Revelation 18:11

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Every merchant on earth will mourn, because there is no one to buy their goods.

Cross References

Proverbs 3:14

Wisdom is worth more than silver; it makes you much richer than gold.

Isaiah 13:19

The city of Babylon is glorious and powerful, the pride of the nation. But it will be like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah after I, the Lord, destroyed them.

Isaiah 47:15

These are the fortune-tellers you have done business with all your life. But they don't know where they are going, and they can't save you.

Ezekiel 27:9

Experienced men from Byblos repaired any damages. Sailors from all over shopped at the stores in your port.

Zephaniah 1:11

Everyone in Lower Hollow will mourn loudly, because merchants and money changers will be wiped out.

Zephaniah 1:18

Not even your silver or gold can save you on that day when I, the LORD, am angry. My anger will flare up like a furious fire scorching the earth and everyone on it.”

Matthew 22:5

But the guests did not pay any attention. Some of them left for their farms, and some went to their places of business.

John 2:16

Jesus said to the people who had been selling doves, “Get those doves out of here! Don't make my Father's house a market place.”

2 Peter 2:3

They will be greedy and cheat you with smooth talk. But long ago God decided to punish them, and God doesn't sleep.

Revelation 18:15

The merchants had become rich because of her. But when they saw her sufferings, they were terrified. They stood at a distance, crying and mourning.

Revelation 18:20

The heavens should be happy with God's people and apostles and prophets. God has punished her for them.”

Revelation 18:23

Lamps will no longer shine anywhere in Babylon, and couples will never again say wedding vows there. Her merchants ruled the earth, and by her witchcraft she fooled all nations.

Revelation 18:3

Babylon's evil and immoral wine has made all nations drunk. Every king on earth has slept with her, and every merchant on earth is rich because of her evil desires.”

Revelation 18:9

Every king on earth who slept with her and shared in her luxury will mourn. They will weep, when they see the smoke from that fire.