Pahayag 18:3

Filipino Cebuano Bible

3 kay ang tanang kanasuran nanagpakainom sa bino sa iyang mahugawng kaulag, ug ang mga hari sa yuta nakapakighilawas kaniya, ug ang mga magpapatigayon sa yuta nangadato tungod sa kadato sa iyang pagkamapatuyangon."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

all: Revelation 18:9, Revelation 14:8, Revelation 17:2, Jeremiah 51:7

the merchants: Revelation 18:11-17, Revelation 18:23, Isaiah 47:15, 2 Peter 2:1-3

abundance: or, power, Proverbs 23:1-3

her delicacies: Jeremiah 51:34, Lamentations 4:5, Luke 7:25

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 20:18 - General 2 Kings 9:22 - the whoredoms Proverbs 7:12 - General Isaiah 2:7 - land Isaiah 13:11 - I will punish Isaiah 25:2 - palace Isaiah 26:14 - dead Isaiah 32:14 - for Isaiah 45:20 - escaped Isaiah 47:8 - given Isaiah 57:5 - Enflaming Isaiah 63:6 - make Jeremiah 25:16 - General Ezekiel 17:4 - into Ezekiel 27:3 - a merchant Ezekiel 27:33 - thy wares Micah 1:7 - for Nahum 3:4 - the mistress Nahum 3:19 - upon Habakkuk 2:15 - unto Acts 19:25 - ye know Galatians 3:1 - who Ephesians 4:19 - with 1 Timothy 6:5 - supposing Revelation 2:22 - and them Revelation 9:21 - nor of their fornication Revelation 14:10 - drink Revelation 18:15 - which Revelation 19:2 - judged

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication,.... That is, all the nations of the Roman empire, the European nations, otherwise the Pagan and Mahometan nations have not; but these have, being made to drink by her, and made drunk therewith, that is, with her idolatries; :-.

And the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her; joined with her in her idolatrous worship and practices, and encouraged the same, and obliged their subjects to them in their dominions; :-.

And the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies; or "luxury"; which is not to be understood in a literal sense; though it is true that many merchants, in all ages, have enriched themselves by sending their commodities to Rome, where, through the vast consumption and luxuriousness of the place, they have bore a good price; but this is to be interpreted of spiritual merchants; these are such who do not merchandise by sea, but are land merchants, the merchants of the earth, and are said to be the great men of the earth, Revelation 18:23 such as are equal to princes, lords, and nobles; such are the cardinals, archbishops, and bishops; though the inferior clergy of the Romish church, who are under these, may be included: to which may be added, that one part of their wares is said to be the souls of men, Revelation 18:13 which plainly shows what sort of merchants these are; they are such who make merchandise of men, and pretend to sell them heaven, and the salvation of their souls; these are they that deal in pardons and indulgences, which they sell to ignorant people, and for a sum of money say Mass to fetch souls out of purgatory: all things have been saleable at Rome, crucifixes, priests, altars, temples, prayers, heaven, Christ, yea, God himself, as the poet Mantuan expresses it; and because of these idolatries, and wicked practices, Rome will be at last destroyed.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication - See the notes on Revelation 14:8. This is given as a reason why this utter ruin had come upon her. She had beguiled and corrupted the nations of the earth, leading them into estrangement from God, and into pollution and sin. See the notes on Revelation 9:20-21.

And the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her - Spiritual adultery; that is, she has been the means of seducing them from God and leading them into sinful practices.

And the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies - The word rendered “abundance” here, means commonly “power.” It might here denote influence, though it may also mean number, quantity, wealth. Compare Revelation 3:8, where the same word is used. The word rendered “delicacies” - στρῆνους strēnous - occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. It properly means rudeness, insolence, pride; and hence “revel, riot, luxury.” It may be rendered here properly as “luxury,” or “proud voluptuousness”; and the reference is to such luxuries as are found commonly in a great, a frivolous, and a splendid city. These, of course, give rise to much traffic, and furnish employment to many merchants and sailors, who thus procure a livelihood, or become wealthy as the result of such traffic. Babylon - or papal Rome - is here represented under the image of such a luxurious city; and of course, when she falls, they who have thus been dependent on her, and who have been enriched by her, have occasion for mourning and lamentation. It is not necessary to expect to find a literal fulfillment of this, for it is emblematic and symbolical. The image of a great, rich, splendid, proud and luxurious city having been employed to denote that anti-Christian power, all that is said in this chapter follows, of course, on its fall. The general idea is, that she was doomed to utter desolation, and that all who were connected with her, far and near, would be involved in her ruin.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Revelation 18:3. The wine of the wrath — The punishment due to her transgressions, because they have partaken with her in her sins. Revelation 14:8; Revelation 14:8.