Revelation 18:23

And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.

Cross-reference

Revelation 18:22 lists other sounds ceasing in Babylon; verse 23 adds the lamp and bridegroom—continuing the same judgment catalog.

Revelation 18:9 shows kings lamenting Babylon's fall, while verse 23 notes their merchants were great. Both describe facets of the same judgment.

Revelation 17:5 names Babylon the Great as mother of harlots; Rev 18:23 is part of the same fall narrative. Direct identification.

Revelation 19:2 directly follows by declaring God's true judgment on the prostitute who corrupted the earth — same Babylon.

Revelation 22:15 excludes sorcerers from the holy city, echoing Rev 18:23's judgment on sorcery that deceived nations.

Revelation 21:8 Related theme

Revelation 21:8 lists sorcerers among those in the lake of fire, reinforcing the condemnation of sorcery in Rev 18:23.

Job 21:17 Related theme

Job 21:17 asks how often the lamp of the wicked is put out—the same judgment imagery as Babylon's lamp ceasing here.

Proverbs 4:18 describes the righteous path growing brighter, contrasting Babylon's lamp extinguished in judgment.

Proverbs 4:19 Related theme

Proverbs 4:19 describes the wicked walking in deep darkness, parallel to Babylon's lamp being extinguished leaving darkness.

Proverbs 24:20 Related theme

Proverbs 24:20 directly states the lamp of the wicked will be put out—the same fate Babylon faces here.

Isaiah 23:8 Parallel

Isaiah 23:8 calls Tyre's merchants princes, paralleling Babylon's merchants being great ones—both proud trading cities judged.

Isaiah 47:9 Allusion

In Isaiah 47:9, Babylon's judgment includes loss of children and widowhood despite many sorceries—mirroring the sorcery-deceived nations here.

2 Kings 9:22 links Jezebel's witchcrafts with harlotries, foreshadowing Babylon's sorcery and immorality in Rev 18:23. Jezebel as a type.

Nahum 3:4 Parallel

Nahum 3:4 describes Nineveh as a harlot using sorcery to sell nations—identical imagery to Babylon's deception of all nations by sorcery.

Jeremiah 25:10 adds 'light of the lamp' alongside wedding voices—both elements appear in Rev 18:23, making this a precise parallel.

Jeremiah 33:11 promises restoration with bridegroom and bride voices returning—the opposite of Rev 18:23's cessation.

Jeremiah 16:9 repeats the same formula of ceasing wedding voices, reinforcing the OT judgment pattern echoed in Babylon's destruction.

In Jeremiah 7:34, God ceases the voice of bridegroom and bride in judgment—the same silencing Rev 18:23 applies to Babylon's fall.

Job 18:6 Allusion

Job 18:6 says the wicked's lamp is put out—directly echoing the lamp light that will shine no more in Babylon.

Ezekiel 26:13 declares God will cease the sound of songs and lyres in Tyre's judgment, echoing the cessation in Babylon's fall.

Jeremiah 51:55 says God destroys Babylon's great voice; Rev 18:23 depicts the silencing of wedding voices in its fall.