Revelation 19:2

“For true and righteous are His judgments, because He has judged the great harlot, who corrupted the earth with her fornication; and He has avenged on her the blood of His servants shed by her.”

• ·        They praise Him for the truth of His word, and the righteousness of His providential conduct, especially in this great event – the ruin of Babylon (MH)

• ·        This section is really the climax of Revelation 18. In Revelation 18, Babylon’s friends mourned her fall; but here, God’s people celebrate it. (DG)

Deuteronomy 32:41  If I whet My glittering sword and My hand takes hold on judgment, I will render vengeance to My enemies, and repay those who hate Me.

Jeremiah 51:48  Then the heavens and the earth and all that is in them shall sing joyously over Babylon; for the plunderers shall come to her from the north, says the LORD.

Revelation 19:1

After these things I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Alleluia!  Salvation and glory and honor and power belong to the Lord our God!

• ·        Their prayers are now turned into praises, their hosannas end in halleluiahs.  (MH)

• ·        Alleluia . . . Alleluia . . . Alleluia: This wonderful word, borrowed from Hebrew, occurs four times in Revelation 19, but nowhere else in the New Testament. It belongs here - because God’s people rejoice without restraint at His victory over Babylon.  (DG)

Genesis 16:10  Then the Angel of the LORD said to her, “I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be counted for multitude.”

Psalm 19:1  The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork.

Revelation 18:24

“And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who were slain on the earth.”

• ·        The extent of this charge is an indication that this great city is symbolic of the world system at large. There is no one literal city that is responsible for all who were slain on the earth.  (DG)

• ·        God takes the persecution of His people as a personal offense. Those who attack His people really attack Him.  (DG)

Jeremiah 51:49  As Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon the slain of all the earth shall fall.

2 Kings 9:7  You shall strike down the house of Ahab your master, that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.