启示录 18:23

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

燈的亮光，在你中間決不能再照耀了！新郎新娘的聲音，在你中間決不能再聽到了！你的商人一向都是地上的大人物，萬國都因你的邪術受了迷惑。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
灯 光 在 你 中 间 决 不 能 再 照 耀 ； 新 郎 和 新 妇 的 声 音 ， 在 你 中 间 决 不 能 再 听 见 。 你 的 客 商 原 来 是 地 上 的 尊 贵 人 ； 万 国 也 被 你 的 邪 术 迷 惑 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

the light: Revelation 22:5, Job 21:17, Proverbs 4:18, Proverbs 4:19, Proverbs 24:20

the voice: Revelation 18:22

thy merchants: Revelation 18:3, Revelation 18:11-19, Isaiah 23:8, Ezekiel 27:24, Ezekiel 27:25, Ezekiel 27:33, Ezekiel 27:34

for: Revelation 18:3, Revelation 18:9, Revelation 12:9, Revelation 13:13-16, Revelation 17:2, Revelation 17:5, Revelation 21:8, Revelation 22:15, 2 Kings 9:22, Isaiah 47:9, Nahum 3:4, Acts 8:11

Reciprocal: Job 3:7 - solitary Job 18:6 - candle Psalms 119:118 - their deceit Proverbs 7:12 - General Isaiah 23:1 - for it is Isaiah 23:4 - I travail Isaiah 44:20 - a deceived Jeremiah 7:34 - to cease Jeremiah 16:9 - I will Jeremiah 25:10 - voice of mirth Jeremiah 27:9 - hearken Jeremiah 33:11 - voice of joy Jeremiah 48:33 - joy Jeremiah 51:7 - the nations Jeremiah 51:55 - destroyed Ezekiel 26:13 - General Hosea 2:11 - cause 2 Thessalonians 2:9 - is 1 Timothy 4:1 - seducing 2 Timothy 3:13 - evil James 3:6 - a world Revelation 9:21 - their sorceries Revelation 13:14 - deceiveth Revelation 16:10 - upon Revelation 19:2 - judged

Cross-References

Genesis 18:4
I will bring some water so all of you can wash your feet. You may rest under the tree,

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 18:6
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 18:25
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 20:4
But Abimelech had not gone near Sarah, so he said, "Lord, would you destroy an innocent nation?

2 Samuel 24:17
When David saw the angel that killed the people, he said to the Lord , "I am the one who sinned and did wrong. These people only followed me like sheep. They did nothing wrong. Please punish me and my family."

Job 8:3
God does not twist justice; the Almighty does not make wrong what is right.

Job 34:17
Can anyone govern who hates what is right? How can you blame God who is both fair and powerful?

Psalms 73:28
But I am close to God, and that is good. The Lord God is my protection. I will tell all that you have done.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee,.... Either for common use, or at feasts, or at marriages, which being kept at night, required candies, lamps, or torches; this shows that Babylon, or Rome, shall be deprived of everything, even of the least thing that is comfortable in life; see Jeremiah 25:10 this will be a just punishment upon her for her abuse of this blessing of life; so where wax candles in great numbers have been burning in the daytime, there will not be so much as a single candle to give light in the night; and where candles have been lighted up for the dead, there will not be one for the use of the living:

and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: there will be no marrying, nor giving in marriage; no procreation of children, or propagation of posterity, in this place; which denotes the utter extirpation of the inhabitants of it; the phrases are taken from Jeremiah 7:34

Jeremiah 25:10 and this will be in righteous retaliation for the prohibition of marriage; which God has instituted, and is honourable, 1 Timothy 4:2 the reasons of Babylon's destruction follow:

for thy merchants were the great men of the earth: in allusion to the merchants of Tyre, said to be princes, Isaiah 23:8 for by trading and dealing in the wares and merchandise of Rome, persons of mean extract, and of very low circumstances of life, have grown exceeding rich, and have equalled the princes of the earth; as for instance, Cardinal Wolsey here in England, a butcher's son at Ipswich; and on the other hand, the princes and great men of the earth have become Rome's merchants, and have thought it an high honour to get a cardinal's hat, as the Cardinals Albertus duke of Austria, Bourbon, Pool, and others, mentioned by Brightman:

for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived; meaning her false doctrines, traditions, idolatry, superstition, and will worship, with which, as another Jezebel, she has bewitched, allured, and deceived the nations of the empire, and the kings thereof, Revelation 18:3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee - Another image of desolation, as if every light were put out, and there were total darkness.

And the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee - The merry and cheerful voice of the marriage procession in the streets (notes on Matthew 25:1-7), or the cheerful, glad voice of the newly-married couple in their own dwelling (notes on John 3:29).

For thy merchants were the great men of the earth - Those who dealt with thee were the rich, and among them were even nobles and princes; and now that they trade with thee no more there is occasion for lamentation and sorrow. The contrast is great between the time when distinguished foreigners crowded thy marts, and now, when none of any kind come to traffic with thee. The origin of this representation is probably the description of Tyre in Ezekiel 27:0.

For by thy sorceries were all nations deceived - This is stated as a reason for the ruin that had come upon her. It is a common representation of papal Rome that she has deceived or deluded the nations of the earth (see the notes on Revelation 13:14), and no representation ever made accords more with facts as they have occurred. The word “sorceries” here refers to the various arts the tricks impostures, and false pretences by which this has been done. See the notes on Revelation 9:21.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 23. By thy sorceries — Political arts, state tricks, counterfeit miracles, and deceptive manoeuvres of every kind. This may be spoken of many great cities of the world, which still continue to flourish!