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Revelation 18:5

Revelation 18:5
For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

For her sins have reached unto heaven,.... Or "have followed unto heaven"; one after another, in one age after another, until they have been as it were heaped up together, and have reached the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

For her sins have reached unto heaven - So in Jer 51:9, speaking of Babylon, it is said, “For her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.” The meaning is not that the sins…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Her sins have reached unto heaven - They are become so great and enormous that the long-suffering of God must give place to his justice.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Revelation 18:1-8

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…

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