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He threw it into the ocean and shouted, “Just like this, the great city Babylon will be thrown down with violence and will never be found again. <a href="/esv/revelation/18.htm">English Standard Version</a> Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “So will Babylon the great city be thrown down with violence, and will be found no more; <a href="/bsb/revelation/18.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again. <a href="/blb/revelation/18.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And one mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: "Thus Babylon will be cast down with violence, the great city, and shall never be found any longer. <a href="/kjv/revelation/18.htm">King James Bible</a> And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. <a href="/nkjv/revelation/18.htm">New King James Version</a> Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “Thus with violence the great city Babylon shall be thrown down, and shall not be found anymore. <a href="/nasb_/revelation/18.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then a strong angel picked up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “So will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down with violence, and will never be found again. <a href="/nasb/revelation/18.htm">NASB 1995</a> Then a strong angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, &#8220So will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down with violence, and will not be found any longer. <a href="/nasb77/revelation/18.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And a strong angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “Thus will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down with violence, and will not be found any longer. <a href="/lsb/revelation/18.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then a strong angel picked up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “So will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down with violence, and will not be found any longer. <a href="/amp/revelation/18.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Then a single powerful angel picked up a boulder like a great millstone and flung it into the sea, saying, “With such violence will Babylon the great city be hurled down [by the sudden, spectacular judgment of God], and will never again be found. <a href="/csb/revelation/18.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Then a mighty angel picked up a stone like a large millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, In this way, Babylon the great city will be thrown down violently and never be found again. <a href="/hcsb/revelation/18.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Then a mighty angel picked up a stone like a large millstone and threw it into the sea, saying: In this way, Babylon the great city will be thrown down violently and never be found again. <a href="/asv/revelation/18.htm">American Standard Version</a> And a strong angel took up a stone as it were a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with a mighty fall shall Babylon, the great city, be cast down, and shall be found no more at all. <a href="/cev/revelation/18.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> A powerful angel then picked up a huge stone and threw it into the sea. The angel said, "This is how the great city of Babylon will be thrown down, never to rise again. <a href="/erv/revelation/18.htm">English Revised Version</a> And a strong angel took up a stone as it were a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with a mighty fall shall Babylon, the great city, be cast down, and shall be found no more at all. <a href="/gwt/revelation/18.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Then a powerful angel picked up a stone that was like a large millstone. He threw it into the sea and said, "The important city Babylon will be thrown down with the same force. It will never be found again. <a href="/gnt/revelation/18.htm">Good News Translation</a> Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, "This is how the great city Babylon will be violently thrown down and will never be seen again. <a href="/isv/revelation/18.htm">International Standard Version</a> Then a powerful angel picked up a stone that was like a large millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, "The great city Babylon will be thrown down violently— and will never be found again. <a href="/net/revelation/18.htm">NET Bible</a> Then one powerful angel picked up a stone like a huge millstone, threw it into the sea, and said, "With this kind of sudden violent force Babylon the great city will be thrown down and it will never be found again! <a href="/nheb/revelation/18.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> A mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, "Thus with violence will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down, and will be found no more at all. <a href="/wbt/revelation/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be no more found. <a href="/wey/revelation/18.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Then a single angel of great strength took a stone which resembled a huge millstone, and hurled it into the sea, saying, "So shall Babylon, that great city, be violently hurled down and never again be found.<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/revelation/18.