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Revelation 18:18

WEB

18and cried out as they looked at the smoke of her burning, saying, ‘What is like the great city?’

KJV

18And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!

BSB

18and cry out at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her. “What city was ever like this great city?” they will exclaim.

FBV

18As they watched the smoke of the fire that destroys her, they shouted out, ‘What city could ever compare to this great city?’

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Book of Revelation Summary: A Complete Animated Overview (Part 2) - BibleProject

Extra References

Revelation 13:4

4They worshiped the dragon because he gave his authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?”


Jeremiah 51:37

37Babylon will become heaps, a dwelling place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.


Isaiah 23:8-9

8Who has planned this against Tyre, the giver of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the honorable of the earth? 9The LORD of Armies has planned it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.


Revelation 18:9-10

9The kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived wantonly with her will weep and wail over her, when they look at the smoke of her burning, 10standing far away for the fear of her torment, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For your judgment has come in one hour.’


Ezekiel 27:30-32

30and will cause their voice to be heard over you, and will cry bitterly. They will cast up dust on their heads. They will wallow in the ashes. 31They will make themselves bald for you, and clothe themselves with sackcloth. They will weep for you in bitterness of soul, with bitter mourning. 32In their wailing they will take up a lamentation for you, and lament over you, saying, Who is there like Tyre, like her who is brought to silence in the middle of the sea?’