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Rev. 18:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroomx and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchantsy were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceriesa were all nations deceived.

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Jer. 7:34• ³⁴And I will cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth and the voice of joy, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; for the land shall become a waste. (Jer. 7:34)

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Jer. 16:9• ⁹For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place, before your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of joy, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride. (Jer. 16:9)

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Jer. 33:11• ¹¹there shall again be heard the voice of mirth and the voice of joy, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that say, Give ye thanks unto Jehovah of hosts; for Jehovah is good, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever,--of them that bring thanksgiving unto the house of Jehovah. For I will turn the captivity of the land as in the beginning, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 33:11)

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Isa. 23:8• ⁸Who hath purposed this against Tyre, the distributor of crowns, whose merchants were princes, whose dealers were the honourable of the earth? (Isa. 23:8)

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2 Kings 9:22• ²²And it came to pass when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he said, What peace, so long as the fornications of thy mother Jezebel and her sorceries are so many? (2 Kings 9:22)

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Nah. 3:4• ⁴--Because of the multitude of the fornications of the well-favoured harlot, mistress of sorceries, that selleth nations through her fornications, and families through her sorceries, (Nah. 3:4)

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the light.

Rev. 22:5• ⁵And night shall not be any more, and no need of a lamp, and light of the sun; for the Lord God shall shine upon them, and they shall reign to the ages of ages. (Rev. 22:5)

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Job 21:17• ¹⁷How often is the lamp of the wicked put out, and cometh their calamity upon them? Doth he distribute sorrows to them in his anger? (Job 21:17)

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Prov. 4:18‑19• ¹⁸But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, going on and brightening until the day be fully come.
¹⁹The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. (Prov. 4:18‑19)

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Prov. 24:20• ²⁰for there shall be no future to the evil man; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. (Prov. 24:20)

the voice.

Rev. 18:22• ²²and voice of harp-singers and musicians and flute-players and trumpeters shall not be heard any more at all in thee, and no artificer of any art shall be found any more at all in thee, and voice of millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee, (Rev. 18:22)

thy merchants.

Rev. 18:3,11‑19• ³because all the nations have drunk of the wine of the fury of her fornication; and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have been enriched through the might of her luxury.
¹¹And the merchants of the earth weep and grieve over her, because no one buys their lading any more;
¹²lading of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and pearl, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet dye, and all thyine wood, and every article in ivory, and every article in most precious wood, and in brass, and in iron, and in marble,
¹³and cinnamon, and amomum, and incense, and unguent, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep, and of horses, and of chariots, and of bodies, and souls of men.
¹⁴And the ripe fruits which were the lust of thy soul have departed from thee, and all fair and splendid things have perished from thee, and they shall not find them any more at all.
¹⁵The merchants of these things, who had been enriched through her, shall stand afar off through fear of her torment, weeping and grieving,
¹⁶saying, Woe, woe, the great city, which was clothed with fine linen and purple and scarlet, and had ornaments of gold and precious stones and pearls!
¹⁷for in one hour so great riches has been made desolate. And every steersman, and every one who sailed to any place, and sailors, and all who exercise their calling on the sea, stood afar off,
¹⁸and cried, seeing the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like to the great city?
¹⁹and cast dust upon their heads, and cried, weeping and grieving, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, in which all that had ships in the sea were enriched through her costliness! for in one hour she has been made desolate. (Rev. 18:3,11‑19)

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Isa. 23:8• ⁸Who hath purposed this against Tyre, the distributor of crowns, whose merchants were princes, whose dealers were the honourable of the earth? (Isa. 23:8)

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Ezek. 27:24‑25,33‑34• ²⁴these traded with thee in sumptuous clothes, in wrappings of blue and broidered work, and in chests full of variegated stuffs, bound with cords and made of cedar-wood, amongst thy merchandise.
²⁵The ships of Tarshish were thy caravans for thy traffic; and thou wast replenished, and highly honoured, in the heart of the seas.
³³When thy wares went forth over the seas, thou filledst many peoples; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the abundance of thy substance and of thy merchandise.
³⁴In the time when thou art broken by the seas, in the depths of the waters, thy merchandise and all thine assemblage in the midst of thee have fallen. (Ezek. 27:24‑25,33‑34)

