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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/revelation/18.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/revelation/18.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />for her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/revelation/18.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />For her sins are piled as high as heaven, and God remembers her evil deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/revelation/18.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />for her sins are heaped high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/revelation/18.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/revelation/18.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />For her sins have been heaped as high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/revelation/18.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/revelation/18.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/revelation/18.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />for her sins have piled up as high as heaven, and God has remembered her offenses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/revelation/18.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />for her sins have piled up as high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/revelation/18.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />for her sins have piled up as high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/revelation/18.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />for her sins have piled up as high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/revelation/18.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />for her sins (crimes, transgressions) have piled up as high as heaven, and God has remembered her wickedness <i>and</i> crimes [for judgment].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/revelation/18.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/revelation/18.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/revelation/18.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />for her sins have reached even unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/revelation/18.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Her sins are piled as high as heaven. God has remembered the evil she has done. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/revelation/18.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />for her sins have reached even unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/revelation/18.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Her sins are piled as high as heaven, and God has remembered her crimes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/revelation/18.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />For her sins are piled up as high as heaven, and God remembers her wicked ways. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/revelation/18.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />For her sins are piled as high as heaven, and God has remembered her crimes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/revelation/18.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/revelation/18.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />because her sins have piled up all the way to heaven and God has remembered her crimes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/revelation/18.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />for her sins have reached to the sky, and God has remembered her iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/revelation/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For her sins have reached to heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/revelation/18.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />For her sins are piled up to the sky, and God has called to mind her unrighteous deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/revelation/18.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />for her sins have reached to the sky, and God has remembered her iniquities. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/revelation/18.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />because her sins have reached up to Heaven, and God remembered her unrighteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/revelation/18.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />For her sins have been heaped as high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/revelation/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> because her sins did follow -- unto the heaven, and God did remember her unrighteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/revelation/18.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For her sins were followed even to heaven, and God remembered her injustices.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/revelation/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For her sins have reached unto heaven, and the Lord hath remembered her iniquities. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/revelation/18.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For her sins have pierced through even to heaven, and the Lord has remembered her iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/revelation/18.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />for her sins are piled up to the sky, and God remembers her crimes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/revelation/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />for her sins are heaped high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/revelation/18.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For her sins have reached up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/revelation/18.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />“Because the sins in her have touched Heaven, and God has called her evil to mind.”<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/revelation/18.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />For her sins reach even to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/revelation/18.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />because her sins have mounted up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/revelation/18.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/revelation/18.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />for her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembred her iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/revelation/18.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />For her sins are piled up to the sky, and God has called to mind her unrighteous deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/revelation/18.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />because her sins were joined together even to Heaven, and God remembered her iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/revelation/18.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />for her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/revelation/18-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LJfD7KQcx0I?start=3646" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/revelation/18.htm">Babylon is Fallen</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/3754.htm" title="3754: hoti (Conj) -- Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.">For</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autēs (PPro-GF3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">her</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hai (Art-NFP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/266.htm" title="266: hamartiai (N-NFP) -- From hamartano; a sin.">sins</a> <a href="/greek/2853.htm" title="2853: ekollēthēsan (V-AIP-3P) -- From kolla; to glue, i.e. to stick.">are piled</a> <a href="/greek/891.htm" title="891: achri (Prep) -- As far as, up to, until, during. Or achris akh'-rece; akin to akron; until or up to.">up to</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3772.htm" title="3772: ouranou (N-GMS) -- Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel.">heaven,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theos (N-NMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">God</a> <a href="/greek/3421.htm" title="3421: emnēmoneusen (V-AIA-3S) -- From a derivative of mneme; to exercise memory, i.e. Recollect; by implication, to punish; also to rehearse.">has remembered</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autēs (PPro-GF3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">her</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ta (Art-ANP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/92.htm" title="92: adikēmata (N-ANP) -- A legal wrong, crime (with which one is charged), misdeed, crime against God, a sin. From adikeo; a wrong done.">iniquities.