Revelation 18:21

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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WEBBE

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.

BSB

Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.

KJV

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.

ASV

And a strong angel took up a stone as it were a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with a mighty fall shall Babylon, the great city, be cast down, and shall be found no more at all.

BBE

And a strong angel took up a stone like the great stone with which grain is crushed, and sent it into the sea, saying, So, with a great fall, will Babylon, the great town, come to destruction, and will not be seen any more at all.

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Καὶ Kai And G2532 ἦρεν ēren took up G142 εἷς heis one G1520 ἄγγελος angelos angel G32 ἰσχυρὸς ischuros a mighty G2478 λίθον lithon stone G3037 ὡς hōs like G5613 μύλινον mulinon a millstone G6061 μέγαν megan great G3173 καὶ kai and G2532 ἔβαλεν ebalen cast [it] G906 εἰς eis into G1519 τὴν tēn the G3588 θάλασσαν thalassan sea G2281 λέγων legōn saying G3004 οὕτως houtōs Thus G3779 ὁρμήματι hormēmati with violence G3731 βληθήσεται blēthēsetai will be cast down G906 Βαβυλὼν Babulōn Babylon G897 ἡ hē the G3588 μεγάλη megalē great G3173 πόλις polis city G4172 καὶ kai and G2532 οὐ ou certainly G3756 μὴ mē not G3361 εὑρεθῇ heurethēa may be found G2147 ἔτι eti any longer G2089

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 20–24

That which is matter of rejoicing to the servants of God on earth, is matter of rejoicing to the angels in heaven. The apostles, who are honoured and daily worshipped at Rome in an idolatrous manner, will rejoice in her fall. The fall of Babylon was an act of God's justice. And because it was a final ruin, this enemy should never molest them any more; of this they were assured by a sign. Let us take warning from the things which brought others to destruction, and let us set our affections on things above, when we consider the changeable nature of earthly things.

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