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again. <a href="/web/revelation/18.htm">World English Bible</a> A mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, “Thus with violence will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down, and will be found no more at all. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/revelation/18.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And one strong messenger took up a stone as a great millstone, and cast [it] into the sea, saying, “Thus with violence will Babylon be cast, the great city, and may not be found anymore at all; <a href="/blb/revelation/18.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And one mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: "Thus Babylon will be cast down with violence, the great city, and shall never be found any longer. <a href="/ylt/revelation/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And one strong messenger did take up a stone as a great millstone, and did cast it to the sea, saying, 'Thus with violence shall Babylon be cast, the great city, and may not be found any more at all; <a href="/slt/revelation/18.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And one strong angel lifted up a stone as a great millstone, and cast into the sea, saying, Thus with excitement shall Babylon, the great city, be cast down, and be found no more.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/revelation/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And a mighty angel took up a stone, as it were a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying: With such violence as this shall Babylon, that great city, be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. <a href="/cpdv/revelation/18.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And a certain strong Angel took up a stone, similar to a great millstone, and he cast it into the sea, saying: “With this force shall Babylon, that great city, be cast down. And she shall never be found again. <a href="/nabre/revelation/18.htm">New American Bible</a> A mighty angel picked up a stone like a huge millstone and threw it into the sea and said: “With such force will Babylon the great city be thrown down, and will never be found again. <a href="/nrsvce/revelation/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “With such violence Babylon the great city will be thrown down, and will be found no more;<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/revelation/18.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, So shall that great city Babylon be overthrown with violence, and shall be found no more at all. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/revelation/18.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And one of the Angels took a mighty stone, great as a millstone, and cast it into the sea and said, “In this way with violence, Babylon The Great City will be thrown down, and it will not exist again!”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/revelation/18.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and threw it into the sea, saying: Thus, with violence shall Babylon, that great city, be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. <a href="/godbey/revelation/18.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> And one strong angel lifted up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with a mighty fall shall Babylon the great city, be cast down, and can be found no more. <a href="/haweis/revelation/18.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> And a mighty angel took up a stone as a great milestone, and cast it into the sea, saying, So with rapidity shall the great city Babylon be hurled into the deep, and never shall be found more. <a href="/mace/revelation/18.htm">Mace New Testament</a> Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great milstone, and threw it into the sea, saying, "thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, never to be found any more. <a href="/wey/revelation/18.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Then a single angel of great strength took a stone which resembled a huge millstone, and hurled it into the sea, saying, "So shall Babylon, that great city, be violently hurled down and never again be found. <a href="/worrell/revelation/18.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> And a strong angel took up a stone, as it were a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, "Thus with violence shall Babylon, the great city, be cast down, and in nowise be found any more! <a href="/worsley/revelation/18.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great milstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus shall the great city Babylon be thrown down with violence, and never be found more. <a href="/parallel/revelation/18-21.