Revelation 18:6 Meaning and Explanation
“Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Heaven calls for Babylon to be repaid in full measure for her deeds, the cup she poured out returned to her doubled.
What Does Revelation 18:6 Mean?
The heavenly voice now summons judgment to fit the crime. Babylon is to be repaid as she repaid others, given back according to her own works, and the very cup she filled for the nations is to be filled again for her. The 'double' is the language of full and fitting recompense, the measure she set returning upon her own head.
This is justice that answers deed with deed, leaving no evil simply absorbed and forgotten. The cup she mixed for others becomes her own draught. For those who have suffered under cruelty and greed, it is the assurance that wrongs are not lost track of in heaven. The reader is steadied by knowing that the Judge of all the earth will do right, repaying every work, while we are freed from taking vengeance into our own hands.
Revelation 18:6 in the Original Language
diplous (διπλοῦς), 'double' -- twofold, the language of full and fitting repayment for what was done.
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What does Revelation 18:6 mean?
Heaven calls for Babylon to be repaid in full measure for her deeds, the cup she poured out returned to her doubled.