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A mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, "Thus with violence will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down, and will be found no more at all.
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A Sudden, Violent End
Commentators explain that the angel hurling a massive millstone into the sea is a powerful symbol drawn from Jeremiah 51. It illustrates that Babylon's destruction will be sudden, violent, and absolute. Just as a heavy stone sinks instantly and is lost forever in the sea, this corrupt world system will be forcefully overthrown by God, not through slow decay, but with a single, mighty blow.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And a mighty angel. (See Barnes' commentary on Revelation 18:1).
This seems, however, to have been a different angel from the one m…
A strong angel (εις αγγελος ισχυρος). Here εις = a, just an indefinite article, not "one" as a numeral.
Took up
19th Century
Anglican
THE IRREMEDIABLE OVERTHROW OF BABYLON SYMBOLICALLY DECLARED.
And a mighty angel . . . — The taking up of t…
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The final lament over the fall of Babylon, spoken by an angel, is poignant and beautiful. A mighty angel picks up a huge stone like a giant millsto…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And a mighty angel Not Christ, nor one of the ministering spirits, but some man or set of men, perhaps the same with…
What is a cause for rejoicing to the servants of God on earth, is also a cause for rejoicing to the angels in heaven. The apostles, who are honored…
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