Revelation 18:17

And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning,.... See Gill on Rev 18:9.

saying, what city is like unto this great city? as before for magnificence and grandeur, so now for sorrow, desolation,…

For in one hour - In a very brief period - so short, that it seemed to them to be but one hour. In the prediction Rev 18:8, it is said that it would be “in one day” (see the notes on that place); here…

Every shipmaster - Captains of vessels; some think pilots are meant, and this is most likely to be the meaning of the original word κυβερνητης. This description appears to be at least partly taken…

Here we have,

I. A doleful lamentation made by Babylon's friends for her fall; and here observe,

1. Who are the mourners, namely, those who had been bewitched by her fornication, those who had been…

is come to nought Lit., is made desolate.

all the company in ships Read with R. V., and everyone that saileth any whither. The words will probably stand for the merchants travelling in ships with…