Revelation 18:3

The Passion Translation

All the nations have drunk of the wine of her immoral passion, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and merchants of the earth have grown wealthy because of her power and luxury.”

Cross References

Isaiah 47:15

These traders, with whom you have dealt since your youth, will do nothing but disappoint you. Each has wandered off to his own way— there is no one left to rescue you!”

Jeremiah 51:34

Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, devoured us, chewed us up, and consumed us like a hungry man consumes a meal. Like a monster he swallowed us whole, filled his belly with our delicacies and then expelled us.

Jeremiah 51:7

Babylon was like a golden cup in Yahweh’s hand; she made the whole world drunk. The nations drank her wine and then went mad.

Lamentations 4:5

Those who used to feast on delicacies now lie dying in the streets. Those who were raised in luxury now huddle in garbage dumps.

Luke 7:25

Who did you go there to see? Did you expect to see a man decked out in the splendid fashion of the day living in the lap of luxury?

1 Timothy 5:11

But you need not concern yourself with the younger widows, for some will depart from the Messiah because of their desire to remarry.

Revelation 14:8

Then a second angel followed, declaring, “She fell! She fell! Babylon the great is fallen! She once seduced the nations and made them all drink the wine of the passion of her harlotry!”

Revelation 17:2

The kings of the earth have fornicated with her, and the people of earth are drunk on the wine of her prostitution.”

Revelation 18:19

As a sign of their dismay, they threw dust on their heads and shouted with sobs and grief: “How horrible, so horrible, O great city Babylon! For in one moment you suffered such destruction— you who once made the merchants on the sea so very wealthy.

Revelation 18:23

The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, Nor will the joyous laughter of a wedding be heard in you. Your merchants were once the tycoons of the world, But you deceived all the nations by your sorcery.

Revelation 18:7

With the same measure she exalted herself and lived luxuriously, give her that measure of torment and grief, because she said in her heart, ‘I am no widow; I rule as a queen! I will never experience grief.’

Revelation 18:9

The kings of the earth who fornicated with her and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail over her when they see the smoke of the fire that burns her up.