the merchants.

Revelation 18:3, 9, 15, 20, 23
All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy through the extravagance of her luxury." . . .

Revelation 13:16, 17
And the second beast required all people small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, . . .

Isaiah 23:1-15
This is an oracle concerning Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus. . . .

Isaiah 47:15
This is what they are to you--those with whom you have labored and traded from youth--each one strays in his own direction; not one of them can save you.

Ezekiel 26:17-21
Then they will lament for you, saying, "How you have perished, O city of renown, inhabited by seafaring men! She who was powerful on the sea, along with her people, who brought terror to all who lived there. . . .

Ezekiel 27:27-36
Your wealth, wares, and goods, your sailors, captains, and shipwrights, your merchants and all the warriors within you, with all the other people on board, will sink into the heart of the sea on the day of your downfall. . . .

Zephaniah 1:11, 18
Wail, O dwellers of the Hollow, for all your merchants will be silenced; all who weigh out silver will be cut off. . . .

buyeth.

Proverbs 3:14
for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold.

Matthew 22:5
But they paid no attention and went away, one to his field, and another to his business.

John 2:16
To those selling doves He said, "Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father's house into a marketplace!"

2 Peter 2:3
In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with tales they have concocted. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.