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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith
~The Response of History to the Revelation~
Chapter 18 – Babylon, the Daughters
when they shall see the smoke of her
burning, 10. Standing afar off for the fear of
her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city
Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is
thy judgment come. 11. And the merchants of
the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for
no man buyeth their merchandise any more.
A Fitting Retribution. — The infliction of the
very first plague must result in a complete
suspension of traffic in those articles of luxury
for which Babylon is noted. And when the
merchants of these things, who are to a great
extent citizens of this symbolic city, and who
have been made rich by their traffic in these
things, suddenly find themselves and their
neighbors smitten with putrefying sores, their
traffic suspended, and vast stores of
merchandise on hand, but none to buy them,