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LJfD7KQcx0I?start=3855" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/revelation/18.htm">The Doom of Babylon</a> 20Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her. 21<a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: Kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">Then</a> <a href="/greek/1520.htm" title="1520: heis (Adj-NMS) -- One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one.">a</a> <a href="/greek/2478.htm" title="2478: ischyros (Adj-NMS) -- Strong (originally and generally of physical strength); mighty, powerful, vehement, sure. From ischus; forcible.">mighty</a> <a href="/greek/32.htm" title="32: angelos (N-NMS) -- From aggello; a messenger; especially an angel; by implication, a pastor.">angel</a> <a href="/greek/142.htm" title="142: ēren (V-AIA-3S) -- To raise, lift up, take away, remove. ">picked up</a> <a href="/greek/3037.htm" title="3037: lithon (N-AMS) -- A stone; met: of Jesus as the chief stone in a building. Apparently a primary word; a stone.">a stone</a> <a href="/greek/5613.htm" title="5613: hōs (Adv) -- Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.">the size of</a> <a href="/greek/3173.htm" title="3173: megan (Adj-AMS) -- Large, great, in the widest sense. ">a great</a> <a href="/greek/3458.htm" title="3458: mylinon (Adj-AMS) -- A millstone, mill. Probably ultimately from the base of molis; a mill, i.e., a grinder.">millstone</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/906.htm" title="906: ebalen (V-AIA-3S) -- (a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop. A primary verb; to throw.">cast it</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.">into</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/2281.htm" title="2281: thalassan (N-AFS) -- Probably prolonged from hals; the sea.">sea,</a> <a href="/greek/3004.htm" title="3004: legōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. ">saying:</a> <a href="/greek/3779.htm" title="3779: Houtōs (Adv) -- Thus, so, in this manner. Or (referring to what precedes or follows).">“With such</a> <a href="/greek/3731.htm" title="3731: hormēmati (N-DNS) -- A rushing on, impulse, violence. From horme; an attack, i.e. precipitancy.">violence</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hē (Art-NFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/3173.htm" title="3173: megalē (Adj-NFS) -- Large, great, in the widest sense. ">great</a> <a href="/greek/4172.htm" title="4172: polis (N-NFS) -- A city, the inhabitants of a city. Probably from the same as polemos, or perhaps from polus; a town.">city</a> <a href="/greek/897.htm" title="897: Babylōn (N-NFS) -- Of Hebrew origin; Babylon, the capitol of Chaldaea (as a type of tyranny).">of Babylon</a> <a href="/greek/906.htm" title="906: blēthēsetai (V-FIP-3S) -- (a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop. A primary verb; to throw.">will be cast down,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ou (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not."></a> <a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361: mē (Adv) -- Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether."></a> <a href="/greek/2147.htm" title="2147: heurethē (V-ASP-3S) -- A prolonged form of a primary heuro, which heureo is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find.">never to be seen</a> <a href="/greek/2089.htm" title="2089: eti (Adv) -- (a) of time: still, yet, even now, (b) of degree: even, further, more, in addition. Perhaps akin to etos; yet, still.">again.</a> 22And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound of a millstone be heard in you again.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/jeremiah/51-63.htm">Jeremiah 51:63-64</a> When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and cast it into the Euphrates. / Then you are to say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again, because of the disaster I will bring upon her. And her people will grow weary.’” Here end the words of Jeremiah. <a href="/ezekiel/26-21.htm">Ezekiel 26:21</a> I will make you an object of horror, and you will be no more. You will be sought, but will never be found,’ declares the Lord GOD.” <a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19-22</a> And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah. / She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there. / But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about. ... <a href="/isaiah/47-11.htm">Isaiah 47:11-15</a> But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly. / So take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror! / You are wearied by your many counselors; let them come forward now and save you—your astrologers who observe the stars, who monthly predict your fate. ... <a href="/jeremiah/50-39.htm">Jeremiah 50:39-40</a> So the desert creatures and hyenas will live there and ostriches will dwell there. It will never again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation. / As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there. <a href="/isaiah/14-22.htm">Isaiah 14:22-23</a> “I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will cut off from Babylon her name and her remnant, her offspring and her posterity,” declares the LORD. / “I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/ezekiel/27-27.htm">Ezekiel 27:27</a> Your wealth, wares, and merchandise, your sailors, captains, and shipwrights, your merchants and all the warriors within you, with all the other people on board, will sink into the heart of the sea on the day of your downfall. <a href="/daniel/2-34.htm">Daniel 2:34-35</a> As you watched, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them. / Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were shattered and became like chaff on the threshing floor in summer. