启示录 18:10

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

他們因為害怕她所受的痛苦，就遠遠地站著，說：‘有禍了！有禍了！這大城，巴比倫，這堅固的城啊！一時之間你的審判就來到了！’

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
因 怕 他 的 痛 苦 ， 就 远 远 的 站 着 说 ： 哀 哉 ！ 哀 哉 ！ 巴 比 伦 大 城 ， 坚 固 的 城 阿 ， 一 时 之 间 你 的 刑 罚 就 来 到 了 。

Contextual Overview

⁹ The kings of the earth who sinned sexually with her and shared her wealth will see the smoke from her burning. Then they will cry and be sad because of her death. ¹⁰ They will be afraid of her suffering and stand far away and say: "Terrible! How terrible for you, great city, powerful city of Babylon, because your punishment has come in one hour!" ¹¹ And the merchants of the earth will cry and be sad about her, because now there is no one to buy their cargoes— ¹² cargoes of gold, silver, jewels, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, silk, red cloth; all kinds of citron wood and all kinds of things made from ivory, expensive wood, bronze, iron, and marble; ¹³ cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle, sheep, horses, carriages, slaves, and human lives. ¹⁴ The merchants will say, "Babylon, the good things you wanted are gone from you. All your rich and fancy things have disappeared. You will never have them again." ¹⁵ The merchants who became rich from selling to her will be afraid of her suffering and will stand far away. They will cry and be sad ¹⁶ and say: "Terrible! How terrible for the great city! She was dressed in fine linen, purple and red cloth, and she was shining with gold, precious jewels, and pearls! ¹⁷ All these riches have been destroyed in one hour!" Every sea captain, every passenger, the sailors, and all those who earn their living from the sea stood far away from Babylon. ¹⁸ As they saw the smoke from her burning, they cried out loudly, "There was never a city like this great city!"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

afar: Numbers 16:34

Alas: Revelation 18:16, Revelation 18:19, Jeremiah 30:7, Joel 1:15, Amos 5:16

that great: Revelation 14:8, Isaiah 21:9

for: Revelation 18:8, Revelation 18:17, Revelation 18:19, Jeremiah 51:8, Jeremiah 51:9

Reciprocal: Joshua 5:1 - heard 2 Samuel 10:19 - feared 2 Kings 6:5 - master Job 6:21 - ye see Job 34:26 - in Psalms 64:8 - all that Psalms 73:19 - How Isaiah 9:14 - in one day Isaiah 13:6 - Howl ye Isaiah 13:14 - they shall Isaiah 47:11 - thou shalt not be Jeremiah 48:39 - How is it Jeremiah 49:21 - earth Jeremiah 49:25 - General Jeremiah 50:27 - their day Jeremiah 51:25 - and will Jeremiah 51:30 - The mighty Jeremiah 51:41 - the praise Ezekiel 6:11 - Alas Ezekiel 26:17 - How art Ezekiel 27:35 - their kings Ezekiel 28:19 - they Ezekiel 30:2 - Howl Ezekiel 30:4 - pain Ezekiel 32:9 - vex Ezekiel 32:10 - and they Daniel 4:30 - great Obadiah 1:5 - how Micah 7:17 - they shall be Nahum 3:7 - that all Zephaniah 2:15 - how is Revelation 11:8 - the great Revelation 14:7 - hour Revelation 16:19 - the great Revelation 17:5 - Babylon Revelation 18:2 - Babylon Revelation 18:18 - What Revelation 19:2 - judged

Cross-References

Genesis 16:10
The angel also said, "I will give you so many descendants they cannot be counted."

Genesis 17:16
I will bless her and give her a son, and you will be the father. She will be the mother of many nations. Kings of nations will come from her."

Genesis 17:19
God said, "No, Sarah your wife will have a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will make my agreement with him to be an agreement that continues forever with all his descendants.

Genesis 17:21
But I will make my agreement with Isaac, the son whom Sarah will have at this same time next year."

Genesis 18:3
and said, "Sir, if you think well of me, please stay awhile with me, your servant.

Genesis 18:5
and I will get some bread for you so you can regain your strength. Then you may continue your journey." The three men said, "That is fine. Do as you said."

Genesis 18:8
Abraham gave the three men the calf that had been cooked and milk curds and milk. While they ate, he stood under the tree near them.

Genesis 18:9
The men asked Abraham, "Where is your wife Sarah?" "There, in the tent," said Abraham.

Genesis 18:13
Then the Lord said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh? Why did she say, ‘I am too old to have a baby'?

Genesis 18:14
Is anything too hard for the Lord ? No! I will return to you at the right time a year from now, and Sarah will have a son."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Standing afar off for the fear of her torment,.... Lest they themselves should share in it, who have partook of her sins; either they will not be in a capacity to help her, or they will be dispirited, and will be in awe and dread of God's righteous judgments:

saying, alas! alas! that great city Babylon! that mighty city! it will aggravate their sorrow, when they reflect upon the former grandeur, magnificence, power, and authority, of the city and see of Rome, so often called in this book the great city; and so it is by other writers; the Jews call it so: they say c, when the Messiah comes,

"the kings of the world shall be gathered to קרתא רבתא, "the great city" of Rome; and the holy blessed God will cast upon them fire and hail, and great hail stones, (with which compare Revelation 16:21), and they shall perish from the world, except those kings that do not come there.''

It is common with the Jewish writers to call the Roman empire Edom; and Magdiel, one of the dukes of Edom, Genesis 36:43 who has his name from "greatness", is interpreted by one of their commentators d of Rome; the reason of which, another of them says e, is because Rome is become great above all kingdoms: the mount of Esau in Obadiah 1:21 is interpreted ית כרכא רבא, "that great city" of Esau, which is Rome f, and the same epithet it has in the Talmud g; and Porphyry calls it την μεγαλην πολιν, "that great city", without making mention of its name, as here; so among the Latins h, "Magnoe spes altera" Romae:

for in one hour is thy judgment come: the Ethiopic version reads, "the hour of her judgment"; the time of her punishment fixed by God; but the sense is, that her vengeance was suddenly come upon her; this is the judgment of the great whore, which the angel proposed to show to John, Revelation 17:1.

c Zohar in Gen. fol. 74. 3. d Jarchi in Gen. xxxvi. 43. e Abarbinel in Dan. fol. 42. 3. f Jarchi in Obadiah, ver. 21. g T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 21. 2. h Servius in Virgil, Eclog. 6. p. 67.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Standing afar off for the fear of her torment - Not daring to approach, to attempt to rescue and save her. They who had so long contributed to the support of the papal power, and who had, in turn, been upheld by that, would not now even attempt to rescue her, but would stand by and see her destroyed, unable to render relief.

Alas, alas, that great city Babylon - The language of lamentation that so great and so mighty a city should fall.

For in one hour is thy judgment come - See the notes on Revelation 18:8. The general sentiment here is, that, in the final ruin of papal Rome, the kings and governments that had sustained her, and had been sustained by her, would see the source of their power taken away, but that they would not, or could not attempt her rescue. There have been not a few indications already that this will ultimately occur, and that the papal power will be left to fall, without any attempt, on the part of those governments which have been so long in alliance with it, to sustain or restore it.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Revelation 18:10. Standing afar off — Beholding her desolations with wonder and astonishment, utterly unable to afford her any kind of assistance.