16:19
The great city split in three, and the cities of the nations collapsed. Babylon received the cup of wrath that she deserved. There is no need to see this as involving an actual city of Babylon (though that cannot be ruled out), rather it is sufficient to see the destruction of the cities as being representative of the collapse of man’s kingdoms on the earth.
16:20,21
The description of the wrath continues. The islands fled and mountains could not be found. Massive hailstorms fell from the sky, falling on people. I do not think that we need to be overly concerned about the details of how all this can happen, and the precise form it will take. This is a vision, it is symbolic of what will happen, and it is what it is symbolic of that really counts. All man’s power, all Satan’s power ( and the two are intrinsically linked), will come to nothing. Man’s response was to curse God, not to realise that he is far weaker than he actually is, not to recognise his complete dependence upon God.
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