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that had struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth. <a href="/isaiah/34-10.htm">Isaiah 34:10-15</a> It will not be quenched—day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever again pass through it. / The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of chaos and a plumb line of destruction. / No nobles will be left to proclaim a king, and all her princes will come to nothing. ... <a href="/jeremiah/51-25.htm">Jeremiah 51:25-26</a> “Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who devastate the whole earth, declares the LORD. I will stretch out My hand against you; I will roll you over the cliffs and turn you into a charred mountain. / No one shall retrieve from you a cornerstone or a foundation stone, because you will become desolate forever,” declares the LORD. <a href="/matthew/11-23.htm">Matthew 11:23</a> And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. <a href="/luke/10-15.htm">Luke 10:15</a> And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! <a href="/revelation/14-8.htm">Revelation 14:8</a> Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.” <a href="/revelation/16-19.htm">Revelation 16:19</a> The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath. <a href="/revelation/17-1.htm">Revelation 17:1-2</a> Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. / The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.a mighty.Thus.<a href="/exodus/15-5.htm">Exodus 15:5</a> The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.<a href="/nehemiah/9-11.htm">Nehemiah 9:11</a> And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.<a href="/jeremiah/51-63.htm">Jeremiah 51:63,64</a> And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates: … and shall.<a href="/revelation/18-22.htm">Revelation 18:22</a> And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;<a href="/revelation/12-8.htm">Revelation 12:8</a> And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.<a href="/revelation/16-20.htm">Revelation 16:20</a> And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/revelation/18-1.htm">Angel</a> <a href="/revelation/18-10.htm">Babylon</a> <a href="/revelation/18-19.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/revelation/18-19.htm">City</a> <a href="/revelation/18-14.htm">Found</a> <a href="/revelation/18-19.htm">Great</a> <a href="/revelation/8-8.htm">Huge</a> <a href="/revelation/12-13.htm">Hurled</a> <a href="/revelation/18-10.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/luke/17-2.htm">Millstone</a> <a href="/revelation/14-2.htm">Resembled</a> <a href="/revelation/18-19.htm">Sea</a> <a href="/revelation/18-8.htm">Single</a> <a href="/revelation/18-16.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/revelation/17-13.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/revelation/18-10.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/revelation/18-19.htm">Threw</a> <a href="/revelation/12-13.htm">Thrown</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-34.htm">Violence</a> <a href="/2_timothy/4-15.htm">Violently</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/revelation/19-9.htm">Angel</a> <a href="/genesis/10-10.htm">Babylon</a> <a href="/revelation/19-20.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/revelation/20-9.htm">City</a> <a href="/revelation/18-22.htm">Found</a> <a href="/revelation/18-23.htm">Great</a> <a href="/genesis/41-49.htm">Huge</a> <a href="/revelation/20-2.htm">Hurled</a> <a href="/revelation/19-6.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/revelation/18-22.htm">Millstone</a> <a href="/judges/8-18.htm">Resembled</a> <a href="/revelation/20-8.htm">Sea</a> <a href="/revelation/19-17.htm">Single</a> <a href="/revelation/21-11.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/genesis/4-12.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/revelation/19-15.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/revelation/20-3.htm">Threw</a> <a href="/revelation/19-20.htm">Thrown</a> <a href="/genesis/6-11.htm">Violence</a> <a href="/genesis/21-25.htm">Violently</a><div class="vheading2">Revelation 18</div>1. <a href="/revelation/18-1.htm">Babylon is fallen.</a> 4. <a href="/revelation/18-4.htm">People commanded to depart out of her.</a> 9. <a href="/revelation/18-9.htm">The kings of the earth, with the merchants and mariners, lament over her.</a> 20. <a href="/revelation/18-20.htm">The saints rejoice for the judgments of God upon her.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The description of the angel as "mighty" emphasizes the power and authority given by God to execute judgment. The "stone the size of a great millstone" symbolizes a heavy and significant object, indicating the severity of the impending judgment. Millstones were large, heavy stones used for grinding grain, and their size and weight make them apt symbols for destruction. This imagery is reminiscent of <a href="/jeremiah/51-63.htm">Jeremiah 51:63-64</a>, where a stone is used to symbolize the sinking of Babylon, indicating a complete and irreversible downfall.and cast it into the sea, The act of casting the stone into the sea signifies the total and sudden destruction of Babylon. In biblical symbolism, the sea often represents chaos, judgment, or the nations. The imagery of something being thrown into the sea suggests a forceful and decisive action, indicating that Babylon's fall will be both dramatic and conclusive. This action echoes the fate of the Egyptian army in <a href="/exodus/15-4.htm">Exodus 15:4-5</a>, where they were cast into the sea, symbolizing God's judgment and deliverance of His people.saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, The phrase "with such violence" underscores the intensity and swiftness of