Revelation 19:2

For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

Cross-references

Revelation 18:24 confirms her guilt: the blood of prophets and all slain was found in her, justifying judgment.

Revelation 6:10 Prophetic fulfillment

Revelation 6:10 records martyrs crying for vengeance; this verse is God's answer to that prayer.

Revelation 15:3 sings 'just and true are your ways'—the same affirmation of God's justice echoed in God's judgments here.

Revelation 16:5-7 declares God's judgments 'true and just' and mentions avenging blood of saints—direct parallel to this verse.

Revelation 17:1 introduces the great prostitute and her punishment—this verse declares her condemnation, continuing that narrative.

Revelation 17:2 describes kings committing adultery with the prostitute—this verse says she corrupted the earth by her adulteries.

Revelation 17:16 describes the beast and ten horns destroying the prostitute — the agents of God's judgment here.

Revelation 18:3 explains her corruption: nations drank the wine of her fornication, the reason for her judgment.

Revelation 18:9 shows kings lamenting her destruction, highlighting her former influence and the impact of judgment.

Revelation 18:10 has merchants crying 'alas' over the great city's sudden fall, emphasizing her collapse.

Revelation 18:20 calls saints to rejoice because God has avenged them on Babylon, echoing the same vindication.

Revelation 17:5 identifies Babylon the great, the prostitute condemned in 19:2, revealing her name and title.

Revelation 17:1 introduces the judgment of the great whore — the same figure whose judgment is described here.

Revelation 16:7 declares 'true and righteous are thy judgments' — nearly identical wording to the 'true and just' here.

Revelation 16:6 describes God giving blood to drink to those who shed saints' blood — the very vengeance avenged here.

Revelation 15:4 says God's judgments are made manifest — here they are declared true and just, reinforcing the same revelation.

Revelation 14:8 announces Babylon's fall for making nations drink the wine of her fornication — the identical judgment and cause.

Revelation 9:21 lists fornication among unrepented sins — the same corrupting sin for which the great whore is judged here.

Deuteronomy 32:43 Prophetic fulfillment

Deuteronomy 32:43 prophesies God avenging His servants' blood; this verse is that prophecy's fulfillment.

Deuteronomy 32:35 declares 'vengeance is mine'; this verse enacts that divine retribution against Babylon.

2 Thessalonians 1:6 declares it righteous for God to repay affliction to troublers — directly echoing the avenging of servants' blood here.

Deuteronomy 13:15 commands destruction of a city that led Israel astray—parallel to Babylon's judgment for corrupting the earth.

Jeremiah 51:56 says the Lord is a God of recompense who repays — Revelation confirms His judgments are true and just.

Jeremiah 51:24 declares God will repay Babylon for evil done in Zion — paralleling Revelation's avenging of the servants' blood.

Jeremiah 51:7 describes Babylon as a golden cup intoxicating nations — the same corruption imagery Revelation applies to the prostitute.

In Jeremiah 50:15, God commands vengeance on Babylon for her deeds — directly echoed in Revelation's judgment on the great prostitute.

Isaiah 34:8 Parallel

Isaiah 34:8 announces God's day of vengeance for Zion; Revelation 19:2 declares He has avenged the blood of His servants — the same theme of divine retribution.

In Numbers 31:2, God commands vengeance on Midianites for corrupting Israel—same pattern of avenging His servants' blood here.

2 Kings 9:7 Parallel

2 Kings 9:7 commands Jehu to avenge the blood of God's prophets—direct parallel to avenging His servants' blood here.

Psalm 72:14 Parallel

Psalm 72:14 says God redeems the oppressed and their blood is precious — Rev 19:2 shows God avenging the blood of His servants, directly linking.

Psalm 50:6 Parallel

Psalm 50:6 proclaims 'God himself is judge' and the heavens declare His righteousness — Rev 19:2 echoes that His judgments are true and just.

2 Chronicles 24:22 records Zechariah's dying cry for the Lord to avenge his blood—fulfilled in God's avenging here.

Isaiah 23:17 uses the metaphor of Tyre prostituting herself — the same imagery of a city's prostitution that Babylon embodies here.

Deuteronomy 31:16 warns Israel will play the harlot—same spiritual adultery imagery as the great prostitute here.

Psalm 104:35 prays for sinners to be consumed from the earth — Rev 19:2 fulfills that as God judges the prostitute who corrupted the earth.

Deuteronomy 32:4 proclaims God's ways are just and upright—the OT foundation for the declaration that God's judgments are true and just.

Joel 3:7 Parallel

Joel 3:7 promises to return recompense on those who sold God's people — Revelation declares God has avenged His servants' blood.

Daniel 4:37 Parallel

Daniel 4:37 praises God for right works and just ways — Revelation echoes this confession that God's judgments are true and just.