Rev 18:5 | NET2full | STEP | because her sins have piled up all the way to heaven and God has remembered her crimes .

‏ Revelation of John 18:5

5 because her sins have piled ^{▼▼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.”} up all the way to heaven ^{▼▼tn Or “up to the sky” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).} and God has remembered ^{▼▼tn That is, remembered her sins to execute judgment on them.} her crimes. ^{▼▼tn Or “her sins.”}