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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Revelation 14:8 - 14:8
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another - So Vulgate. But A, B, Syriac, and Andreas add, “a second”; “another, a second angel.”
Babylon - here first mentioned; identical with the harlot, the apostate Church; distinct from the beast, and judged separately.
is fallen - anticipation of Rev 18:2. A, Vulgate, Syriac, and Andreas support the second “is fallen.” But B, C, and Coptic omit it.
that great city - A, B, C, Vulgate, Syriac, and Coptic omit “city.” Then translate, “Babylon the great.” The ulterior and exhaustive fulfillment of Isa 21:9.
because - So Andreas. But A, C, Vulgate, and Syriac read, “which.” B and Coptic omit it. Even reading “which,” we must understand it as giving the reason of her fall.
all nations - A, B and C read, “all the nations.”
the wine of the wrath of her fornication - the wine of the wrath of God, the consequence of her fornication. As she made the nations drunk with the wine of her fornication, so she herself shall be made drunk with the wine of God’s wrath.