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Chap. 41 - Desolation of the Earth
“Her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her
iniquities.... In the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. How
much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment
and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no
widow, and shall see no sorrow. Therefore shall her plagues come in one
day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned
with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. And the kings
of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with
her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, ... saying, Alas, alas that great
city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.”
Revelation 18:5-10.
“The merchants of the earth,” that have “waxed rich through the
abundance of her delicacies,” “shall stand afar off for the fear of her
torment, weeping and wailing, and saying, Alas, alas that great city, that
was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold,
and precious stones, and pearls! For in one hour so great riches is come
to nought.” Revelation 18:11, 3, 15-17.
Such are the judgments that fall upon Babylon in the day of the
visitation of God’s wrath. She has filled up the measure of her iniquity;
her time has come; she is ripe for destruction.
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