Revelation 18:18

And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!

Cross-reference

Revelation 18:9 shows kings weeping at the same smoke — paralleling the shipmasters' lament here.

Revelation 18:10 adds their fearful cry 'Alas! Alas!' — completing the lament begun here.

Revelation 14:8 Prophetic fulfillment

Rev 14:8 first announces Babylon's fall — here the lament over her burning smoke witnesses that prophecy coming true.

Rev 19:3 directly echoes this scene, celebrating that the smoke of Babylon goes up forever and ever.

In Rev 11:8, the same 'great city' phrase identifies Jerusalem as spiritually Sodom and Egypt — linking Babylon's judgment to earlier judgment on apostate Jerusalem.

Rev 14:11 describes smoke of torment rising forever for beast-worshipers — the same smoke imagery now applied to Babylon's destruction.

Revelation 13:4 asks 'Who is like the beast?' — here a similar 'who is like' laments Babylon's uniqueness.

Isaiah 23:8 Typology

Isaiah 23:8 laments Tyre's fall with a similar question — Tyre prefigures Babylon's destruction here.

Isaiah 23:9 Typology

Isaiah 23:9 reveals the Lord purposed Tyre's fall — echoing that God's judgment causes Babylon's burning.

In Ezekiel 27:30-32, the same lament over a destroyed city appears: 'What city is like Tyrus?' — echoing Babylon's fall.

In Genesis 19:28, the smoke of Sodom's destruction rises like a furnace — the same image of smoke marking divine judgment.

In Isaiah 34:10, the smoke of Edom's destruction ascends forever — matching the eternal smoke over Babylon.

In Ezekiel 27:32, the identical lament query 'What city is like...' appears over Tyre's fall.