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Echoes of Ancient Ruin
Commentators unanimously explain that the declaration "Fallen, fallen is Babylon" and its description as a haunt for demons and unclean birds are direct allusions to Old Testament prophecies against the literal city of Babylon (e.g., Isaiah 13, Jeremiah 50-51). This imagery signifies a complete, certain, and horrifying desolation for the corrupt world system God is judging.
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Albert Barnes
On Revelation 18:2
18th Century
Theologian
And he cried mightily. Literally, "he cried with a strong great voice." See Revelation 10:3.
Babylon the great is fallen, is fa…
AT Robertson
On Revelation 18:2
Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great (επεσεν, επεσεν Βαβυλων η μεγαλη). The very words of 14:8: "Did fall, did fall Babylon the gre…
Charles Ellicott
On Revelation 18:2
19th Century
Bishop
And he cried . . .—We must omit “mightily,” and translate it as: And he cried in a mighty voice, saying, Fallen, fallen is Bab…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Revelation 18:2
So magnificent is the event about to be enacted that a dazzling angel of glory bears the divine news. Perhaps we can associate this glory with the …
John Gill
On Revelation 18:2
17th Century
Pastor
And he cried mightily with a strong voice
Which shows not only the vehemence and affection of the ministers of the w…
Matthew Henry
On Revelation 18:1–8
17th Century
Minister
The downfall and destruction of the mystical Babylon are determined in the counsels of God. Another angel comes from heaven. This seems to be Chris…