Revelation 18:14

New International Reader's Version

“The merchants will say, ‘The pleasure you longed for has left you. All your riches and glory have disappeared forever.’

Cross References

Psalm 106:14

In the desert they longed for food. In that dry and empty land they tested God.

Psalm 78:18

They were stubborn and tested God. They ordered him to give them the food they wanted.

Numbers 11:34

So the place was named Kibroth Hattaavah. That’s where the bodies of the people who had wished for other food were buried.

Numbers 11:4

Some people with them began to wish for other food. Again the Israelites began to cry out. They said, “We wish we had meat to eat.

Matthew 11:8

If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? No. People who wear fine clothes are in kings’ palaces.

Luke 12:20

“But God said to him, ‘You foolish man! Tonight I will take your life away from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

Luke 16:25

“But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember what happened in your lifetime. You received your good things. Lazarus received bad things. Now he is comforted here, and you are in terrible pain.

1 Corinthians 10:6

Now those things happened as examples for us. They are supposed to keep us from wanting evil things. The people of Israel wanted these evil things.

James 4:2

You want something, but you don’t have it. So you kill. You want what others have, but you can’t get what you want. So you argue and fight. You don’t have what you want, because you don’t ask God.

Revelation 18:13

Cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense. Wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat. Cattle, sheep, horses, carriages, and human beings sold as slaves.

Revelation 18:15

The traders who sold these things became rich because of Babylon. When she suffers, they will stand far away. Her suffering will terrify them. They will weep and mourn.