Wahyu 18:5

18:5 because her sins have piled ¹  up all the way to heaven ²  and God has remembered ³  her crimes. ⁴ 

Wahyu 18:7

18:7 As much as ⁵  she exalted herself and lived in sensual luxury, ⁶  to this extent give her torment and grief because she said to herself, ⁷  ‘I rule as queen and am no widow; I will never experience grief!’

Wahyu 18:14

18:14 (The ripe fruit ⁸  you greatly desired ⁹ 

has gone from you,

and all your luxury ¹⁰  and splendor ¹¹ 

have gone from you –

they will never ever be found again!) ¹² 

Wahyu 18:16

18:16 saying,

“Woe, woe, O great city –

dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet clothing, ¹³ 

and adorned with gold, ¹⁴  precious stones, and pearls –

Wahyu 18:22-23

18:22 And the sound of the harpists, musicians,

flute players, and trumpeters

will never be heard in you ¹⁵  again.

No ¹⁶  craftsman ¹⁷  who practices any trade

will ever be found in you again;

the noise of a mill ¹⁸  will never be heard in you again.

18:23 Even the light from a lamp

will never shine in you again!

The voices of the bridegroom and his bride

will never be heard in you again.

For your merchants were the tycoons of the world,

because all the nations ¹⁹  were deceived by your magic spells! ²⁰ 

[18:5]  ¹ tn On ἐκολλήθησαν (ekollhqhsan) BDAG 556 s.v. κολλάω 2.a.β states, “fig. cling to = come in close contact with (cp. Ps 21:16; 43:26 ἐκολλήθη εἰς γῆν ἡ γαστὴρ ἡμῶν. The act.=‘bring into contact’ PGM 5, 457 κολλήσας τ. λίθον τῷ ὠτίῳ) ἐκολλήθησαν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ἄχρι τ. οὐρανοῦ the sins have touched the heaven = reached the sky (two exprs. are telescoped) Rv 18:5.”

[18:5]  ² tn Or “up to the sky” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).

[18:5]  ³ tn That is, remembered her sins to execute judgment on them.

[18:5]  ⁴ tn Or “her sins.”

[18:7]  ⁵ tn “As much as” is the translation of ὅσα (Josa).

[18:7]  ⁶ tn On the term ἐστρηνίασεν (estrhniasen) BDAG 949 s.v. στρηνιάω states, “live in luxury, live sensually Rv 18:7. W. πορνεύειν vs. 9.”

[18:7]  ⁷ tn Grk “said in her heart,” an idiom for saying something to oneself.

[18:14]  ⁸ tn On ὀπώρα (opwra) L&N 3.34 states, “ἡ ὀπώρα σου τῆς ἐπιθυμίας τῆς ψυχῆς ‘the ripe fruit for which you longed’ Re 18:14. In this one occurrence of ὀπώρα in the NT, ‘ripe fruit’ is to be understood in a figurative sense of ‘good things.’”

[18:14]  ⁹ tn Grk “you desired in your soul.”

[18:14]  ¹⁰ tn On λιπαρός (liparo") BDAG 597 s.v. states, “luxury Rv 18:14.”

[18:14]  ¹¹ tn On τὰ λαμπρά (ta lampra) BDAG 585 s.v. λαμπρός 4 states, “splendor…in which a rich man takes delight (cp. Jos., Ant. 12, 220 δωρεὰς δοὺς λαμπράς) Rv 18:14.”

[18:14]  ¹² tn Verse 14 is set in parentheses because in it the city, Babylon, is addressed directly in second person.

[18:14]  sn This verse forms a parenthetical aside in the narrative.

[18:16]  ¹³ tn The word “clothing” is supplied to clarify that the words “purple” and “scarlet” refer to cloth or garments rather than colors.

[18:16]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “gilded with gold” (an instance of semantic reinforcement, see L&N 49.29).

[18:22]  ¹⁵ tn The shift to a second person pronoun here corresponds to the Greek text.

[18:22]  ¹⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[18:22]  ¹⁷ tn On this term BDAG 1001 s.v. τεχνίτης states, “craftsperson, artisan, designer…Of a silversmith Ac 19:24, 25 v.l., 38….Of a potter 2 Cl 8:2 (metaph., cp. Ath. 15:2). πᾶς τεχνίτης πάσης τέχνης Rv 18:22.”

[18:22]  ¹⁸ tn This is a different Greek word (μύλος, mulos) from the one for the millstone in v. 21 (μύλινος, mulinos). See L&N 7.68.

[18:23]  ¹⁹ tn Or “all the Gentiles” (the same Greek word may be translated “Gentiles” or “nations”).

[18:23]  ²⁰ tn On the term φαρμακεία (farmakeia, “magic spells”) see L&N 53.100: “the use of magic, often involving drugs and the casting of spells upon people – ‘to practice magic, to cast spells upon, to engage in sorcery, magic, sorcery.’ φαρμακεία: ἐν τῇ φαρμακείᾳ σου ἐπλανήθησαν πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ‘with your magic spells you deceived all the peoples (of the world)’ Re 18:23.”