Revelation 18:1-8

The Destruction of Babylon the Great (chapter 18).

The Fall of Babylon the Great (Revelation 18:1-8 ).

We now have in more detail an explanation of the mystery of the prostitute. The connections between Revelation 18:0 and Jeremiah 50, 51 stress that the essential nature of the prostitute parallels Babylon. Compare Jeremiah 51:25 with Revelation 18:8, Jeremiah 50:8; Jeremiah 51:6; Jeremiah 51:45 with Revelation 18:4; Jeremiah 51:9 with Revelation 18:5; Jeremiah 17:18; Jeremiah 50:15; Jeremiah 50:29; Jeremiah 51:24-49 with Revelation 18:6; Jeremiah 51:8 with Revelation 18:2; Jeremiah 51:63-64 with Revelation 18:21. She shares the essential nature and destiny of Babylon. Of all the nations that will drink of the cup of God’s wrath, Babylon will be the last (Jeremiah 25:26). (Sheshach is a cypher for Babel).