SEV Biblia, Chapter 16:19
Y la gran ciudad fue partida en tres partes, y las ciudades de los gentiles se cayeron; y Babilonia la grande vino en memoria delante de Dios, para darle el cliz del vino de la indignacin de su ira.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Revelation 16:19
Verse 19. The great city] Some say Jerusalem, others Rome pagan, others Rome papal. The cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.] Alluding to the mode of putting certain criminals to death, by making them drink a cup of poison. See on Heb. ii. 9.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 19. And the great city was divided into three parts, etc.] By which is meant not Christendom, distinguished into Protestants, Papists, and neutrals, which has been long the case; nor the city of Jerusalem, as inhabited by Christians, Jews, and Turks; nor the city of Rome itself, the seat of the beast, which will have suffered under the fifth vial; but the whole Romish jurisdiction, which is the great city, that reigns over the kings of the earth, as it will now be; though some think the Turkish empire is meant, which they suppose was only afflicted under the preceding vial, but will now be divided into three parts, and afterwards into six, ( Ezekiel 39:1,2) and so come to ruin; and others are of opinion that it is included in this great city at least; and doubtless the remains of it are to be taken into this account, and probably are considered in the following clause; wherefore it is better to understand this of the Romish jurisdiction, so often called the great city in this book, ( Revelation 11:8 14:8 17:18) and its division into three parts is either in reference to the three heads of it, the dragon, beast, and false prophet, or to the three unclean spirits that come out of them, which will lead on to this ruin; though the allusion seems rather to be to the destruction of Jerusalem, ( Ezekiel 5:2,12) and denotes the utter ruin of the Romish antichrist, in all its branches and remains; a tenth part of this city will fall towards the close of the sixth trumpet, ( Revelation 11:13) and now all the other nine parts will fall, a threefold division will be made of the city, each division containing three parts: the Jews have a prophecy, that upon an appearance of a star at Rome, which they suppose will be when the Messiah comes, the three upper walls of that city will fall, and the great temple, or church (St.
Peter's), will fall, and the governor of that city (the pope) will die: and the cities of the nations fell ; of the Pagans and Mahometaus; or as there will be an utter extirpation of the Papacy, so of Paganism and Mahometanism, in the several nations where they have obtained, and where there will be now any remains of them; and great Babylon came in remembrance before God ; not Constantinople, as Brightman thinks, because that Rome, the seat of the beast, is affected under the fifth vial, and the great city under this; but since no other is called Babylon in this book but the Romish antichristian state, it must be meant here; (see Revelation 14:8) ( Revelation 17:5 18:2,10,21) for many hundreds of years Babylon seemed to be forgotten by God, no notice being taken of her sins and iniquities in a judicial way; but now God will remember her sins, ( Revelation 18:5) and inflict deserved punishment upon her: to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath ; as a just retaliation for the wine of her fornication, with which she has intoxicated the kings and inhabitants of the earth; the wrath of God is sometimes signified in the Old Testament by a cup, a wine cup, a wine cup of fury, (see Psalm 75:8 Jeremiah 25:15) and here the exceeding greatness of his wrath is expressed by the phrases used, and intends the pouring out of all his vengeance, to the utter ruin of the Romish antichrist.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 17-21 - The seventh and last angel poured forth his vial, and the downfall of Babylon was finished. The church triumphant in heaven saw it an rejoiced; the church in conflict on earth saw it and became triumphant God remembered the great and wicked city; though for some time he seemed to have forgotten her idolatry and cruelty. All that was mos secure was carried away by the ruin. Men blasphemed: the greates judgments that can befall men, will not bring to repentance without the grace of God. To be hardened against God, by his righteous judgments is a certain token of sure and utter destruction __________________________________________________________________
Greek Textus Receptus
και 2532 CONJ εγενετο 1096 5633 V-2ADI-3S η 3588 T-NSF πολις 4172 N-NSF η 3588 T-NSF μεγαλη 3173 A-NSF εις 1519 PREP τρια 5140 A-APN μερη 3313 N-APN και 2532 CONJ αι 3588 T-NPF πολεις 4172 N-NPF των 3588 T-GPN εθνων 1484 N-GPN επεσον 4098 5627 V-2AAI-3P και 2532 CONJ βαβυλων 897 N-NSF η 3588 T-NSF μεγαλη 3173 A-NSF εμνησθη 3415 5681 V-API-3S ενωπιον 1799 ADV του 3588 T-GSM θεου 2316 N-GSM δουναι 1325 5629 V-2AAN αυτη 846 P-DSF το 3588 T-ASN ποτηριον 4221 N-ASN του 3588 T-GSM οινου 3631 N-GSM του 3588 T-GSM θυμου 2372 N-GSM της 3588 T-GSF οργης 3709 N-GSF αυτου 846 P-GSM
