Revelation 18:16

And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!

Cross-reference

Revelation 18:10 has kings crying 'Alas, alas' — the same double woe used here by merchants, linking laments over Babylon's sudden fall.

Revelation 18:11 explains why merchants weep — no one buys cargo, which is precisely the luxury items described here.

In Revelation 18:19, sailors lament the same fall with the same 'alas, alas' cry — a parallel mourning from a different group.

Revelation 17:4 described the great prostitute in identical attire — gold, jewels, pearls, purple, scarlet — linking Babylon's luxury to that imagery.

In Revelation 16:19, God gives Babylon the cup of His wrath — the event that leads to the lament in this verse.

In Revelation 17:1, the angel promises to show the judgment of the great harlot — the judgment that is now described in this lament.

In Revelation 17:16, the beast and horns make the harlot desolate and burn her — the destruction that the merchants mourn here.

In Revelation 21:21, the New Jerusalem has gates of pearls and streets of gold — a deliberate contrast to Babylon's perishable luxury.

Isaiah 14:4 Allusion

Isaiah 14:4 is a taunt against Babylon's king — Revelation's lament echoes that OT judgment, showing continuity.

Isaiah 47:5 Allusion

Isaiah 47:5 depicts Babylon sitting in silence and darkness — the same humiliating fate lamented here.

Jeremiah 50:23 calls Babylon the hammer of the earth cut down — directly echoed in this lament.

Lamentations 1:1 opens with a solitary city once full — the same mournful structure used here.

Ezekiel 26:17 laments Tyre, a renowned city destroyed — parallels the fall of this wealthy city.

Luke 16:19 Parallel

Luke 16:19 depicts a rich man in purple and fine linen — the same symbols of luxury — whose fate parallels Babylon's judgment.

Nahum 3:7 Parallel

In Nahum 3:7, the same lament formula is used for Nineveh's fall — 'who will bemoan her?' — echoing the desolation of a once-proud city.