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Revelation 14:8

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

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ASV

And another, a second angel, followed, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, that hath made all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

KJV

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.

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24 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
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ἄλλοςallosanotherG243 →
ἄγγελοςangelosangelG32 →
δεύτεροςdeuterosa secondG1208 →
ἠκολούθησενēkolouthēsenfollowedG190 →
λέγων·legōnsaying;G3004 →
ἔπεσενepesenFallenG4098 →
ἔπεσενepesenFallen isG4098 →
ΒαβυλὼνBabulōnBabylonG897 →
ἡhētheG3588 →
μεγάληmegalēgreatG3173 →
ἣhēwhoG3739 →
ἐκekofG1537 →
τοῦtoutheG3588 →
οἴνουoinouwineG3631 →
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θυμοῦthumouof wrathG2372 →
τῆςtēsfor theG3588 →
πορνείαςporneiasimmoralityG4202 →
αὐτῆςautēsof herG846 →
πεπότικενpepotikenshe has given to drinkG4222 →
πάνταpantaallG3956 →
τὰtatheG3588 →
ἔθνη.¶ethnēGentiles.G1484 →

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Revelation 18:2And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.Revelation 17:5And on her forehead a mysterious name was written: BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.Revelation 18:3All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”Revelation 17:2The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.”Jeremiah 51:7–8Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad.Isaiah 21:9Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”Jeremiah 51:7Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad.Revelation 18:10In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”Revelation 18:2–3And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.Revelation 16:19The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.Isaiah 14:23“I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts.Revelation 11:8Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified.Jeremiah 51:8Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.Revelation 17:4The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.Revelation 17:18And the woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.”Revelation 18:18–21and cry out at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her. “What city was ever like this great city?” they will exclaim.Revelation 19:2For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”Revelation 17:2–6The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.”

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