Revelation 18:4 BSB

Revelation 18:4

Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.

BSB

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ASV

And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come forth, my people, out of her, that ye have no fellowship with her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues:

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Come out of her, my people - These words appear to be taken from Isa 48:20; Jer 1:8; Jer 51:6, Jer 51:45. The poet Mantuanus expresses this thought well: - Vivere qui sancte cupitis, discelite; Romae Omnia quum liceant, non licet esse bonum. “Ye who desire to live a godly life, depart; for, although all things are lawful at Rome, yet to be godly is unlawful.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

And I heard another voice - Of Christ, whose people, secretly scattered even there, are warned of her approaching destruction. That ye be not partakers of her sins - That is, of the fruits of them. What a remarkable providence it was that the Revelation was printed in the midst of Spain, in the great Polyglot Bible, before the Reformation!

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The first justification of the woman is in her being called out of Babylon the harlot, as the culminating stage of the latter's sin, when judgment is about to fall: for apostate Christendom, Babylon, is not to be converted, but to be destroyed.

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Original language & word study

28 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Καὶ	Kai	And	G2532 →
ἤκουσα	ēkousa	I heard	G191 →
ἄλλην	allēn	another	G243 →
φωνὴν	phōnēn	voice	G5456 →
ἐκ	ek	from	G1537 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
οὐρανοῦ	ouranou	heaven	G3772 →
λέγουσαν·	legousan	saying:	G3004 →
ἐξέλθατε	exelthate	do come	G1831 →
ὁ	ho	you who [are]	G3588 →
λαός	laos	people	G2992 →
μου	mou	of mine	G3165 →
ἐξ	ex	from	G1537 →
αὐτῆς,	autēs	her,	G846 →
ἵνα	ina	so that	G2443 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
συγκοινωνήσητε	sugkoinōnēsēte	you may have fellowship	G4790 →
ταῖς	tais	in the	G3588 →
ἁμαρτίαις	hamartiais	sins	G266 →
αὐτῆς,	autēs	of her,	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐκ	ek	of	G1537 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
πληγῶν	plēgōn	plagues	G4127 →
αὐτῆς	autēs	of her	G846 →
ἵνα	ina	so that	G2443 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
λάβητε·	labēte	you may receive;	G2983 →

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
2 Corinthians 6:17
“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
leads to
- Isaiah 52:11
  Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.
- 2 Corinthians 7:1
  Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
- Psalms 1:1–3
  Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
- Numbers 16:26
  And he warned the congregation, “Move away now from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”
- Ezra 10:11
  Now, therefore, make a confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers, and do His will. Separate yourselves from the people of the land and from your foreign wives.”
Through
Isaiah 52:11
Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 6:17
  “Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 48:20
  Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!”
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
Through
Jeremiah 51:45
Come out of her, My people! Save your lives, each of you, from the fierce anger of the LORD.
leads to
- Jeremiah 51:6
  Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Revelation

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Revelation