Fill to her double.—Greek, “the double.” (Isa. 61:7.) Give her enough light on Ezekiel and Revelation to show her the exit.—Isa. 21:7-10.
18:7. How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously.—And to what lengths has not Papacy gone in this direction, with the Protestant sects doing their best to keep the pace!
So much torment and sorrow.—Mourning for the dead, Greek.—Amos. 8:10.
Give her.—“I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware; thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the Lord. The Lord hath opened His armoury [Ezekiel and Revelation] and hath brought forth the weapons of His indignation: for this is the work of the Lord God of Hosts in the land of the Chaldeans ... the vengeance of the Lord our God, the vengeance of His Temple.... Recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her.”—Jer. 50:24-29.
For she saith in her heart.—Babylon really believes her prosperity will continue forever. They “shall believe the lie.”—2 Thes. 2:11.
I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.—See Isa. 47:8, 9; D. 43; Zeph. 2:15.
18:8. Therefore.—“Because she will violently struggle for life and power.”—D. 39.
Shall her plagues.—Death, mourning, famine and fire.
Come in one day.—The year of 1918. See Rev. 3:14; 11:11.
Death.—“By the hand of her enemies.”