Revelation 18:11

New American Bible - revised edition

The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn for her, because there will be no more markets for their cargo:

Cross References

Proverbs 3:14

Her profit is better than profit in silver, and better than gold is her revenue;

Isaiah 13:19

And Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms, the glory and pride of the Chaldeans, Shall become like Sodom and Gomorrah, overthrown by God.

Isaiah 47:15

Thus do your wizards serve you with whom you have toiled from your youth; They wander their separate ways, with none to save you.

Ezekiel 27:9

The elders and sages of Gebal were with you to caulk your seams. Every ship and sailor on the sea came to you to carry on trade.

Zephaniah 1:11

Wail, O inhabitants of Maktesh! for all the merchants are destroyed, all who weigh out silver, done away with.

Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them. On the day of the Lord’s wrath, in the fire of his passion, all the earth will be consumed. For he will make an end, yes, a sudden end, of all who live on the earth.

Matthew 22:5

Some ignored the invitation and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.

John 2:16

and to those who sold doves he said, “Take these out of here, and stop making my Father’s house a marketplace.”

2 Peter 2:3

In their greed they will exploit you with fabrications, but from of old their condemnation has not been idle and their destruction does not sleep. Lessons from the Past.

Revelation 18:15

The merchants who deal in these goods, who grew rich from her, will keep their distance for fear of the torment inflicted on her. Weeping and mourning,

Revelation 18:20

Rejoice over her, heaven, you holy ones, apostles, and prophets. For God has judged your case against her.”

Revelation 18:23

No light from a lamp will ever be seen in you again. No voices of bride and groom will ever be heard in you again. Because your merchants were the great ones of the world, all nations were led astray by your magic potion.

Revelation 18:3

For all the nations have drunk the wine of her licentious passion. The kings of the earth had intercourse with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her drive for luxury.”

Revelation 18:9

The kings of the earth who had intercourse with her in their wantonness will weep and mourn over her when they see the smoke of her pyre.