Revelation 18:21

And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

Cross-reference

Revelation 16:19 explicitly mentions God remembering Babylon the great and giving her the cup of wrath — same subject of judgment as this millstone scene.

Revelation 14:8 announces Babylon's fall with 'Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great' — directly parallel to the millstone judgment here.

Revelation 17:5 identifies Babylon the great as the mother of prostitutes — naming the city that is thrown down here.

In Ezekiel 26:21, Tyre is judged with 'never be found again' — an identical pronouncement to Babylon's doom here.

In Jeremiah 51:64, this same act of throwing a stone into the sea symbolizes Babylon's irreversible fall — never to rise again.

Jeremiah 51:63 commands throwing a stone-bound scroll into the Euphrates as a sign of Babylon's fall — the action reenacted in Revelation 18:21 with a millstone.

Exodus 15:5 Allusion

Exodus 15:5 describes Pharaoh's army sinking like a stone into the sea — the same imagery for Babylon's sudden destruction in 18:21.

Nehemiah 9:11 recounts pursuers cast into the depths like a stone — the image repeated in Revelation 18:21 for Babylon's fall.

Isaiah 47:5 Parallel

Isaiah 47:5 says Babylon will 'no more be called mistress of kingdoms', echoing the 'found no more' phrase here. Same theme of complete loss of status.

Isaiah 47:9 Parallel

Isaiah 47:9 declares sudden disaster on Babylon in one day, similar to the instantaneous destruction of Babylon by the millstone here.

Isaiah 47:14 depicts Babylon's allies like stubble consumed by fire—utter helplessness before judgment, parallel to the irreversible sinking of Babylon here.

Isaiah 43:14 directly describes God sending judgment on Babylon and making them fugitives, paralleling the violent overthrow of Babylon in this verse.

Isaiah 21:9 Citation

Isaiah 21:9 gives the identical 'Fallen, fallen is Babylon!' cry that Revelation 18:2 quotes. Here the millstone visually seals that irrevocable fall.

Jeremiah 50:26 commands to utterly destroy Babylon so 'nothing of her be left' — matching the millstone's irreversible disappearance here.

Jeremiah 50:39 foretells Babylon's permanent desolation, 'no more inhabited forever' — exactly what the sinking millstone symbolizes.

Daniel 4:30 Historical context

Daniel 4:30 records Nebuchadnezzar's boast over 'great Babylon' — the same pride that the millstone's irreversible fall answers and overturns.

Jeremiah 51:37 describes Babylon as 'heaps... without an inhabitant' — the same ruined state after the violent casting down here.

Isaiah 13:20 Prophetic fulfillment

Isaiah 13:20 prophesies Babylon's permanent desolation—never inhabited again. The millstone thrown into the sea symbolizes that same irreversible judgment fulfilled in Revelation.

Jeremiah 49:18 compares Edom's destruction to Sodom—uninhabited forever. Similarly, Babylon here is thrown down and found no more. Parallel of utter desolation.

Jeremiah 50:12 adds that Babylon's mother is shamed and made a wilderness — the same desolation that follows the violent casting down of the millstone.

Jeremiah 51:29 says the land becomes 'a desolation without an inhabitant' — reinforcing the complete end pictured by the millstone thrown into the sea.

Jeremiah 49:33 says Hazor will become a permanent waste, no one living there. This mirrors the 'found no more' fate of Babylon in Revelation. Parallel of complete desolation.

Isaiah 14:23 says God will sweep Babylon with the broom of destruction—a different but equally absolute image. The millstone echoes this complete removal.

2 Kings 21:13 uses the same irreversible 'wiping and turning upside down' imagery for Jerusalem's judgment, mirroring the millstone's finality for Babylon.