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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comRobertson Word Pictures - Revelation 18:11 - 18:11
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The merchants (hoi emporoi). As in Rev 18:3, Rev 18:15, Rev 18:23. The dirge of the merchants follows the wail of the kings.
Weep and mourn (klaiousin kai penthousin). Present active indicatives of klaiō and pentheō as in Rev 18:9 (for klaiō), Rev 18:15, and Rev 18:19.
For no man buyeth their merchandise any more (hoti ton gomon autōn oudeis agorazei ouketi). Reason enough for their sorrow over Rome’s fall. Gomos is old word (from gemō to be full) for a ship’s cargo (Act 21:3) and then any merchandise (Rev 18:11.). Galen, Pliny, Aristides tell of the vastness of the commerce and luxury of Rome, the world’s chief market. Many of the items here are like those in the picture of the destruction of Tyre in Ezek 26; 27. There are twenty-nine items singled out in Rev 18:12, Rev 18:13 of this merchandise or cargo (gomon), imports into the port of Rome. Only a few need any comment.