Revelation18:15 The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
16 And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
Verse 15 continues with the destruction of Babylon, or the great world system of commerce, this time looking at the transportation industry. It talks about ships here but you have to know that it means all modes of transportation, plane,train, & truck. They to stand afar off and mourn because of the destruction and fear for their on self’s because of the riches they have gained because of the over priced merchandise. This kind of reminds us of today how for one instance the oil tycoons are ripping people off today. Again the scripture tells us that in one hour the system will collapse, can you imagine that if today all transportation came to halt and all electronics ceased to work what chaos there would be but also what fear would come over the people. we may not see this today but at the end of the tribulation period it will happen. They mourned greatly casting dust on their heads as in the old customs of the people and weep for the riches they now will not have because that great system has been destroyed. They also will continue that weeping as they are cast into that lake of fire for taking advantage of the people and also killing God’s people that did not follow after the beast.We already see so much of what happens in the tribulation happening today and so many can not resist the temptation to follow after the wrong things now how do you think you will ever make it in that 7 year span that is not far away?