{The merchants} (hoi emporoi). As in  18:3,15,23 . The
dirge of the merchants follows the wail of the kings. {Weep and
mourn} (klaiousin kai penthousin). Present active indicatives
of klai(935c) and penthe(935c) as in verses  9  (for klai(935c)),  15,19 .
{For no man buyeth their merchandise any more} (hoti ton gomon
aut(936e) oudeis agorazei ouketi). Reason enough for their sorrow
over Rome's fall. Gomos is old word (from gem(935c) to be full)
for a ship's cargo ( Ac 21:3 ) and then any merchandise ( Re
18:11f. ). Galen, Pliny, Aristides tell of the vastness of the
commerce and luxury of Rome, the world's chief market. Many of
the items here are like those in the picture of the destruction
of Tyre in  Eze 26  27 . There are twenty-nine items singled out
in verses  12,13  of this merchandise or cargo (gomon), imports
into the port of Rome. Only a few need any comment.