Revelation 18:4

“And 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;”
Revelation 18:4 · direct translation from the Greek

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AndΚαὶI heardἤκουσαanotherἄλληνvoiceφωνὴνfromἐκheavenτοῦ οὐρανοῦsaying,λέγουσαν“Come outἘξέλθατεofἐξher,αὐτῆςmyμουpeople,ὁ λαόςso thatἵναyou may notμὴtake partσυγκοινωνήσητεin herαὐτῆςsins,ταῖς ἁμαρτίαιςandκαὶso thatἵναyou may notμὴreceiveλάβητεanyofἐκherαὐτῆςplagues;τῶν πληγῶν

Allusion · Jeremiah 51:45

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Both texts say “Come out of her, my people,” of Babylon.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

ἘξέλθατεExelthateG1831צְאוּtseuH3318“go out, come out”
λαόςlaosG2992עַמִּamiH5971“people”

Revelation 18:4, word by word

I heardἤκουσαēkousa

hear

To perceive a sound, a voice or words with the ears.

Where else “ēkousa” appears

anotherἄλληνallēn

other, another

Other, another.

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voiceφωνὴνphōnēn

voice

Someone's voice, or a shout.

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heavenοὐρανοῦouranou

heaven

God's dwelling, above all that is created.

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sayingλέγουσανlegousan

say

To express something in words to others.

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“Come outἘξέλθατεExelthate

go out

To leave the place where one was and go outside or elsewhere.

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peopleλαόςlaos

people

A people, above all Israel, God's people.

Where else “laos” appears

take partσυγκοινωνήσητεsynkoinōnēsēte

take part in, share

Take part in something with others, share in the same thing.

Where else “synkoinōnēsēte” appears

sinsἁμαρτίαιςhamartiais

sin

Doing what God does not want, and the guilt it leaves.

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receiveλάβητεlabēte

receive

To be given something, like the Spirit.

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plaguesπληγῶνplēgōn

plague

A disaster that falls as punishment.

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Translation note

It recalls Isaiah 48:20 and Jeremiah 51:45.

The context

3because 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.”

4 · This verse (above)

5for her sins have piled up as high as heaven, and God has remembered her wrongdoings.

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