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.
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Gill's Exposition
And I heard another voice from heaven,.... Either of another, or of the same angel, or rather of God, or Christ himself, since the persons addressed are called his people:
saying, come out of her,…
Barnes' Notes
And I heard another voice from heaven - He does not say whether this was the voice of an angel, but the idea seems rather to be that it is the voice of God. Come out of her, my people - The reasons…
Adam Clarke
Come out of her, my people - These words appear to be taken from Isa 48:20; Jer 1:8; Jer 51:6, Jer 51:45. The poet Mantuanus expresses this thought well: -
Vivere qui sancte cupitis, discelite;…
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…
Cambridge Bible
Come out of her Isa 48:2; Isa 52:11; Jer 50:8; Jer 51:6; Jer 51:9; Jer 51:45, all referring to the flight of Israel from the literal Babylon. This passage is nearest to the last of those cited: but in…
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