Revelation 18:2 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.

Scofield Notes

BabylonBabylon, "confusion," is repeatedly used by the prophets in a symbolic sense (See Scofield "Isa 13:2"), note 2. Two "Babylons" are to be distinguished in the...

Matthew Henry

Another angel from heaven proclaims the fall of mystical BabylonThe downfal and destruction of the mystical Babylon are determined in the counsels of God. Another angel comes from heaven. This seems to be Christ himself,...

Thompson Chains

Abasement (1)See the chain from Job 40:12 · 8 links
Evil SpiritsSee the chain from Matthew 12:45 · 13 links

Parallel Passages

Revelation 14:8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

Revelation 14:8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
Jeremiah 51:37 And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
Isaiah 14:23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.
Jeremiah 50:39–40 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation. …
Jeremiah 51:8 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
Leviticus 11:13–19 And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, …
Isaiah 13:19–22 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. …
Isaiah 21:8–9 And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights: …
Isaiah 34:11–15 But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness. …
Jeremiah 25:30 Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
Jeremiah 51:60–64 So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon. …
Joel 3:16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
Zephaniah 2:14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.
Mark 5:3–5 Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: …
Luke 8:27–28 And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs. …
Revelation 1:15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
Revelation 5:2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
Revelation 10:3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
Revelation 14:15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
Revelation 16:13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
Revelation 16:19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
Revelation 17:5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Revelation 17:18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
Revelation 18:10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
Revelation 18:21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

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Topics

Angel (a spirit) Medium of revelation to prophets
Babylon Figurative
Birds Cages of
Cage For birds, unclean
Fellowship With the wicked forbidden
Vision The destruction of Babylon

Places

BabylonTown · today Rome · Location well established
Places in Revelation 18 on a map

Bible Dictionary

BabylonThe Greek form of BABEL; Semitic form Babilu, meaning “The Gate of God.” In the Assyrian tablets it means “The city of the dispersion of...

Greek and Strong’s

And Καὶ Kai καί Conjunction
he cried ἔκραξεν ekraxen κράζω Verb · aorist active indicative, third person singular
mightily ἰσχυρᾷ ischyra Adjective · dative feminine singular ἰσχύς ischýs
with ἐν en ἐν Preposition
a strong μεγάλῃ megalē μέγας Adjective · dative feminine singular
voice φωνῇ phōnē φωνή Noun · dative feminine singular
saying λέγων legōn λέγω Verb · present active participle, nominative masculine singular
Babylon Βαβυλὼν Babylōn Βαβυλών Noun · nominative feminine singular
the great ἡ hē Article · nominative feminine singular μεγάλη megalē μέγας Adjective · nominative feminine singular
is fallen Ἔπεσεν Epesen πίπτω Verb · aorist active indicative, third person singular
is fallen ἔπεσεν epesen πίπτω Verb · aorist active indicative, third person singular
and καὶ kai καί Conjunction
is become ἐγένετο egeneto γίνομαι Verb · aorist middle indicative, third person singular
the habitation κατοικητήριον katoikētērion κατοικητήριον Noun · nominative neuter singular
of devils δαιμόνων daimonōn δαίμων Noun · genitive masculine plural
and καὶ kai καί Conjunction
the hold φυλακὴ phylakē φυλακή Noun · nominative feminine singular
of every παντὸς pantos πᾶς Article · genitive neuter singular
foul ἀκαθάρτου akathartou ἀκάθαρτος Adjective · genitive neuter singular
spirit πνεύματος pneumatos πνεῦμα Noun · genitive neuter singular
and καὶ kai καί Conjunction
a cage φυλακὴ phylakē φυλακή Noun · nominative feminine singular
of every παντὸς pantos πᾶς Article · genitive neuter singular
unclean ἀκαθάρτου akathartou ἀκάθαρτος Adjective · genitive neuter singular
and καὶ kai καί Conjunction
hateful μεμισημένου memisēmenou μισέω Verb · perfect passive participle, genitive neuter singular
bird ὀρνέου orneou ὄρνεον Noun · genitive neuter singular

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