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Rev. 18:3,9• ³because all the nations have drunk of the wine of the fury of her fornication; and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have been enriched through the might of her luxury.
⁹And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication, and lived luxuriously with her, shall weep and wail over her, when they see the smoke of her burning, (Rev. 18:3,9)

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Rev. 12:9• ⁹And the great dragon was cast out, the ancient serpent, he who is called Devil and Satan, he who deceives the whole habitable world, he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. (Rev. 12:9)

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Rev. 13:13‑16• ¹³And it works great signs, that it should cause even fire to come down from heaven to the earth before men.
¹⁴And it deceives those that dwell upon the earth by reason of the signs which it was given to it to work before the beast, saying to those that dwell upon the earth to make an image to the beast, which has the wound of the sword, and lived.
¹⁵And it was given to it to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should also speak, and should cause that as many as should not do homage to the image of the beast should be killed.
¹⁶And it causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the bondmen, that they should give them a mark upon their right hand or upon their forehead; (Rev. 13:13‑16)

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Rev. 17:2,5• ²with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication; and they that dwell on the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
⁵and upon her forehead a name written, Mystery, great Babylon, the mother of the harlots, and of the abominations of the earth. (Rev. 17:2,5)

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Rev. 21:8• ⁸But to the fearful and unbelieving, and sinners, and those who make themselves abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone; which is the second death. (Rev. 21:8)

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Rev. 22:15• ¹⁵Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loves and makes a lie. (Rev. 22:15)

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2 Kings 9:22• ²²And it came to pass when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he said, What peace, so long as the fornications of thy mother Jezebel and her sorceries are so many? (2 Kings 9:22)

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Isa. 47:9• ⁹yet these two things shall come upon thee in a moment, in one day, loss of children and widowhood; they shall come upon thee in full measure for the multitude of thy sorceries, for the great abundance of thine enchantments. (Isa. 47:9)

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Nah. 3:4• ⁴--Because of the multitude of the fornications of the well-favoured harlot, mistress of sorceries, that selleth nations through her fornications, and families through her sorceries, (Nah. 3:4)

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Acts 8:11• ¹¹And they gave heed to him, because that for a long time he had astonished them by his magic arts. (Acts 8:11)

• For any unprejudiced person who reads this description of Babylon calmly, and asks himself, What is that professing Christian body so abounding in idols, so authoritative over the kings of the earth, so indulgent to the wicked, and so cruel to the righteous? it is impossible not to see the answer. (“Revelation 18: The Great City Babylon” by H. Smith)

• In it is found the artificial light of the candle speaking of its appeal to natural sentiment, and the voice of the bridegroom and the bride, speaking of natural joy. (“Revelation 18: The Great City Babylon” by H. Smith)

• Professing Christendom ends in a system that is the exact contrast to all that the church of God is called to be. Firstly, it is marked by " merchants " and thus characterized by material riches rather than " the unsearchable riches of Christ." Secondly, it is marked by " great men," rather than the weak and base things of the world that God has chosen. Thirdly, those in Babylon are " men of the earth " rather than heavenly men. Fourthly, this system by its " sorceries " is clearly under the influence of wicked spirits rather than the Holy Spirit of God. Fifthly, by it all nations are " deceived; " thus it propagates error rather than truth. (“Revelation 18: The Great City Babylon” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and light of lamp shall shine no more at all in thee, and voice of bridegroom and bride shall be heard no more at all in thee; for thy merchants were the great ones of the earth; for by thy sorcery have all the nations been deceived.

W. Kelly Translation

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and no light of lamp shall shine any more in thee; and no voice of bridegroom and of bride shall be heard any more in thee; for thy merchants were the great ones of the earth; for by thy sorcery were all the nations deceived.