| Robert H. Mounce - Religion - 1998 - 492 pages
...Greek translation; 2.87-95! 5 for her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes. 6 Give back to her as she has given; pay her back double...has done. Mix her a double portion from her own cup. i Give her as much torture ami grief as the glory ami luxury she gave herself. In her heart she boasts,... | |
| J. Ramsey Michaels - Religion - 1997 - 272 pages
...addressed to Christian believers, all amounting to much the same thing: Give back to her [Babylon] as she has given; pay her back double for what she...has done. Mix her a double portion from her own cup (v. 6). Give her as much torture and grief as the glory and luxury she gave herself (y . 7). These... | |
| C. Marvin Pate - Bible - 1998 - 258 pages
...provinces has now become a slave" (Lam. 1:1, italics added; cf. Jer. 22:8). John's description is similar: "Give her as much torture and grief as the glory and...luxury she gave herself. In her heart she boasts, T sit as queen; I am not a widow, and I will never mourn'" (Rev. 18:7). (2) John's apparent backdrop... | |
| Robert H. Mounce - Religion - 1998 - 492 pages
...are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes. 6 Give back to her as she has given; pav her back double for what she has done. Mix her a double portion from her own cup. l Give her as much torture and grief as the glory and luxury she gave herself. In her heart she boasts,... | |
| Lisa Barnes Lampman, Michelle D. Shattuck - Religion - 1999 - 340 pages
...potent spells. You have trusted in your wickedness and have said, "No one sees me." (Isa. 47:7-10) Give her as much torture and grief as the glory and...queen; I am not a widow, and I will never mourn." (Rev. 18:7) Evil is distinguished by at least three internal qualities: it has no conscience, it feels... | |
| Matthew Henry - Religion - 1999 - 196 pages
...act under him, when called to do so, in pulling down his and their inveterate and implacable enemies. "Give back to her as she has given; pay her back double...has done. Mix her a double portion from her own cup" (verse 6). 6. God will punish sinners according to their wickedness and pride. "Give her as much torture... | |
| Christopher A. Davis - Religion - 2000 - 406 pages
...crimes. 2See, eg, Matt 12:43//Luke 11:24. 3See, eg, Isa 34:1 1-15; Jer 9:10-12; Zeph 2:13-15; Mai 1:3. "Give back to her as she has given; pay her back double...has done. Mix her a double portion from her own cup. 7Give her as much torture and grief as the glory and luxury she gave herself. In her heart she boasts,... | |
| Stan Campbell, James S. Bell - Religion - 2001 - 326 pages
...receive any of her plagues; for her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes. Give back to her as she has given; pay her back double...luxury she gave herself. In her heart she boasts, 7 sit as queen; I am not a widow, and I will never mourn.' Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake... | |
| Thomas C. Nixon - 2002 - 390 pages
...of that great "city." 5. FOR HER SINS ARE PILED UP TO HEAVEN, AND GOD HAS REMEMBERED HER CRIMES. 6. GIVE BACK TO HER AS SHE HAS GIVEN; PAY HER BACK DOUBLE...HAS DONE. MIX HER A DOUBLE PORTION FROM HER OWN CUP. 7. GIVE HER AS MUCH TORTURE AND GRIEF AS THE GLORY AND LUXURY SHE GAVE HERSELF. IN HER HEART SHE BOASTS,... | |
| Jokim Schnoebbe - Religion - 2003 - 158 pages
...have multiplied and cry out for judgment. God has remembered her crimes. Return on her own head what she has given! Pay her back double for what she has done! Give her the same measure of torture and grief as her selfindulgent luxuries! She is full of pride,... | |
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