Babylon's destruction. Babylon, historically a symbol of human pride and opposition to God, represents a system of worldly power and corruption. The "great city" refers to the culmination of human rebellion against God, often interpreted as a future manifestation of a corrupt world system. The casting down of Babylon is a fulfillment of prophetic judgment, as seen in <a href="/isaiah/13.htm">Isaiah 13</a> and <a href="/jeremiah/50.htm">Jeremiah 50-51</a>, where Babylon's fall is foretold as a divine act of retribution.never to be seen again. This phrase indicates the finality and completeness of Babylon's destruction. The idea of "never to be seen again" suggests that Babylon's influence and power will be utterly eradicated, leaving no trace of its former glory. This echoes the prophetic declarations in <a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19-22</a> and <a href="/jeremiah/51-62.htm">Jeremiah 51:62</a>, where Babylon's desolation is described as permanent. Theologically, this signifies the ultimate triumph of God's kingdom over all earthly powers and the establishment of His eternal reign, as seen in <a href="/revelation/21.htm">Revelation 21-22</a>, where the new heaven and new earth are revealed.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/mighty_angel.htm">Mighty Angel</a> A powerful celestial being tasked with delivering God's message and executing His judgment. The angel's might underscores the seriousness and finality of the message. 2. <a href="/topical/g/great_millstone.htm">Great Millstone</a> A large, heavy stone used for grinding grain. Its size and weight symbolize the irreversible and total destruction of Babylon. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_sea.htm">The Sea</a> Represents chaos and destruction in biblical symbolism. Casting the millstone into the sea signifies the complete obliteration of Babylon. 4. <a href="/topical/b/babylon.htm">Babylon</a> A symbolic representation of a corrupt and sinful world system opposed to God. Historically, Babylon was a powerful empire known for its idolatry and immorality. 5. <a href="/topical/d/destruction_of_babylon.htm">Destruction of Babylon</a> The event prophesied as the ultimate downfall of the corrupt world system, emphasizing God's judgment and the end of evil.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_finality_of_god's_judgment.htm">The Finality of God's Judgment</a> God's judgment is decisive and irreversible. Just as the millstone cannot be retrieved from the sea, Babylon's fall is complete and final. <a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_the_millstone.htm">Symbolism of the Millstone</a> The millstone represents the weight of sin and the inevitability of divine justice. It serves as a warning against the burden of unrepentant sin. <a href="/topical/t/the_corruption_of_babylon.htm">The Corruption of Babylon</a> Babylon symbolizes the pervasive influence of sin in the world. Believers are called to remain separate from such corruption and live in holiness. <a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_justice.htm">Hope in God's Justice</a> The destruction of Babylon assures believers that God will ultimately triumph over evil. This hope encourages perseverance in faith. <a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a> The prophecy serves as a call to repentance, urging individuals to turn away from the world's sinful systems and align with God's righteousness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_revelation_18.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Revelation 18</a> <a href="/q/what_does_a_millstone_mean_in_the_bible.htm">What does a millstone symbolize in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_babylon.htm">What does the Bible say about Babylon?</a> <a href="/q/is_rev_18_21's_millstone_symbolic_or_historical.htm">Revelation 18:21 - Does the dramatic millstone imagery have any historical or archaeological basis, or is it purely symbolic?</a> <a href="/q/evidence_babylon_enriched_all_nations.htm">Revelation 18:3 - Does any historical or archaeological evidence support the claim that 'all the nations' and world merchants became wealthy solely because of Babylon?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/revelation/18.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>THE IRREMEDIABLE OVERTHROW OF BABYLON SYMBOLICALLY DECLARED.(21) And a mighty angel . . .--The taking up of the stone and casting it into the waters is a symbol drawn from Jeremiah (Jeremiah 51). Jeremiah enjoined Seraiah to bind the prophetic roll to a great stone, and cast them together into the Euphrates. The meaning of the act was explained--"Thus shall Babylon sink and shall not rise," &c. (<a href="/context/jeremiah/51-63.htm" title="And it shall be, when you have made an end of reading this book, that you shall bind a stone to it, and cast it into the middle of Euphrates:">Jeremiah 51:63-64</a>). The great dead mass, sinking helplessly by the law of its own weight, signified a fall past recovery. So Pharaoh and his host sank like lead in the mighty waters. It is the doom Christ foreshadowed as awaiting those who caused His children to fall (<a href="/matthew/18-6.htm" title="But whoever shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.">Matthew 18:6</a>). The mighty angel, strong to lift the ponderous stone, throws it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence (or, with a bound) shall Babylon, the great city, be thrown, and shall not be found any more. At one bound, without a single resting-stage in its downward career, without chance or power of recovery, the vast world-city would fall. She who sat as a queen upon many waters, sinks as a stone in the mighty waters. She will not be found any more. The words "any more," or "no more," are repeated in these verses no less than six times, like a funeral knell over the departed greatness which is described.