Revelation 18:21

18:21 Then59 one powerful angel picked up a stone like a huge millstone, threw it into the sea, and said,

“With this kind of sudden violent force60

Babylon the great city will be thrown down61

and it will never be found again!

59	tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.
60	tn On ὅρμημα (hormēma) BDAG 724 s.v. states, “violent rush, onset ὁρμήματι βληθήσεται Βαβυλών Babylon will be thrown down with violence Rv 18:21.” L&N 68.82 refers to the suddenness of the force or violence.
61	sn Thrown down is a play on both the words and the action. The angel’s action with the stone illustrates the kind of sudden violent force with which the city will be overthrown.