Revelation 18:16

New American Bible - revised edition

they cry out: “Alas, alas, great city, wearing fine linen, purple and scarlet, adorned [in] gold, precious stones, and pearls.

Cross References

Ezekiel 28:14

With a cherub I placed you; I put you on the holy mountain of God, where you walked among fiery stones.

Nahum 2:9

Nineveh is like a pool whose waters escape; “Stop! Stop!” but none turns back.

Revelation 17:3

Then he carried me away in spirit to a deserted place where I saw a woman seated on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names, with seven heads and ten horns.

Revelation 17:4

The woman was wearing purple and scarlet and adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls. She held in her hand a gold cup that was filled with the abominable and sordid deeds of her harlotry.

Revelation 18:18

and cried out when they saw the smoke of her pyre, “What city could compare with the great city?”

Revelation 18:19

They threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and mourning: “Alas, alas, great city, in which all who had ships at sea grew rich from her wealth. In one hour she has been ruined.