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">6</span>Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-9.htm">Jeremiah 51:9</a></span><br />“We tried to heal Babylon, but she could not be healed. Abandon her! Let each of us go to his own land, for her judgment extends to the sky and reaches to the clouds.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/18-20.htm">Genesis 18:20-21</a></span><br />Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous, / I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19</a></span><br />And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/47-7.htm">Isaiah 47:7-9</a></span><br />You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome. / So now hear this, O lover of luxury who sits securely, who says to herself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or know the loss of children.’ / These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/50-29.htm">Jeremiah 50:29</a></span><br />Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-53.htm">Jeremiah 51:53</a></span><br />Even if Babylon ascends to the heavens and fortifies her lofty stronghold, the destroyers I send will come against her,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-8.htm">Isaiah 34:8</a></span><br />For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-2.htm">Isaiah 40:2</a></span><br />“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-14.htm">Jeremiah 25:14</a></span><br />For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-25.htm">Jeremiah 51:25</a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-11.htm">Isaiah 13:11</a></span><br />I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/24-20.htm">Isaiah 24:20</a></span><br />The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/26-21.htm">Isaiah 26:21</a></span><br />For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/50-15.htm">Jeremiah 50:15</a></span><br />Raise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her towers have fallen; her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, take out your vengeance upon her; as she has done, do the same to her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-6.htm">Jeremiah 51:6</a></span><br />Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.</p><p class="hdg">reached.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/18-20.htm">Genesis 18:20,21</a></b></br> And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/28-9.htm">2 Chronicles 28:9</a></b></br> But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name <i>was</i> Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage <i>that</i> reacheth up unto heaven.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezra/9-6.htm">Ezra 9:6</a></b></br> And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over <i>our</i> head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.</p><p class="hdg">and.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/16-19.htm">Revelation 16:19</a></b></br> And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_peter/2-8.htm">Crimes</a> <a href="/revelation/18-3.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/1_john/5-17.htm">Evil-Doing</a> <a href="/revelation/14-13.htm">Follow</a> <a href="/james/5-3.htm">Heaped</a> <a href="/revelation/18-4.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/revelation/16-17.htm">High</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-17.htm">Iniquities</a> <a href="/revelation/17-17.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/james/1-19.htm">Note</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-3.htm">Piled</a> <a href="/revelation/1-13.htm">Reached</a> <a href="/revelation/3-3.htm">Remember</a> <a href="/revelation/16-19.htm">Remembered</a> <a href="/revelation/18-4.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/revelation/18-1.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-9.htm">Unrighteous</a> <a href="/1_john/5-17.htm">Unrighteousness</a> <a href="/hebrews/8-12.htm">Unrighteousnesses</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/35-11.htm">Crimes</a> <a href="/revelation/19-8.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-27.htm">Evil-Doing</a> <a href="/genesis/24-5.htm">Follow</a> <a href="/exodus/15-8.htm">Heaped</a> <a href="/revelation/18-20.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/revelation/19-4.htm">High</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-21.htm">Iniquities</a> <a href="/genesis/9-15.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/genesis/21-1.htm">Note</a> <a href="/genesis/22-9.htm">Piled</a> <a href="/genesis/8-9.htm">Reached</a> <a href="/genesis/9-15.htm">Remember</a> <a href="/genesis/8-1.htm">Remembered</a> <a href="/revelation/19-2.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/revelation/19-17.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/revelation/22-11.htm">Unrighteous</a> <a href="/revelation/22-11.htm">Unrighteousness</a> <a href="/hebrews/8-12.htm">Unrighteousnesses</a><div class="vheading2">Revelation 18</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/revelation/18-1.htm">Babylon is fallen.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/revelation/18-4.htm">People commanded to depart out of her.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/revelation/18-9.htm">The kings of the earth, with the merchants and mariners, lament over her.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/revelation/18-20.htm">The saints rejoice for the judgments of God upon her.</a></span><br></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 idea of sins reaching heaven signifies the enormity and severity of Babylon's transgressions. In the biblical context, Babylon often symbolizes a system of worldly power and corruption, opposing God's kingdom. The phrase suggests that the sins of this symbolic Babylon are so vast and egregious that they demand divine attention and judgment. This imagery also connects to the Old Testament, where the sins of nations like Sodom and Gomorrah were so great that they cried out to God for judgment (<a href="/genesis/18-20.htm">Genesis 18:20-21</a>).<p><b>and God has remembered her iniquities</b><br>The concept of God "remembering" iniquities implies that He is now acting upon them, not that He had forgotten them. In biblical terms, when God remembers, it often leads to action, whether in mercy or judgment. This is seen in <a href="/genesis/8.htm">Genesis 8:1</a>, where God "remembered" Noah and acted to end the flood. Here, God's remembrance of Babylon's iniquities indicates that the time for judgment has come. Theologically, this reflects God's justice and holiness, as He cannot overlook sin indefinitely. The phrase underscores the certainty of divine retribution for persistent rebellion and wickedness, aligning with the prophetic warnings throughout Scripture that God will ultimately judge the unrepentant (<a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19</a>, <a href="/jeremiah/51-24.htm">Jeremiah 51:24</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylon_the_great.htm">Babylon the Great</a></b><br>Symbolic of a powerful, corrupt system or city that opposes God and leads people into sin. In Revelation, it represents the epitome of human pride and rebellion against God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign and just judge who remembers and addresses the sins of Babylon. His remembrance signifies His intention to bring about justice.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/h/heaven.htm">Heaven</a></b><br>The dwelling place of God, symbolizing divine authority and the ultimate standard of righteousness. The sins reaching heaven indicate the severity and magnitude of Babylon's transgressions.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/sins_and_iniquities.htm">Sins and Iniquities</a></b><br>The moral and spiritual failures of Babylon, which have accumulated to a point that demands divine intervention and judgment.