Misinterpretations often literalize the verse as accusing a single modern city, like New York or Rome, of every historical murder, ignoring its symbolic portrayal of spiritual Babylon as the embodiment of godless empire and false religion; others confine it to Jerusalem's past sins, overlooking the prophetic scope of end-times judgment on global systems of idolatry and violence that mimic satanic opposition to God's kingdom.
Revelation of John 18:24
King James Version (1769)
24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
Revelation 18:24 attributes to Babylon the Great ultimate responsibility for the persecution and death of God's prophets, saints, and all innocents slain on earth, highlighting divine justice in judging corrupt world systems—symbolized by this harlot city—that have oppressed the faithful throughout history, affirming that no evil escapes God's reckoning and vindication for His people.