Almost exactly the same thing is said of the businessmen that was said of the kings in verses 9-10.

The merchants of these wares: see verses 3 and 11.

Who gained wealth from her: see Rev. 18.3.

Weeping and mourning aloud: as in verse 11. This translates the Greek “weeping and mourning, saying”; the participle “saying” is the first word of verse 16, as in Good News Translation “and say.”

Quoted with permission from Bratcher, Robert G. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on The Revelation to John. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1993. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .