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La Nuova Diodati

Apocalisse 18:19

E si getteranno della polvere sul capo e grideranno, piangendo e lamentandosi, dicendo: "Ahi! Ahi! La grande citt in cui tutti coloro che avevano navi sul mare si erano arricchiti della sua magnificenza, perch stata devastata in un momento!

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Thompson Chain Reference - Ashes;   Dust;   The Topic Concordance - Judges;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Commerce;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Poetry of the Hebrews;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - City;   Head;   Ship;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Dust;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Babylon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Debt, Debtor;   Dust ;   Head;   Mourning;   Numbers;   Sea ;   Ship ;   Witness;   King James Dictionary - Costliness;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Babylon the Great ;   Dust;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Babel;   Babylon;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Babylon in the New Testament:;   Costliness;   Dust;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Attitudes;  

Parallel Translations

Riveduta Bibbia
E si getteranno della polvere sul capo e grideranno, piangendo e facendo cordoglio e dicendo: Ahi! ahi! la gran citt nella quale tutti coloro che aveano navi in mare si erano arricchiti con la sua magnificenza! In un momento ella stata ridotta in un deserto.
Giovanni Diodati Bibbia
E si getteranno della polvere in su le teste, e grideranno, piangendo, e facendo cordoglio, e dicendo: Ahi! Ahi! la gran citt, nella quale tutti coloro che aveano navi nel mare erano arricchiti della sua magnificenza; ella pure stata deserta in un momento!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

they cast: Joshua 7:6, 1 Samuel 4:12, 2 Samuel 13:19, Nehemiah 9:1, Job 2:12, Ezekiel 27:30

weeping: Revelation 18:10, Revelation 18:15, Revelation 18:16

for: Revelation 18:8

Reciprocal: Exodus 11:6 - General 2 Kings 6:5 - master Ecclesiastes 7:16 - destroy thyself Isaiah 25:2 - palace Jeremiah 51:13 - and the Lamentations 2:10 - cast up Lamentations 3:11 - he hath made Ezekiel 27:33 - thy wares Ezekiel 31:15 - I caused a Amos 5:16 - Wailing Revelation 14:7 - hour

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they cast dust on their heads,.... As the seafaring men on account of Tyre, Ezekiel 27:30 this was a gesture used in mourning when persons were in afflicted and distressed circumstances, denoting disorder, confusion, and debasement; see Joshua 7:6

and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, alas, alas! that great city; as in Revelation 18:10 so it was once, though now in flames:

wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea; not only the merchants of the earth, as in Revelation 18:3 the cardinals, archbishops, and bishops, but the governors of religious houses; these accumulated great wealth to themselves, and got the best of lands into their possession for the use and support of their abbeys and monasteries:

by reason of her costliness; or costly things; pardons, indulgences, absolution, saying Mass, and praying souls out of purgatory, all which are costly, and hereby these traders have been enriched; and now the remembrance of these things, of which they will be deprived, will affect and grieve them, as well as the suddenness of Rome's ruin:

for in one hour is she made desolate; her judgment come, and her riches come to nought, Revelation 18:10.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And they cast dust on their heads - A common sign of lamentation and mourning among the Orientals. See the notes on Job 2:12.

By reason of her costliness - The word rendered “costliness” - τιμιότητος timiotētos - means, properly, “preciousness, costliness”; their magnificence, costly merchandise. The luxury of a great city enriches many individuals, however much it may impoverish itself.

For in one hour is she made desolate - So it seemed to them. See the notes on Revelation 18:17.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Revelation 18:19. They cast dust on their heads — They showed every sign of the sincerest grief. The lamentation over this great ruined city, Revelation 18:9-19, is exceedingly strong and well drawn. Here is no dissembled sorrow; all is real to the mourners, and affecting to the spectators.


 
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