Revelation 18:17

For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,

Cross-reference

In Revelation 18:10, kings lament 'in one hour' — the same phrase used by shipmasters here for the sudden fall.

Revelation 18:11 introduces the merchants' mourning over lost trade, which culminates in verse 17's declaration that their riches vanished in an hour.

Revelation 18:8 says plagues come 'in a single day' — reinforcing the 'one hour' suddenness of judgment here.

Revelation 14:7 announces the hour of judgment — this verse shows that hour arriving as riches perish.

Revelation 17:16 explains the beast and horns destroy the prostitute — here that destruction results in sudden loss of wealth.

Isaiah 23:14 calls ships of Tarshish to wail over Tyre's destruction, paralleling Revelation 18:17's lament over Babylon's maritime collapse.

Jeremiah 51:8 similarly describes Babylon's sudden fall and the call to mourn, directly echoed in Revelation's depiction of sudden destruction.

Lamentations 4:6 compares Jerusalem's punishment to Sodom's sudden overthrow, mirroring the instantaneous ruin of Babylon in Revelation 18:17.

Ezekiel 27:27-36 mourns the fall of Tyre with vivid maritime and merchant imagery, directly prefiguring Revelation 18:17's scene of sudden ruin.

Isaiah 2:16 Parallel

Isaiah 2:16 depicts ships of Tarshish brought low in the day of the Lord — a direct parallel to the sudden destruction of maritime wealth here.

Jeremiah 51:54 describes the cry of Babylon's destruction — directly echoed in Revelation's portrayal of Babylon's fall.

Ezekiel 27:29 shows mariners and sailors standing ashore lamenting Tyre — the exact image of shipmasters standing far off here.