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Revelation 18:2

And he cried out in a mighty voice:

“Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great!

She has become a lair for demons

and a haunt for every unclean spirit,

every unclean bird,

and every detestable beast.

Revelation 18:2 BSB
  1. a See Isaiah 21:9 and Revelation 14:8.
  2. b NE, WH, BYZ, and TR a haunt for every unclean spirit and every unclean and detestable bird.

Revelation 18:2 has 25 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 12 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Jeremiah 51:8 (10 votes) and Revelation 14:8 (10 votes). 49 other verses point back to it. It links with 18 other books, from Leviticus 11 to Revelation 19.

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Which verses does Revelation 18:2 point to?

The 20 strongest of 25, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Jeremiah 51:810 votes

    Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.

  2. Revelation 14:810 votes

    Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”

  3. Jeremiah 51:379 votes

    Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.

  4. Jeremiah 50:39–407 votes

    So the desert creatures and hyenas will live there and ostriches will dwell there. It will never again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation. As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.

  5. Jeremiah 51:60–646 votes

    Jeremiah had written on a single scroll about all the disaster that would come upon Babylon—all these words that had been written concerning Babylon. And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you get to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud, …

  6. Isaiah 13:19–225 votes

    And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah. She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there. …

  7. Isaiah 21:8–95 votes

    Then the lookout shouted: “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post. Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”

  8. Revelation 16:195 votes

    The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.

  9. Revelation 18:215 votes

    Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.

  10. Revelation 17:54 votes

    And on her forehead a mysterious name was written: BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

  11. Revelation 17:184 votes
  12. Revelation 18:104 votes

    In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”

  13. Leviticus 11:13–193 votes
  14. Isaiah 14:233 votes
  15. Isaiah 34:11–153 votes
  16. Mark 5:3–52 votes
  17. Revelation 16:132 votes
  18. Jeremiah 25:301 vote
  19. Zephaniah 2:141 vote
  20. Luke 8:27–281 vote

Which verses point to Revelation 18:2?

The 10 strongest of 49.