Revelation 19:2 Cross References - AUV

² For His judgments are true and just; He has judged [i.e., condemned] the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and He has punished her for [shedding] the blood of His servants.”

¹⁰ And they called out with a loud voice, “How long, holy and true Master, [will it be] before you judge the people living on earth and take revenge on them for [shedding] our blood?”

³ And they were singing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb. [The words were], “Your deeds are great and marvelous, O Lord, God Almighty; your ways are just and true, O King of the nations [or, “ages”].

⁵ Then I heard the angel [in charge] of the waters saying, “You are just, [you] who are [in the present] and who were [in the past], O Holy One, because you have judged [that these things should happen]. ⁶ For they [i.e., the followers of the beast. See verse 2] have shed the blood of God’s holy people and [their] prophets, and you have given them blood to drink because they deserved it [i.e., these persecutors deserved the punishment they received for shedding blood]. ⁷ And I heard [a voice from] the Altar saying, “Yes, O Lord, God Almighty, your judgments are true and just.”

¹ Then one of the seven angels, who had the seven bowls, came and spoke to me, saying, “Come [here]; I will show you the punishment [to fall] on the great prostitute who is situated on many bodies of waters. ² The kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality with her, and those who live on the earth became drunk from [drinking] the wine of her sexual immorality.”

¹⁵ Then the angel [See verses 1,7] said to me, “The waters you saw, on which the prostitute sits [See verse 1] are races, crowds, nations and language groups. ¹⁶ And the ten horns and the beast you saw will hate the prostitute and will take away everything from her, leaving her naked; they will eat her flesh and will burn her up with fire.

³ For all the nations have drunk [or, “have been forced to drink”] the wine of her passionate sexual immorality [See 14:8], and the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality with her and the [retail] merchants of the earth became rich from her excessive luxury.”

⁹ And the kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality with her, and indulged in luxurious living with her, will cry and mourn over her when they see the smoke of her burning [i.e., the city of Babylon. See verse 2]. ¹⁰ They will stand far away, out of fear over her torment [Note: They will keep their distance for fear of becoming involved in the torment themselves], saying, ‘It is too bad for the great, strong city of Babylon! Your judgment has come in a single hour.’

²⁰ Be glad, heaven, and you saints, and you apostles, and you prophets, for God has brought judgment on her for you [i.e., for the way she treated you].’”

²³ And the light of a lamp will never shine in you again. And the voices of the groom and bride will never be heard in you again. For your [retail] merchants were the great men of the earth, and all the nations were deceived by your sorceries. ²⁴ And the blood of the prophets and the saints and all [others] who were killed on earth was found in her.”