Revelation 18:4–6

18:4 Then10 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, 18:5 because her sins have piled11 up all the way to heaven12 and God has remembered13 her crimes.14 18:6 Repay her the same way she repaid others;15 pay her back double16 corresponding to her deeds. In the cup she mixed, mix double the amount for her.

10	tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.
11	tn On ἐκολλήθησαν (ekollēthēsan) BDAG 556 s.v. κολλάω 2.a.β states, “fig. cling to = come in close contact with (cp. Ps 21:16; 43:26 ἐκολλήθη εἰς γῆν ἡ γαστὴρ ἡμῶν. The act.=‘bring into contact’ PGM 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.”
12	tn Or “up to the sky” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).
13	tn That is, remembered her sins to execute judgment on them.
14	tn Or “her sins.”
15	tn The word “others” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.
16	tn On this term BDAG 252 s.v. διπλόω states, “to double τὰ διπλᾶ pay back double Rv 18:6.”