Revelation 21:19

21:19 The foundations of the city’s wall are decorated¹ with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation is jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate,² the fourth emerald,

Revelation 11:6

11:6 These two have the power³ to close up the sky so that it does not rain during the time⁴ they are prophesying. They⁵ have power⁶ to turn the waters to blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague whenever they want.

Revelation 18:21

18:21 Then⁷ one powerful angel picked up a stone like a huge millstone, threw it into the sea, and said,

“With this kind of sudden violent force⁸

Babylon the great city will be thrown down⁹

and it will never be found again!

¹tn The perfect participle here has been translated as an intensive (resultative) perfect.

²sn Agate (also called chalcedony) is a semiprecious stone usually milky or gray in color (L&N 2.32).

³tn Or “authority.”

⁴tn Grk “the days.”

⁵tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

⁶tn Or “authority.”

⁷tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

⁸tn On ὅρμημα ({ormhma) BDAG 724 s.v. states, “violent rush, onset ὁρμήματι βληθήσεται Βαβυλών Babylon will be thrown down with violence Rv 18:21.” L&N 68.82 refers to the suddenness of the force or violence.

⁹sn Thrown down is a play on both the words and the action. The angel’s action with the stone illustrates the kind of sudden violent force with which the city will be overthrown.