{For} (hoti). Because. The reason for God's judgments is
given in 15:3 16:7 . The doom of Babylon seen in 14:7 is now
realized. {For} (hoti). Second use of hoti, explaining the
first. {He hath judged} (ekrinen). First aorist (prophetic and
climacteric, effective) active indicative of krin(935c). {Which}
(h(8874)is). The very one which. {Did corrupt} (ephtheiren). This
is the terrible fact. First aorist active indicative of
phtheir(935c). Cf. 11:18 14:8 17:2 18:3 . {And he hath avenged}
(kai exedik(8873)en). God has exacted vengeance for the blood of
his servants from (ek) her. Prophetic aorist again of ekdike(935c)
with accusative and ek with ablative as in 6:10 .
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