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Mightily with a strong voice (ἐν ἰσχύΐ́ φωνῇ μεγὰλῃ)
Lit., in strength with a great voice. Omit μεγάλῃ great, and read ἰσχυρᾷ φωνῇ with a mighty voice. So Rev.
Babylon - is fallen
The Rev. improves on the A.V. by placing fallen in the emphatic position of the Greek: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon.” Compare Isa 21:9.
Is become (ἐγένετο)
Lit., became.
Devils (δαιμόνων)
Properly, demons, which Rev., strangely commits to the margin. See on Mar 1:34. See Isa 13:20-22; Isa 34:13-15. Also on Luk 11:24.
Hold (φυλακὴ)
See on 1Pe 3:19, and see on Act 5:21. Rev., in margin, prison.
Cage (φυλακὴ)
The word rendered above hold. Rev., hold. Some, however, explain it, not as a cage where they are kept, but as a place of safety to which they resort.
Bird (ὀρνέου)
Only in Revelation, here, Rev 19:17, Rev 19:21. Compare Jer 50:39.