Matthew Poole and continuators on Revelation 18:23

23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom, and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee : For thy merchants were the great men of the earth : for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived :

All these seem to me but the Expression of an utter Ruine and Desolation, by various Phrases and Expressions; they should have no more Occasion of Mirth, nor any more Business done in their City. If any will understand these Expressions, of their Organs, and other musical Instruments used in Worship, and of Spiritual Craftsmen, I shall not contradict it; but I think it more proper to understand the words more largely.

Tho thou hast had a Trade with great Men, and

by thy inchanted Cups of [illegible: 1 word] Wine of thy Fornication hast intoxicated many in all Nations, yet thou shalt use that Trade no more; the Nations shall be deceived no more by thee; here shall be an end of thee. And one thing that brings thee to thy ruine, shall be thy seducing others to Idolatry, so as they have seemed to reasonable Men, to be bewitched by thee.

Marginal references: Isa. 23.[illegible: 2 letters]