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/revelation/18.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 21. - And a mighty angel took up a stone like a groat millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying; add one strong angel (cf. the "mighty voice" in ver. 2; also <a href="/revelation/10-1.htm">Revelation 10:1</a>, and elsewhere). The adjective, of course, refers to the mightiness of the deed wrought (cf. <a href="/jeremiah/51-61.htm">Jeremiah 51:61-64</a>, "Thou shall bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates; and thou shall say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise," etc.). The sea may be typical of the nations of the earth (see <a href="/revelation/13-1.htm">Revelation 13:1</a>). Thus with violence shall that groat city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all; Thus with a mighty fall shall Babylon, the great city, be cast down, etc. (Revised Version). Alford translates "with a rush;" ὅρμημα is peculiar to this passage. The complete nature of this extinction is indicated by the frequency of the words, "no more at all," in vers. 21-23. <a href="/commentaries/revelation/18-21.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Then Καὶ (Kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. a εἷς (heis) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1520.htm">Strong's 1520: </a> One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one. mighty ἰσχυρὸς (ischyros) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2478.htm">Strong's 2478: </a> Strong (originally and generally of physical strength); mighty, powerful, vehement, sure. From ischus; forcible. angel ἄγγελος (angelos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_32.htm">Strong's 32: </a> From aggello; a messenger; especially an 'angel'; by implication, a pastor. picked up ἦρεν (ēren) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_142.htm">Strong's 142: </a> To raise, lift up, take away, remove. a stone λίθον (lithon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3037.htm">Strong's 3037: </a> A stone; met: of Jesus as the chief stone in a building. Apparently a primary word; a stone. the size of ὡς (hōs) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_5613.htm">Strong's 5613: </a> Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner. a great μέγαν (megan) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3173.htm">Strong's 3173: </a> Large, great, in the widest sense. millstone μύλινον (mylinon) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3458.htm">Strong's 3458: </a> A millstone, mill. Probably ultimately from the base of molis; a 'mill', i.e., a grinder. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. cast [it] ἔβαλεν (ebalen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_906.htm">Strong's 906: </a> (a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop. A primary verb; to throw. into εἰς (eis) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1519.htm">Strong's 1519: </a> A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. the τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. sea, θάλασσαν (thalassan) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2281.htm">Strong's 2281: </a> Probably prolonged from hals; the sea. saying: λέγων (legōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3004.htm">Strong's 3004: </a> (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. “With such Οὕτως (Houtōs) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3779.htm">Strong's 3779: </a> Thus, so, in this manner. Or (referring to what precedes or follows). violence ὁρμήματι (hormēmati) Noun - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3731.htm">Strong's 3731: </a> A rushing on, impulse, violence. From horme; an attack, i.e. precipitancy. the ἡ (hē) Article - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. great μεγάλη (megalē) Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3173.htm">Strong's 3173: </a> Large, great, in the widest sense. city πόλις (polis) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4172.htm">Strong's 4172: </a> A city, the inhabitants of a city. Probably from the same as polemos, or perhaps from polus; a town. of Babylon Βαβυλὼν (Babylōn) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_897.htm">Strong's 897: </a> Of Hebrew origin; Babylon, the capitol of Chaldaea (as a type of tyranny). will be cast down, βληθήσεται (blēthēsetai) Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_906.htm">Strong's 906: </a> (a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop. A primary verb; to throw. never to be [seen] εὑρεθῇ (heurethē) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2147.htm">Strong's 2147: </a> A prolonged form of a primary heuro, which heureo is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find. again. ἔτι (eti) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_2089.htm">Strong's 2089: </a> (a) of time: still, yet, even now, (b) of degree: even, further, more, in addition. 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