Rev 18:9 | Abbott | STEP | Shall bewail her. The kings are represented in , as conspiring to effect the ruin of the woman, who seems to be the same as Babylon ( .) We may suppose that some of them had turned against her, while others lamented her downfall,—or we may consider it as a change in the imagery, both representations denoting, in different ways, the certainty of her overthrow.

Revelation of John 18:9

Shall bewail her. The kings are represented in 17:16, as conspiring to effect the ruin of the woman, who seems to be the same as Babylon (17:5.) We may suppose that some of them had turned against her, while others lamented her downfall,—or we may consider it as a change in the imagery, both representations denoting, in different ways, the certainty of her overthrow.