KJV King James Version
And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Revelation 18:2
And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.
WEB World English Bible
He cried with a mighty voice, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and she has become a habitation of demons, a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful bird!
ASV American Standard Version
And he cried with a mighty voice, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and is become a habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hateful bird.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he did cry in might—a great voice, saying, ‘Fall, fall did Babylon the great, and she became a habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hateful bird,
Surrounding context — Revelation 18
1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
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καὶG2532 · kaiandἔκραξενG2896 · krazōto cryἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongἰσχυρᾷG2478 · ischurosstrongφωνῇG5456 · phōnēvoice/sound: voiceλέγων·G3004 · legōto sayἔπεσενG4098 · piptōto collapseἔπεσενG4098 · piptōto collapseΒαβυλὼνG897 · BabulōnBabylonἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoμεγάληG3173 · megasgreatκαὶG2532 · kaiandἐγένετοG1096 · ginomaito beκατοικητήριονG2732 · katoikētēriondwelling placeδαιμονίωνG1140 · daimoniondemonκαὶG2532 · kaiandφυλακὴG5438 · phulakēprison/watch: prisonπαντὸςG3956 · pasallπνεύματοςG4151 · pneumaspirit/breath: spiritἀκαθάρτουG169 · akathartosuncleanκαὶG2532 · kaiandφυλακὴG5438 · phulakēprison/watch: prisonπαντὸςG3956 · pasallὀρνέουG3732 · orneonbirdἀκαθάρτουG169 · akathartosuncleanκαὶG2532 · kaiandφυλακὴG5438 · phulakēprison/watch: prisonπαντὸςG3956 · pasallθηρίουG2342 · thērionwild animalἀκαθάρτουG169 · akathartosuncleanκαὶG2532 · kaiandμεμισημένου,G3404 · miseōto hate
Cross-references
Jeremiah 51:8Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.Revelation 14:8And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.Jeremiah 51:37And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.Jeremiah 50:39-40Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell [there], and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.Jeremiah 51:60-64So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, [even] all these words that are written against Babylon.Isaiah 21:8-9And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:Revelation 18:21And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast [it] into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.Isaiah 13:19-22And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.Revelation 16:19And 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.Revelation 17:18And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.Revelation 17:5And upon her forehead [was] a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.Revelation 18:10Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.Leviticus 11:13-19And these [are they which] ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they [are] an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,Isaiah 34:11-15But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.Isaiah 14:23I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.Mark 5:3-5Who had [his] dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:Revelation 16:13And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs [come] out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.Revelation 14:15And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
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