So also, in a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah, and their surrounding towns, which had abandoned themselves to sexual immorality and [sexually] perverted behavior, serve as an example [of people] who [will] suffer the punishment of never ending fire.
Revelation 19:3 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) And again they shouted, “Hallelujah! The smoke from her [burning. See 18:18] ascends forever and ever.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And again they shouted, Hallelujah (praise the Lord)! The smoke of her [burning] shall continue to ascend forever and ever (through the eternities of the eternities). [Isa. 34:10.] American Standard Version (1901) And a second time they say, Hallelujah. And her smoke goeth up for ever and ever. Common English Bible Then they said a second time, “Hallelujah! Smoke goes up from her forever and always.” Catholic Public Domain Version And again, they said: "Alleluia! For her smoke ascends forever and ever." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And again they said: Alleluia. And her smoke ascendeth for ever and ever. |
So also, in a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah, and their surrounding towns, which had abandoned themselves to sexual immorality and [sexually] perverted behavior, serve as an example [of people] who [will] suffer the punishment of never ending fire.
And the smoke of their suffering will ascend forever and ever and there will not be any rest day or night for those who worship the beast and his statue and who receive the mark of his name.”
and called out as they watched the smoke of the burning [city], ‘What city was ever as great as this one?’
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].
After these things I heard what sounded like the loud voices of a huge crowd in heaven, shouting, “Hallelujah [which means, “Praise God”]! Salvation and splendor and power belong to our God.
Then the twenty-four elders and the four living beings fell down and worshiped God, who sits on His throne. They said, “May it be so, Hallelujah!”