5For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
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And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; …
And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.
We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.
And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)The downfall and destruction of Babylon form an event so fully determined in the counsels of God, and of such consequence to his interests and glory, that the visions and predictions concerning it are repeated. 1. Here is another angel sent from heaven, attended with great power and lustre, Rev. 18:1. He had not only light in himself, to discern the truth of his own prediction, but to inform and e…
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