启示录 18:2

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

他用強有力的聲音呼喊說：“傾倒了！大巴比倫傾倒了！成了鬼魔的住處，各樣污靈的監獄，一切污穢可憎之雀鳥的牢籠，

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
他 大 声 喊 着 说 ： 巴 比 伦 大 城 倾 倒 了 ！ 倾 倒 了 ！ 成 了 鬼 魔 的 住 处 和 各 样 污 秽 之 灵 的 巢 穴 （ 或 作 ： 牢 狱 ； 下 同 ） ， 并 各 样 污 秽 可 憎 之 雀 鸟 的 巢 穴 。

Contextual Overview

¹ After the vision of these things, I saw another angel coming down from heaven. This angel had great power, and his glory made the earth bright. ² He shouted in a powerful voice: "Ruined, ruined is the great city of Babylon! She has become a home for demons and a prison for every evil spirit, and a prison for every unclean bird and unclean beast. ³ She has been ruined, because all the peoples of the earth have drunk the wine of the desire of her sexual sin. She has been ruined also because the kings of the earth have sinned sexually with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the great wealth of her luxury." ⁴ Then I heard another voice from heaven saying: "Come out of that city, my people, so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive the disasters that will come to her. ⁵ Her sins have piled up as high as the sky, and God has not forgotten the wrongs she has done. ⁶ Give that city the same as she gave to others. Pay her back twice as much as she did. Prepare wine for her that is twice as strong as the wine she prepared for others. ⁷ She gave herself much glory and rich living. Give her that much suffering and sadness. She says to herself, ‘I am a queen sitting on my throne. I am not a widow; I will never be sad.' ⁸ So these disasters will come to her in one day: death, and crying, and great hunger, and she will be destroyed by fire, because the Lord God who judges her is powerful."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

cried: Revelation 1:15, Revelation 5:2, Revelation 10:3, Revelation 14:15, Jeremiah 25:30, Joel 3:16

Babylon: Revelation 18:10, Revelation 18:21, Revelation 14:8, Revelation 16:19, Revelation 17:5, Revelation 17:18, Isaiah 13:19, Isaiah 21:9, Jeremiah 51:8, Jeremiah 51:60-64

become: Leviticus 11:13-19, Isaiah 13:20-22, Isaiah 14:23, Isaiah 21:8, Isaiah 34:11-15, Jeremiah 50:39, Jeremiah 50:40, Jeremiah 51:37, Mark 5:3-5, Luke 8:27, Luke 8:28

Reciprocal: Leviticus 11:16 - General Numbers 24:24 - and he also Deuteronomy 32:43 - avenge Psalms 87:4 - Babylon Psalms 102:6 - a pelican Isaiah 13:11 - I will punish Isaiah 13:21 - But Isaiah 24:10 - of confusion Isaiah 25:2 - palace Isaiah 26:5 - the lofty Isaiah 26:14 - dead Isaiah 32:14 - for Isaiah 34:13 - an habitation Isaiah 35:7 - in the Jeremiah 5:27 - cage Jeremiah 9:11 - a den Jeremiah 27:7 - until Jeremiah 49:33 - a dwelling Jeremiah 50:2 - Babylon Jeremiah 51:29 - every Jeremiah 51:64 - Thus shall Daniel 4:14 - aloud Nahum 3:4 - the mistress Nahum 3:19 - upon Zephaniah 2:14 - flocks Zechariah 13:2 - unclean John 12:29 - An angel 1 Timothy 4:1 - seducing Titus 3:3 - hateful 1 Peter 5:13 - at Revelation 11:8 - the great Revelation 12:9 - the Devil Revelation 16:10 - upon

Cross-References

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

Genesis 18:6
Abraham hurried to the tent where Sarah was and said to her, "Hurry, prepare twenty quarts of fine flour, and make it into loaves of bread."

Genesis 18:7
Then Abraham ran to his herd and took one of his best calves. He gave it to a servant, who hurried to kill it and to prepare it for food.

Genesis 18:11
Abraham and Sarah were very old. Since Sarah was past the age when women normally have children,

Genesis 18:16
Then the men got up to leave and started out toward Sodom. Abraham walked along with them a short time to send them on their way.

Genesis 19:1
The two angels came to Sodom in the evening as Lot was sitting near the city gate. When he saw them, he got up and went to them and bowed facedown on the ground.

Genesis 23:7
Abraham rose and bowed to the people of the land, the Hittites.

Genesis 32:24
So Jacob was alone, and a man came and wrestled with him until the sun came up.

Genesis 43:26
When Joseph came home, the brothers gave him the gift they had brought into the house and bowed down to the ground in front of him.