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/judgment.htm">Judgment</a></b><br>The event where God will execute justice upon Babylon for her accumulated sins, as foretold in the prophetic vision of Revelation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_accumulation_of_sin.htm">The Accumulation of Sin</a></b><br>Sin has a cumulative effect, and unrepented sin can lead to severe consequences. Believers are called to regularly confess and turn away from sin to avoid spiritual hardening.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_perfect_memory.htm">God's Perfect Memory</a></b><br>Unlike humans, God does not forget sin unless it is covered by the blood of Christ. This should encourage believers to seek forgiveness and live in righteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_justice_is_certain.htm">Divine Justice is Certain</a></b><br>God's remembrance of iniquities assures us that He will bring justice in His perfect timing. This should comfort believers who face injustice and encourage them to trust in God's ultimate plan.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_separate_from_worldly_systems.htm">The Call to Separate from Worldly Systems</a></b><br>Just as Babylon represents a corrupt system, Christians are called to live distinctively, avoiding the moral and spiritual corruption of the world.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_sovereignty.htm">Hope in God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Despite the apparent triumph of evil, God's sovereignty ensures that He will ultimately prevail. Believers can find hope and strength in this truth.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_revelation_18.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Revelation 18</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/meaning_of_'children_of_wrath'.htm">What is the significance of Jesus' scars in heaven?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_zechariah's_and_revelation's_horses_align.htm">How can the vision of four horses (Zechariah 6:1-8) be harmonized with the four horsemen described in Revelation 6:1-8?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_evil_persist_if_satan's_power_ended.htm">Hebrews 2:14 claims Jesus's death destroyed Satan's power--why does evil still thrive if Satan's power was truly nullified?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_jude's_role_and_message_in_the_bible.htm">When will Satan's defeat occur?</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>(5) <span class= "bld">For her sins have reached . . .</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">For her sins have reached as far as heaven.</span> The idea is of a great heap firmly fastened, and towering, like another Babel, as far as heaven. (Comp. <a href="/2_chronicles/28-9.htm" title="But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said to them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he has delivered them into your hand, and you have slain them in a rage that reaches up to heaven.">2Chronicles 28:9</a>, and <a href="/ezra/9-6.htm" title="And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up to the heavens.">Ezra 9:6</a>.) The idea is more than that of the cry of sin reaching heaven, as in the case of Sodom (<a href="/context/genesis/18-20.htm" title="And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;">Genesis 18:20-21</a>); the sins themselves, many and imperial, have touched the face of heaven. God hath remembered her. (Comp. <a href="/revelation/16-19.htm" title="And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.">Revelation 16:19</a>). Sometimes the oppressed have thought that God had forgotten the voice of the enemy (<a href="/context/psalms/74-10.htm" title="O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme your name for ever?">Psalm 74:10-23</a>); but the long-suffering of the Lord is salvation (<a href="/context/2_peter/3-8.htm" title="But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.">2Peter 3:8-18</a>. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/revelation/18.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.</span> That is, the accumulation of sin is so great as to reach up to the heaven. Exactly the description of the judgment of Babylon given in <a href="/jeremiah/51-9.htm">Jeremiah 51:9</a>, "Forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country; for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies." The last part of the verse is a repetition of <a href="/revelation/16-19.htm">Revelation 16:19</a>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/revelation/18-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="grk">ὅτι</span> <span class="translit">(hoti)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3754.htm">Strong's 3754: </a> </span><span class="str2">Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">her</span><br /><span class="grk">αὐτῆς</span> <span class="translit">(autēs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Feminine 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sins</span><br /><span class="grk">ἁμαρτίαι</span> <span class="translit">(hamartiai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_266.htm">Strong's 266: </a> </span><span class="str2">From hamartano; a sin.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are piled</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐκολλήθησαν</span> <span class="translit">(ekollēthēsan)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2853.htm">Strong's 2853: </a> </span><span class="str2">From kolla; to glue, i.e. to stick.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">up to</span><br /><span class="grk">ἄχρι</span> <span class="translit">(achri)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_891.htm">Strong's 891: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, up to, until, during. Or achris akh'-rece; akin to akron; until or up to.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">heaven,</span><br /><span class="grk">οὐρανοῦ</span> <span class="translit">(ouranou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> </span><span class="str2">Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">God</span><br /><span class="grk">Θεὸς</span> <span class="translit">(Theos)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> </span><span class="str2">A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has remembered</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐμνημόνευσεν</span> <span class="translit">(emnēmoneusen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3421.htm">Strong's 3421: </a> </span><span class="str2">From a derivative of mneme; to exercise memory, i.e. Recollect; by implication, to punish; also to rehearse.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">her</span><br /><span class="grk">αὐτῆς</span> <span class="translit">(autēs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Feminine 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">iniquities.</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀδικήματα</span> <span class="translit">(adikēmata)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_92.htm">Strong's 92: </a> </span><span class="str2">A legal wrong, crime (with which one is charged), misdeed, crime against God, a sin. From adikeo; a wrong done.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/revelation/18-5.htm">Revelation 18:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/revelation/18-5.htm">Revelation 18:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/revelation/18-5.htm">Revelation 18:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/revelation/18-5.htm">Revelation 18:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/revelation/18-5.htm">Revelation 18:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/revelation/18-5.htm">Revelation 18:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/revelation/18-5.htm">Revelation 18:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/revelation/18-5.htm">Revelation 18:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/revelation/18-5.htm">Revelation 18:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/revelation/18-5.htm">Revelation 18:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/revelation/18-5.htm">NT Prophecy: Revelation 18:5 For her sins have reached to (Rev. 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