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Revelation 19:2

in Revelation 19

For 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.”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

for true and righteous are his judgments; for he hath judged the great harlot, her that corrupted the earth with her fornication, and he hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

KJV

For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

This verse in Revelation 19

Commentary

11 notes on this verse

A commentator

Andreas of Caesarea

COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 19:1-4 · Written before 614.

God has "avenged the blood of his servants from the hand" of Babylon and has benefited her inhabitants by accomplishing the cessation of sin through its punishment.

This site's exposition

Salvation and glory and power

on Revelation 19:1-3

Heaven answers Babylon's fall with Hallelujah, a Hebrew word given four times in this chapter and nowhere else in the New Testament. The praise rests on justice: His judgments are true and just. Her smoke rises forever and ever repeats the phrase used of the beast worshipers at 14:11.

This site's exposition

His judgments are true and just

John Wesley hears the answer to the souls under the altar at 6:10, who asked how long until their blood was avenged. Their cry has become a song. Andreas of Caesarea adds that the punishment served even her own people, since it brought her sin to an end.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers2 voices

A commentator

Apringius of Beja

TRACTATE ON THE APOCALYPSE 19:1-3 · Written before 600.

proposed

The saints exult over the destruction of the traitorous city, and they praise God with the jubilation of praise. What does this describe other than the coming of the retribution of the evildoers and the rewarding of the good? This is that of which Daniel …

A commentator

Caesarius of Arles

EXPOSITION ON THE APOCALYPSE 19:1-3, HOMILY 18 · Written before 542.

proposed

This is the voice of the church when the separation has already occurred and when all wicked persons have gone out of her to be consumed with eternal fire. "And their smoke goes up for ever and ever." Hear, O brothers, and fear and know …

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Bede

Commentary on Revelation · Written before 735.

proposed

Who corrupted the earth with her prostitution, etc. He recalls two acts of the harlot: that she corrupted herself with evil and persecuted the good, in which I think all the crimes of the wicked are comprehended.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

For true and righteous are his judgments - Thus is the cry of the souls under the altar changed into a song of praise.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

), for which signal example of divine justice they ascribe salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto our God. The effect of these their praises: when the angels and saints cried Alleluia, her fire burned more fiercely and her smoke ascended for ever and ever,

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3 more voices on this verse

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

For true and righteous are his judgments,....

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

For true and righteous - His judgments displayed in supporting his followers, and punishing his enemies, are true - according to his predictions; and righteous, being all according to infinite justice and equity.
For true and righteous are his judgments - That is, the calamities that come upon the power here referred to are deserved. For he hath judged the great whore - The power represented by the harlot. See the notes on Rev 17:1. Which did corrupt the earth with her fornication - See the notes on Rev 14:8; Rev 17:2, Rev 17:4-5; Rev 18:3. Compare the notes on Rev 9:21. And hath avenged the blood of his servants - See the notes on Rev 18:20, Rev 18:24. At her hand - Shed by her hand,

The words behind it

31 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

    Deuteronomy 32:35

    Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”

    it leads to

    • Romans 12:19

      Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”

      Reached by 3 separate paths from here.

    • Nahum 1:2

      The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on His foes and reserves wrath for His enemies.

    • Hebrews 10:30

      For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge His people.”

    • Psalms 73:17–19

      until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.

  • Through

    Revelation 18:20

    Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.

    it leads to

    • Revelation 6:10

      And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Revelation 6:10

    And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”

    it leads to

    • Revelation 11:18

      The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your…

    • Psalms 9:12

      For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.

    • Revelation 16:5–7

      And I heard the angel of the waters say: “Righteous are You, O Holy One, who is and was, because You have brought these judgments.

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 10 works. Open the list of works

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Andreas of Caesarea, COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 19:1-4; Apringius of Beja, TRACTATE ON THE APOCALYPSE 19:1-3; Bede, Commentary on Revelation; Caesarius of Arles, EXPOSITION ON THE APOCALYPSE 19:1-3, HOMILY 18; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.