Genesis 43:28
The brothers answered, "Your servant, our father, is well. He is still alive." And they bowed low before Joseph to show him respect.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he cried mightily with a strong voice,.... Which shows not only the vehemence and affection of the ministers of the word, who will publish what follows, but the greatness and importance of it; and this loud voice may be, as for the sake of the whole church in general, that all may bear, so for the sake of those of the Lord's people in particular, that will be in Babylon at this time; and it may have regard to that deep sleep and spirit of slumber that Babylon itself will be in, which, notwithstanding this loud cry, will remain insensible of its ruin till it comes upon her, as was the case of old Babylon, Jeremiah 51:39,

saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen: the whole world is not designed by Babylon, for it is distinguished from all nations in the following verse; nor Babylon in Chaldea, which was fallen long before John saw this vision, but Rome Papal; Jeremiah 51:39- : so the woman is called in Revelation 17:5 who sits on seven mountains, and is that great city, the city of Rome, that reigns over the kings of the earth, Revelation 18:9 this is said to be fallen, because, in a very little time after this declaration, it will fall; for as yet it was not destroyed, since after this the Lord's people are called upon to come out of her, and are bid to reward her double; and it is declared, that her plagues, should come in one day, and she should be burnt with fire; and an angel after this throws a millstone into the sea, saying, that so should Babylon be thrown down,

Revelation 18:4 and it is repeated to denote the certainty and utter destruction of her: and which is more fully expressed by what follows,

and is become the habitation of devils; as old Babylon was of satyrs, Isaiah 13:21 demons, which appeared in a hairy form, like goats, and the word is rendered devils in Leviticus 17:7 and the inhabitants of Rome now are no other; the pope and his cardinals, the priests, Jesuits, monks, and friars, are the spirits of devils, and their doctrines the doctrines of devils; see Revelation 16:14

and the hold of every foul spirit: devils are frequently called unclean spirits, and these appear in desert and desolate places,

Matthew 12:43 where they are either of choice, or rather are obliged to it; and so the word translated "hold" signifies a prison, or place of confinement; and such as are comparable to unclean spirits now haunt and abound in Rome, and its territories; see Revelation 16:13

and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird; such, as vultures, kites, owls, c. which generally reside in desolate and uninhabited places the Alexandrian copy, the Syriac and Ethiopic versions, add, "and the hold", or "seat of every unclean and hateful beast"; and so the desolation of old Babylon is described by wild beasts and doleful creatures dwelling in it, Isaiah 13:21. Some consider all this as a reason of the destruction of Babylon or Rome, because it now is the residence of persons comparable to devils, foul spirits, hateful birds, and beasts of prey; but this account rather describes its state and case in which it will be after its ruin, being never more to be inhabited by men, in allusion to old Babylon, Isaiah 13:19.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And he cried mightily - Literally, “he cried with a strong great voice.” See Revelation 10:3.

Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen - See the notes on Revelation 14:8. The proclamation here is substantially the same as in that place, and no doubt the same thing is referred to.

And is become the habitation of devils - Of demons - in allusion to the common opinion that the demons inhabited abandoned cities, old ruins, and deserts. See the notes on Matthew 12:43-45. The language here is taken from the description of Babylon in Isaiah 13:20-22; and for a full illustration of the meaning, see the notes on that passage.

And the hold of every foul spirit - φυλακὴ phulakē. A watch-post, station, haunt of such spirits - That is, they, as it were, kept guard there; were stationed there; haunted the place.

And a cage of every unclean and hateful bird - That is, they would resort there, and abide there as in a cage. The word translated “cage” is the same which is rendered “hold” - φυλακὴ phulakē. In Isaiah 13:21, it is said, “and owls shall dwell there”; and in Isaiah 14:23, it is said that it would be a “possession for the bittern.” The idea is that of utter desolation; and the meaning here is, that spiritual Babylon - papal Rome Revelation 14:8 - will be reduced to a state of utter desolation resembling that of the real Babylon. It is not necessary to suppose this of the city of Rome itself - for that is not the object of the representation. It is the papacy, represented under the image of the city, and having its seat there. That is to be destroyed as utterly as was Babylon of old; that will become as odious, and loathsome, and detestable as the literal Babylon, the abode of monsters is.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Revelation 18:2. Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen — This is a quotation from Isaiah 21:9: And he said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground. This is applied by some to Rome pagan; by others to Rome papal; and by others to Jerusalem.

Is become-the hold of every foul spirit — See the parallel passages in the margin. The figures here point out the most complete destruction. A city utterly sacked and ruined, never to be rebuilt.