New International Version REVELATION 18:22 "The music of harpists and musicians, flute players and trumpeters, will never be heard in you again. No workman of any trade will ever be found in you again. The sound of a millstone will never be heard in you again."
Young's Literal Translation REVELATION 22:18 and voice of harpers, and musicians, and pipers, and trumpeters, may not be heard at all in thee any more; and any artisan of any art may not be found at all in thee any more; and noise of a millstone may not be heard at all in thee any more;
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Wesley's Notes 18:22 And the voice of harpers - Players on stringed instruments. And musicians - Skilful singers in particular. And pipers - Who played on flutes, chiefly on mournful, whereas trumpeters played on joyful, occasions. Shall be heard no more in thee; and no artificer - Arts of every kind, particularly music, sculpture, painting, and statuary, were there carried to their greatest height. No, nor even the sound of a mill - stone shall be heard any more in thee - Not only the arts that adorn life, but even those employments without which it cannot subsist, will cease from thee for ever. All these expressions denote absolute and eternal desolation. The voice of harpers - Music was the entertainment of the rich and great; trade, the business of men of middle rank; preparing bread and the necessaries of life, the employment of the lowest people: marriages, in which lamps and songs were known ceremonies, are the means of peopling cities, as new births supply the place of those that die. The desolation of Rome is therefore described in such a manner, as to show that neither rich nor poor, neither persons of middle rank, nor those of the lowest condition, should be able to live there any more. Neither shall it be repeopled by new marriages, but remain desolate and uninhabited for ever.
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After the Obamas' theatre trip, Broadway beckons to world leaders The first couple were in the audience for Joe Turner's Come and Gone last week – and New York has no shortage of shows(Most shows glorify Sin) To TEMPT top political players Tweet this (2) Comments (2) Come and gone ... The Obamas return to the White House after their trip to New York. Photograph: Aude Guerrucci/EPA Last Saturday, the crowd at the Belasco theatre rose for a standing ovation before Joe Turner's Come and Gone had even started. Perhaps they were agog with anticipation for August Wilson's much-admired drama. More likely, they wanted to welcome two late arrivals to the audience: Barack and Michelle Obama. (Meryl Streep, also in the orchestra seats, received no such acclaim.) The first couple spent the evening in Manhattan, enjoying dinner and a show. The US president released a statement, declaring: "I am taking my wife to New York City, because I promised her during the campaign that I would take her to a Broadway show after it was all finished."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/theatreblog/2009/jun/02/obamas-theatre-trip-broadway
No workman of any trade will ever be found in you again.
Right now I see the Tony awards are on Tv. The adoration of self. Which is broadway awards. I would deliver documents to these types. Very mixed up personalities. I pray for them. The worship of self.
I think there are symbolic Babylons . . . the literal one . . .
Certainly New York City would qualify in a list of ways as the one Rev 18 is referring to.
There are those who contend that literal Babylon in Iraq is being resurrected as a globalist headquarters of the new global government.
Certainly NYC will be nuked . . .
Some have contended that the USA is Biblical Babylon . . . perhaps somewhat in terms of some sins for a percentage of the population. However, I do not believe that God will be utterly destroying the USA as He will be Babylon . . .