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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 18 – Babylon, the Daughters
the justice of the judgments that follow may

plainly appear.

Verse 3 shows the wide extent of the influence

of Babylon, and the evil that has resulted and

will result from her course, and hence the

justness of her punishment. The merchants of

the earth are waxed rich through the

abundance of her delicacies. Who take the

lead in all the extravagances of the age? Who

load their tables with the richest and choicest

viands? Who are foremost in extravagance in

dress, and all costly attire? Who are the very

personification of pride and arrogance? — Are

they not church-members? Where shall we

look for the very highest exhibition of the

luxury, vain show, and pride of life, resulting

from the vanity and sin of the race? — Is it not