And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
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Gill's Exposition
And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication,.... Idolatry, Rev 17:2
and lived deliciously with her; Rev 18:3 joining with her in her sensual, as well as in her idolatrous practices:…
Barnes' Notes
And the kings of the earth - This verse commences the description of the lamentation over the fall of the mystical Babylon (see the Analysis of the chapter). Who have committed fornication - That is,…
Adam Clarke
The kings of the earth - Those who copied her superstitions and adopted her idolatries.
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…
Cambridge Bible
The Lamentation over them on Earth, Rev 18:9-19
9. the kings of the earth Who bore a more or less immediately active part in her destruction, Rev 17:16: see note there.
shall bewail her Read simply,…
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