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Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong [is] the Lord God who judgeth her.

KJV

Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

A cause de cela, en un même jour, ses fléaux arriveront, la mort, le deuil et la famine, et elle sera consumée par le feu. Car il est puissant, le Seigneur Dieu qui l'a jugée.

KJV

Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong [is] the Lord God who judgeth her.

Patristic reading

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  • Florus of Lyon

    Book against John Scotus

    ay her plagues will come, death and mourning and famine; for mighty is the Lord God who judges her" (Revelation 18:8). The Gospel speaks clearly about the condemnation of the rich man, highlighting his eternal thirst and burning tongue. What about the sense of touch when the whol…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 119 (Migne)

    una die venient plagae ejus, et mors et luctus, et fames: quia fortis est Deus, qui judicavit illam (Apoc. XVIII, 8) . De siti autem et lingua semper ardente, in damnatione illius divitis aperte Evangelium declarat. Quid totius corporis tactus, ubi nulla ejus poterit esse jucundi…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 181 (Migne)

    propter timorem tormentorum ejus dicent: Vae, vae civitas illa magna Babylon, civitas illa fortis!» (Apoc. XVIII, 8-10.) Sed hi reges non loco sed affectu, nec corpore sed voluntate longe stabunt, quoniam cum ea pariter cremabuntur. Sicut ergo longe stare dicuntur, qui in eadem d…

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