New American Standard Bible 1995

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And another angel, a second one, followed, saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who has made all the nations drink of the wine of the passion of her immorality."

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
And another other, another Adj-NMS H243 ἄλλος allos
Analysis:

 
angel, a messenger, angel N-NMS H32 δεύτερος deuteros
a second one, second Adj-NMS H1208 ἄγγελος angelos
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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followed, to follow V-AIA-3S H190 ἠκολούθησεν ēkolouthēsen
saying, to say V-PPA-NMS H3004 λέγων legōn
"Fallen, to fall V-AIA-3S H4098 Ἔπεσεν epesen
fallen to fall V-AIA-3S H4098 ἔπεσεν epesen
is Babylon "gate of god(s)," Babylon, a large city situated astride the Euphrates river N-NFS H897 βαβυλὼν babulōn
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the great, great Adj-NFS H3173 μεγάλη megalē
she who usually rel. who, which, that, also demonstrative this, that RelPro-NFS H3739    
has made to give to drink V-RIA-3S H4222 πεπότικεν pepotiken
all all, every Adj-ANP H3956 πάντα panta
the nations a race, a nation, pl. the nations (as distinct from Isr.) N-ANP H1484 ἔθνη ethnē
drink to give to drink V-RIA-3S H4222    
of the wine wine N-GMS H3631 οἴνου oinou
of the passion passion N-GMS H2372 θυμοῦ thumou
of her immorality." fornication N-GFS H4202 πορνείας porneias

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Babylon

BABEL, BABYLON (1)ba'-bel, bab'-i-lon (Topographical): Babylon was the Greek name of the city written in the cuneiform script of the Babylonians, bab-ili, which means in Semitic, "the gate of god." The Hebrews called the country, as well as the city, Babhel. This name they considered came from the' root, balal, "to confound" (Genesis 11:9). The name in Sumer... View Details

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New American Standard Bible 1995 And another angel, a second one, followed, saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who has made all the nations drink of the wine of the passion of her immorality."
King James Bible And there followed another angel, a second one, followed, saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she who has made all the nations drink of the wine of the passion wrath of her immorality."fornication.
Berean Bible And another angel, another, a second one, angel, followed, saying, "Fallen, fallen “Fallen, Fallen is Babylon the great, she who has made given all the nations Gentiles to drink of the wine of the passion of her immorality."”
Hebrew Greek English And another angel, a second one, followed, saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who has made all the nations drink of the wine of the passion of her immorality."