection … (Isa 47:9a)
Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know. (Isa 47:11)

47:9b-10,12-13 Great Tribulation – Sorceries, Enchantments, Wisdom, Counsel, Occult

… for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments. (Isa 47:9)
For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me. (Isa 47:10)
Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail. (Isa 47:12)
Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee. (Isa 47:13)

47:14-15 – Judgment – Stubble, Burned, Flame, Merchants cannot Save

Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it. (Isa 47:14)
Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee. (Isa 47:15)

Judgment in Psalm 137

137:1-4 – Great Tribulation: Mourning for Zion, Music Ceases by the Rivers of Babylon

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. (Psa 137:1)
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. (Psa 137:2)
For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. (Psa 137:3)
How shall we sing the LORD’S song in a strange land? (Psa 137:4)

137:5-7 – Great Tribulation: Captives Remember Jerusalem

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. (Psa 137:5)
If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. (Psa 137:6)
Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof. (Psa 137:7)

137:8-9 – Judgment Day – Happy is he Who Rewards Babylon with Destruction

O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. (Psa 137:8)
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. (Psa 137:9)

Judgment on Babylon

Babylon – Double Judgment – Great Tribulation and Last Day

Double Judgment Summary (Rev 18:2,18:6,18:9-10,18:15-19)

Fallen, Fallen (Rev 18:2)

Alas, Alas (Rev 18:10,16,19)

Other Double Judgment Verses

Great Tribulation

God’s Judgment on Judah – the Harlot Church

Judgment on the Harlot (Rev 17:16-17)

Final Judgment on Babylon

Rev 14:8 – 2nd Angel of Judgment (Isa 21:9)

Rev 16:19, 17:1 – 7th Bowl Judgment

Rev 17:14 – War with the Lamb

Rev 18:1-2 – Babylon is Fallen, fallen

Rev 18:5-6 – Sins reach to heaven, iniquities

Rev 18:7,18:10 – Torment and Sorrow

Rev 18:8 – Plagues Come in One Day

Rev 18:9-10 – Kings mourn Babylon

Rev 18:11-19 – Merchants, shipmasters, sailors mourn

Mourning in Jeremiah, Lamentations and Ezekiel

Rev 18:20 – Vengeance (Judgment) on Babylon

Rev 18:21 – Judgment as a great millstone cast into the sea

Rev 18:22-23 – All Christians are Gone Away from Babylon

Judgment in Jeremiah 50-51

50:1-3 – Judgment: Desolation of Babylon and Idols by Nation of the North

50:4-5 – Salvation: Israel and Judah Come to Zion Weeping (Perpetual Covenant)

50:6-7 – Great Tribulation: Come out of Babylon – The Shepherds of God’s People Cause People to go Astray

50:9-10,12-16 – Judgment of the Great Nations of the North – Desolation (see also 50:1-3)

50:11,17 – Great Tribulation: Babylon (like Assyria) as Destroyer of God’s Inheritance

50:18 – Judgment Day: Babylon to be puished as the King of Assyria

50:19-20 – Salvation: Israel to be Brought Back to His Inheritance

50:21-32 – Judgment: The Proud (Babylon) to be Utterly Destroyed

50:33 – Great Tribulation – Israel Captive, Captors refused to let them go

50:34 – Salvation: Land to be given Rest

50:35-46 – Judgment: A Sword Upon Babylon for Desolation from those of the North

51:1-4 – Judgment: a Destroying Wind upon Babylon

51:5-7 – Salvation: God’s People not Forsaken – Flee out of Babylon (who makes the earth drunk)

51:6b,8-16 – Judgment: Sudden Fall of Babylon – King of the Medes Destroys / Walls Broken

51:17-18 – Great Tribulation: Idols and their Makers are Confounded

51:19 – Salvation: Jacob not like Babylon, Israel is the Rod of His Inheritance

51:20-23 – Judgment: Jacob as God’s Battle Axe

51:24-26 – Judgment: God to make Babylon a Burnt Mountain

51:27-33 – Judgment: The Nations Prepared for War, Land Trembles with Sorrow

51:34-35 – Great Tribulation: Nebuchadnezzar has done Violence (devoured) God’s People

51:36-43 – Judgment: God’s Vengeance on Babylon, a desolation

Jer 51:44-49,51-58 – Judgment: Punishment for other Gods and Idols (Strangers in the Lord’s House) by Spoilers of the North

51:50 – Salvation: Those who esacpe to remember the Lord and Jerusalem

51:44,47,49,51-53a – Great Tribulation: Israel fell by other Gods and Idols

51:59 – Judgment Day: Prophecy of Jeremiah to Seraiah (who went to Babylon with Zedekiahin 4th Year of Zedekiah) – Desolation and Millstone cast into Euphrates

Judgment in Isaiah 13

13:1-5 – Gathering for Judgment of Babylon

13:6-8 – Day of the Lord brings Fear

13:9,11-12 – Day of the Lord – cruel wrath and anger – land to be desolate, sinners (proud) destroyed

13:10,13-14 – Day of the Lord – No light from the heavenly bodies, earth shaken

13:15-18 – Medes: Judge by the sword, children killed, houses spoiled, wives ravished

13:19-21 – Beauty of Chaldea to become Desolation

Judgment in Isaiah 47

47:1-3 – Judgment – No throne, in dust, not delicate, naked, vengeance

47:4 – Salvation- God is Redeemer

47:5 – Judgment – Silence, Darkness not Lady (Mistress) of the Kingdoms

47:6 – Great Tribulation – God’s Wrath, Inheritance Polluted

47:7-8 – Great Tribulation – Lady Forever, not Widow, Children – Careless Lifestyle

47:9a,11 – Judgment – Sudden Destruction, Widow, Loss of Children

47:9b-10,12-13 Great Tribulation – Sorceries, Enchantments, Wisdom, Counsel, Occult

47:14-15 – Judgment – Stubble, Burned, Flame, Merchants cannot Save

Judgment in Psalm 137

137:1-4 – Great Tribulation: Mourning for Zion, Music Ceases by the Rivers of Babylon

137:5-7 – Great Tribulation: Captives Remember Jerusalem

137:8-9 – Judgment Day – Happy is he Who Rewards Babylon with Destruction

Rev 14:8 – 2^nd Angel of Judgment (Isa 21:9)

Rev 16:19, 17:1 – 7^th Bowl Judgment

51:59 – Judgment Day: Prophecy of Jeremiah to Seraiah (who went to Babylon with Zedekiahin 4^th Year of Zedekiah) – Desolation and Millstone cast into Euphrates