Revelation 18:3

“because all the nations have fallen from the wine of the fury of her sexual immorality, and the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from the power of her luxury.””

Revelation 18:3 · direct translation from the Greek
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Revelation 18:3, word by word

the nationsἔθνηethnē

Gentile

The peoples who are not Israel.

Where else “ethnē” appears
have fallenπέπτωκανpeptōkan

soak up

To drink the cup of suffering, or take in deeply.

Where else “peptōkan” appears
the wineοἴνουoinou

wine

Wine.

Where else “oinou” appears
of the furyθυμοῦthymou

wrath, rage

Rage, wrath: anger that bursts out.

Where else “thymou” appears
sexual immoralityπορνείαςporneias

unfaithfulness

Being unfaithful to God by going after idols.

Where else “porneias” appears
the kingsβασιλεῖςbasileis

king

The one who rules a people with the highest authority.

Where else “basileis” appears
of the earthγῆςgēs

earth

The whole earth under heaven, where human beings live.

Where else “gēs” appears
committed sexual immoralityἐπόρνευσανeporneusan

commit sexual immorality

Commit sexual immorality: have sexual relations outside marriage; also, in a figurative sense, be unfaithful to God by joining in idolatry.

Where else “eporneusan” appears
the merchantsἔμποροιemporoi

merchant

Merchant, trader.

Where else “emporoi” appears
grew richἐπλούτησανeploutēsan

be rich

To have many possessions.

Where else “eploutēsan” appears
the powerδυνάμεωςdynameōs

power

The strength to act, above all that of God and his Spirit.

Where else “dynameōs” appears
luxuryστρήνουςstrēnous

luxury

Luxury, excessive and arrogant living.

Where else “strēnous” appears

Translation note· on the manuscripts

“Have fallen”: so reads the base text; many manuscripts read “have drunk.”

The context

2And he cried out with a mighty voice, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! And she has become a dwelling place of demons and a haunt of every unclean spirit, and a haunt of every unclean bird, and a haunt of every unclean and hated beast,

3 · This verse (above)

4And I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, so that you may not take part in her sins, and so that you may not receive any of her plagues;

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