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Revelation 18:15

in Revelation 18

The merchants who sold these things and grew their wealth from her will stand at a distance, in fear of her torment. They will weep and mourn,

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

The merchants of these things, who were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning;

KJV

The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,

This verse in Revelation 18

Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

Caesarius of Arles

EXPOSITION ON THE APOCALYPSE 18:15-17, HOMILY 16 · Written before 542.

Whenever the Spirit says that they were made rich from her, he is indicating the abundance of their sins.… Can a city be dressed in fine linen and purple, rather than people? They lament for themselves, since they are despoiled of those riches mentioned here.… …

This site's exposition

grew their wealth from her

on Revelation 18:15-17

The merchants stand at a distance like the kings, and their lament repeats her dress from 17:4, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. The loss comes in a single hour, and the seafarers follow as the third company.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church2 voices

A commentator

Andreas of Caesarea

COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 18:15-19, 22 · Written before 614.

proposed

He leads before our eyes the sufferings of this Babylon, and through the laments made over her he depicts the greatness of her misfortune that she, who previously boasted of her royal majesty, will suffer.… He speaks figuratively of the present life as a "sea," …

A commentator

Bede

Commentary on Revelation · Written before 735.

proposed

Those who became rich by her will stand afar off. Wherever the Spirit speaks of those made rich by her, it signifies the riches of sins. For lower down, where it is the voice of the unjust saying: Woe, woe, that great city, in which …

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

The merchants of these things,....

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

of these things--of the things mentioned, Re 18:12, 13. which--"who." made rich by--Greek, "derived riches from her." stand afar off for the fear--(Compare Re 18:10). wailing--Greek, "mourning."

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The merchants of these things - Who trafficked in these things, and who supplied the city with them, Rev 18:11. Which were made rich by her - By traffic with her. Shall stand afar off - Rev 18:10. For fear of her torment - Struck with terror by her torment, so that they did not dare to approach her, Rev 18:10.

The words behind it

19 Greek words

Every Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Mark 11:17

    Then Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of…

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 56:7

      I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called…

    • Jeremiah 7:11

      Has this house, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares the LORD.

    • Luke 19:46

      He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”

    • John 2:16

      To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”

    • 1 Kings 8:41–48

      And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your name—

  • Through

    Revelation 18:3

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

    it leads to

    • 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.”

    • Revelation 17:2

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

    • Revelation 18:9

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

Where this verse is studied

About Revelation

The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, Jan and Hubert van Eyck, about 1430 to 1432. Public domain.
The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, Jan and Hubert van Eyck, about 1430 to 1432. Public domain.

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Andreas of Caesarea, COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 18:15-19, 22; Bede, Commentary on Revelation; Caesarius of Arles, EXPOSITION ON THE APOCALYPSE 18:15-17, HOMILY 16; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748).