启示录 18:9

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

“地上的眾王，就是跟她一同行邪淫、驕奢無度的，看見焚燒她的煙的時候，就必為她痛哭捶胸。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
地 上 的 君 王 ， 素 来 与 他 行 淫 、 一 同 奢 华 的 ， 看 见 烧 他 的 烟 ， 就 必 为 他 哭 泣 哀 号 。

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 kings: Revelation 18:3, Revelation 18:7, Revelation 17:2, Revelation 17:12, Revelation 17:13

shall bewail: Revelation 18:20, Psalms 58:10, Jeremiah 50:46, Ezekiel 26:16, Ezekiel 26:17, Ezekiel 32:9, Ezekiel 32:10, Daniel 4:14, Zechariah 11:2, Zechariah 11:3

the smoke: Revelation 18:18, Revelation 14:11, Revelation 19:3, Genesis 19:28, Deuteronomy 29:23, Isaiah 13:19, Isaiah 30:33, Isaiah 34:9, Isaiah 34:10, Jeremiah 50:40

Reciprocal: Joshua 8:20 - the smoke Job 6:21 - ye see Job 34:26 - in Proverbs 1:13 - General Isaiah 3:24 - burning Isaiah 13:14 - they shall Isaiah 23:17 - shall commit Isaiah 24:21 - the Lord Isaiah 47:11 - thou shalt not be Jeremiah 48:39 - How is it Jeremiah 51:8 - howl Jeremiah 51:25 - and will Jeremiah 51:44 - the nations Jeremiah 51:57 - I will Ezekiel 16:50 - therefore Ezekiel 27:30 - shall cause Ezekiel 27:35 - their kings Ezekiel 28:19 - they Ezekiel 30:4 - pain Ezekiel 31:15 - I caused a Ezekiel 31:16 - made Daniel 11:39 - gain Joel 2:30 - pillars Micah 1:7 - for Micah 7:17 - they shall be Nahum 3:4 - the mistress Zechariah 9:5 - and be Revelation 2:22 - and them Revelation 6:15 - the kings Revelation 17:5 - the Mother Revelation 18:8 - and she Revelation 18:11 - the merchants Revelation 18:23 - for Revelation 19:2 - judged Revelation 19:19 - I saw

Cross-References

Genesis 4:9
Later, the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" Cain answered, "I don't know. Is it my job to take care of my brother?"

Genesis 24:67
Then Isaac brought Rebekah into the tent of Sarah, his mother, and she became his wife. Isaac loved her very much, and so he was comforted after his mother's death.

Genesis 31:33
So Laban looked in Jacob's tent, in Leah's tent, and in the tent where the two slave women stayed, but he did not find his idols. When he left Leah's tent, he went into Rachel's tent.

Titus 2:5
to be wise and pure, to be good workers at home, to be kind, and to yield to their husbands. Then no one will be able to criticize the teaching God gave us.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication,.... Idolatry, Revelation 17:2

and lived deliciously with her; Revelation 18:3 joining with her in her sensual, as well as in her idolatrous practices:

shall bewail her, and lament for her: shall mourn inwardly, and by various gestures outwardly express their sorrow at her desolation; see Ezekiel 27:30 these will not be the ten kings who will burn the whore with fire, and then repent of what they have done, and weep over her, as Titus did at the destruction of Jerusalem, as some Popish writers have fancied, for they will hate the whore, and eat her flesh; but earthly and idolatrous kings, who will be in the communion of the church of Rome:

when they shall see the smoke of her burning: as Abraham saw the smoke of Sodom and Gomorrah go up like the smoke of a furnace; by which they will perceive that her judgment is come, and her ruin begun.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the kings of the earth - This verse commences the description of the lamentation over the fall of the mystical Babylon (see the Analysis of the chapter).

Who have committed fornication - That is, who have been seduced by her from the true God, and have been led into practical idolatry. See the notes on Revelation 14:8. The kings of the earth seem to be represented as among the chief mourners, because they had derived important aid from the power which was now to be reduced to ruin. As a matter of fact, the kings of Europe have owed much of their influence and power to the support which has been derived from the papacy, and when that power shall fall, there will fall much that has contributed to sustain oppressive and arbitrary governments, and that has prevented the extension of popular liberty. In fact, Europe might have been long since free, if it had not been for the support which despotic governments have derived from the papacy.

And lived deliciously with her - In the same kind of luxury and dissoluteness of manners. See Revelation 18:3, Revelation 18:7. The courts of Europe, under the papacy, have had the same general character for dissoluteness and licentiousness as Rome itself. The same views of religion produce the same effects everywhere.

Shall bewail her, and lament for her - Because their ally is destroyed, and the source of their power is taken away. The fall of the papacy will be the signal for a general overturning of the thrones of Europe.

When they shall see the smoke of her burning - When they shall see her on fire, and her smoke ascending toward heaven. See the notes on Revelation 14:11.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Revelation 18:9. The kings of the earth — Those who copied her superstitions and adopted her idolatries.