启示录 18:18

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

他們看見了焚燒她的煙，就喊叫說：‘有哪一座城能與這大城相比呢？’

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
看 见 烧 他 的 烟 ， 就 喊 着 说 ： 有 何 城 能 比 这 大 城 呢 ？

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

when: Revelation 18:9

What: Revelation 18:10, Revelation 13:4, Isaiah 23:8, Isaiah 23:9, Jeremiah 51:37, Ezekiel 27:30-32

Reciprocal: Genesis 19:28 - General Exodus 11:6 - General Deuteronomy 13:15 - destroying it utterly Job 6:21 - ye see Isaiah 34:10 - the smoke Ezekiel 27:32 - What city Ezekiel 31:15 - I caused a Hosea 11:8 - Admah Joel 2:30 - pillars Revelation 11:8 - the great Revelation 14:8 - Babylon Revelation 14:11 - smoke Revelation 19:3 - And her

Cross-References

Genesis 18:2
He looked up and saw three men standing near him. When Abraham saw them, he ran from his tent to meet them. He bowed facedown on the ground before them

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

Genesis 18:17
The Lord said, "Should I tell Abraham what I am going to do now?

Genesis 18:18
Abraham's children will certainly become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him.

Genesis 18:25
Surely you will not destroy the good people along with the evil ones; then they would be treated the same. You are the judge of all the earth. Won't you do what is right?"

Genesis 18:26
The Lord said, "If I find fifty good people in the city of Sodom, I will save the whole city because of them."

Genesis 26:4
I will give you many descendants, as hard to count as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands. Through your descendants all the nations on the earth will be blessed.

Psalms 72:17
Let the king be famous forever; let him be remembered as long as the sun shines. Let the nations be blessed because of him, and may they all bless him.

Galatians 3:8
The Scriptures, telling what would happen in the future, said that God would make the non-Jewish people right through their faith. This Good News was told to Abraham beforehand, as the Scripture says: "All nations will be blessed through you."

Galatians 3:14
Christ did this so that God's blessing promised to Abraham might come through Jesus Christ to those who are not Jews. Jesus died so that by our believing we could receive the Spirit that God promised.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning,....

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saying, what city is like unto this great city? as before for magnificence and grandeur, so now for sorrow, desolation, and ruin; nor was any city like it for power and authority, for pride and luxury, for idolatry and superstition, blasphemy and impenitence; the like the sailors say of Tyre, Ezekiel 27:30 from whence this and other expressions are borrowed in this lamentation.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And cried ... - That is, as they had a deep interest in it, they would, on their own account, as well as hers, lift up the voice of lamentation.What city is like unto this great city? - In her destruction. What calamity has ever come upon a city like this?

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Revelation 18:18. What city is like unto this great city! — Viz. in magnitude, power, and luxury.