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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Revelation 18:14 - 18:14
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Direct address to Babylon.
the fruits that thy soul lusted after - Greek, “thy autumn-ripe fruits of the lust (eager desire) of the soul.”
dainty - Greek, “fat”: “sumptuous” in food.
goodly - “splendid,” “bright,” in dress and equipage.
departed - supported by none of our manuscripts. But A, B, C, Vulgate, Syriac, and Coptic read, “perished.”
thou shalt - A, C, Vulgate, and Syriac read, “They (men) shall no more find them at all.”