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Revelation 18:4–5

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18:4Then10 I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, so you will not take part in her sins and so you will not receive her plagues, 18:5because her sins have piled11 up all the way to heaven12 and God has remembered13 her crimes.14

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Footnotes

  1. 10 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.
  2. 11 On ἐκολλήθησαν (ekollēthēsan) κολλάω 2.a.β states, “ cling to = come in close contact with (cp. Ps 21:16; 43:26 ἐκολλήθη εἰς γῆν ἡ γαστὴρ ἡμῶν. The act.=‘bring into contact’ 5, 457 κολλήσας τ. λίθον τῷ ὠτίῳ) ἐκολλήθησαν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ἄχρι τ. οὐρανοῦ the sins have touched the heaven = reached the sky (two exprs. are telescoped) Rv 18:5.”
  3. 12 Or “up to the sky” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).
  4. 13 That is, remembered her sins to execute judgment on them.
  5. 14 Or “her sins.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then I heard another voice from heaven saying,

“Come out of her, my people,

lest you take part in her sins,

lest you share in her plagues;

for her sins are heaped high as heaven,

and God has remembered her iniquities.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then I heard another voice from heaven say:

“ ‘Come out of her, my people,’

so that you will not share in her sins,

so that you will not receive any of her plagues;

for her sins are piled up to heaven,

and God has remembered her crimes.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then I heard another voice from heaven:

Come out of her, my people,

so that you will not share in her sins

or receive any of her plagues.

For her sins are piled up to heaven,

and God has remembered her crimes.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then I heard another voice calling from heaven,

“Come away from her, my people.

Do not take part in her sins,

or you will be punished with her.

For her sins are piled as high as heaven,

and God remembers her evil deeds.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And I heard another voice from heaven saying,

“Come out from her, my people,

so that you will not participate in her sins,

and so that you will not receive her plagues,

because her sins have reached up to heaven,

and God has remembered her crimes.

KJV 1900King James Version

And I heard another voice from heaven, saying,

Come out of her, my people,

That ye be not partakers of her sins,

And that ye receive not of her plagues.

For her sins have reached unto heaven,

And God hath remembered her iniquities.