Revelation 18:8

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

So, all at once her plagues [i.e., judgments] will fall upon her. [They will be] death and grief and famine. And she will be burned up with fire, for the Lord God who judges her, is mighty.”

Cross References

1 Corinthians 10:22

Or, are we [trying to] make the Lord jealous [by doing this]? [Do we think] we are stronger that He is?

Revelation 11:17

saying, “We thank you, O Lord God Almighty, who exists [in the present] and who existed [in the past], because you have taken your great power and have begun to rule.

Revelation 17:16

And the ten horns and the beast you saw will hate the prostitute and will take away everything from her, leaving her naked; they will eat her flesh and will burn her up with fire.

Revelation 17:18

And the woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.”

Revelation 18:17

For in a single hour [all] such great wealth was wasted.’ Then all the ships’ captains [Note: This word is literally “pilots”], passengers, crewmen and others who work in the maritime shipping industry stood at a distance

Revelation 18:19

And they threw dust on their heads, and lamented and cried out loud, saying, ‘It is too bad for the great city, from which all ocean shipping companies got rich on her wealth! For in a single hour she was wasted.”

Revelation 19:3

And again they shouted, “Hallelujah! The smoke from her [burning. See 18:18] ascends forever and ever.”