Revelation 18:2
And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Cross-references
In Revelation 18:10, the kings echo the same 'Fallen, fallen' cry from verse 2, lamenting Babylon's sudden judgment.
In Revelation 16:19, Babylon receives the cup of God's wrath, fulfilling the fall announced in 18:2.
In Revelation 14:8, the same 'Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great' phrase first appears, which 18:2 repeats and amplifies.
In Revelation 17:18, the woman is identified as the great city, which then falls in 18:2.
In Revelation 17:5, Babylon is named and described as 'mother of prostitutes', setting up the judgment in 18:2.
Revelation 12:9 describes Satan thrown down — the source of the demons that now inhabit Babylon in 18:2.
Revelation 11:8 also calls the city 'Sodom and Egypt' — another symbolic name for the corrupt world city, echoing Babylon's fallen state.
Jeremiah 50:40 compares Babylon's destruction to Sodom and Gomorrah — reinforcing the total desolation in Revelation.
Jeremiah 51:37 says Babylon will become heaps, a dwelling for jackals — identical to Revelation's haunt of unclean spirits.
In Jeremiah 51:8, Babylon's sudden fall is described, which Rev 18:2 echoes with 'Fallen, fallen'.
Jeremiah 50:39 says Babylon will be inhabited by wild animals and ostriches — directly quoted in Revelation's picture of demonic habitation.
In Isaiah 13:19, Babylon's downfall is prophesied as being like Sodom, which Rev 18:2 echoes for mystical Babylon.
Isaiah 13:20-22 describes Babylon's future desolation with wild animals — the same imagery Revelation uses for Babylon's fall as a haunt of demons.
Isaiah 34:11-15 describes Edom's desolation with unclean birds and beasts — parallel imagery of a haunt for demons in Revelation.
Isaiah 14:23 says God will make Babylon a possession of hedgehogs and pools — echoing the desolate haunt of unclean spirits in Revelation.
In Isaiah 21:9, the same 'Fallen, fallen is Babylon' cry appears, directly quoted in Rev 18:2.
Nahum 3:19 describes Nineveh's incurable wound and irreversible collapse—mirroring the finality of Babylon's fall here.
Isaiah 13:21 depicts Babylon's ruins filled with ostriches and wild creatures, the same desolate scene as this verse's haunt for unclean birds.
Zephaniah 2:14 depicts animals and birds inhabiting a ruined city—the exact desolation imagery used for Babylon here.
Jeremiah 9:11 says Jerusalem will become a haunt of jackals—exact phrase and desolation imagery matching Revelation 18:2's description of Babylon.
Nahum 3:4 also portrays a city as a harlot and sorceress—the same image used for Babylon's corruption here.
Jeremiah 51:64 concludes the prophecy that Babylon will sink and never rise—the same 'fallen' fate echoed here.
Isaiah 34:13 describes Edom's ruins as a haunt of jackals and ostriches—the same imagery of desolate places inhabited by unclean creatures.
Jeremiah 49:33 says Hazor will become a haunt of jackals forever—the same desolation language applied to a different city, reinforcing the judgment theme.
Isaiah 26:5 says the lofty city is brought low to the dust, reflecting the same humbling of Babylon seen in its abandonment.
Isaiah 25:2 speaks of a fortified city turned to ruins, similar to Babylon's fall into a desolate habitation for unclean birds.
In Leviticus 11:13, unclean birds are listed, which Rev 18:2 references as Babylon becoming a haunt for them.
Isaiah 32:14 depicts a forsaken city becoming a pasture for wild donkeys—a similar desolation but with animals, not demons.