Revelation 18:2 BSB

Revelation 18:2

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And he cried with a mighty voice, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and is become a habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hateful bird.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

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Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen - This is a quotation from Isa 21:9: And he said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground. This is applied by some to Rome pagan; by others to Rome papal; and by others to Jerusalem. Is become - the hold of every foul spirit - See the parallel passages in the margin. The figures here point out the most complete destruction. A city utterly sacked and ruined, never to be rebuilt.

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Original language & word study

32 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἔκραξεν	ekraxen	he cried out	G2896 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
ἰσχυρᾷ	ischura	a mighty	G2478 →
φωνῇ	phōnēa	voice	G5456 →
λέγων·	legōn	saying:	G3004 →
ἔπεσεν	epesen	Fallen	G4098 →
ἔπεσεν	epesen	Fallen is	G4098 →
Βαβυλὼν	Babulōn	Babylon	G897 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
μεγάλη	megalē	great	G3173 →
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἐγένετο	egeneto	she has become	G1096 →
κατοικητήριον	katoikētērion	a habitation	G2732 →
δαιμονίων	daimoniōn	of demons	G1140 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
φυλακὴ	phulakē	a prison	G5438 →
παντὸς	pantos	of every	G3956 →
πνεύματος	pneumatos	spirit	G4151 →
ἀκαθάρτου	akathartou	unclean	G169 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
φυλακὴ	phulakē	a prison	G5438 →
παντὸς	pantos	of every	G3956 →
ὀρνέου	orneou	bird	G3732 →
ἀκαθάρτου	akathartou	unclean	G169 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
φυλακὴ	phulakē	a prison	G5438 →
παντὸς	pantos	of every	G3956 →
θηρίου	thēriou	creature	G2342 →
ἀκαθάρτου	akathartou	unclean	G169 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
μεμισημένου,	memisēmenou	hated,	G3404 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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.”
leads to
- Isaiah 21:9
  Look, 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!”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 51:7–8
  Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad.
- Revelation 18:2–3
  And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable…
- Revelation 16:19
  The 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…
- Revelation 11:8
  Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified.
Through
Jeremiah 51:8
Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.
leads to
- Jeremiah 46:11
  Go up to Gilead for balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt! In vain you try many remedies, but for you there is no healing.
- 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.”
Through
Jeremiah 51:37
Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.
leads to
- Jeremiah 18:16
  They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.