The Revelation to John, Chapter 18
{18:1} After these things, I saw another angel coming down out of
the sky, having great authority. The earth was illuminated with his
glory. {18:2} He cried with a mighty voice, saying, "Fallen, fallen is
Babylon the great, and she has become a habitation of demons, a prison
of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful
bird! {18:3} For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath
of her sexual immorality, the kings of the earth committed sexual
immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from the
abundance of her luxury."
{18:4} I heard another voice from heaven, saying, "Come out of her,
my people, that you have no participation in her sins, and that you
don't receive of her plagues, {18:5} for her sins have reached to the
sky, and God has remembered her iniquities. {18:6} Return to her just
as she returned, and repay her double as she did, and according to her
works. In the cup which she mixed, mix to her double. {18:7} However
much she glorified herself, and grew wanton, so much give her of
torment and mourning. For she says in her heart, 'I sit a queen, and
am no widow, and will in no way see mourning.' {18:8} Therefore in one
day her plagues will come: death, mourning, and famine; and she will
be utterly burned with fire; for the Lord God who has judged her is
strong. {18:9} The kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality
and lived wantonly with her, will weep and wail over her, when they
look at the smoke of her burning, {18:10} standing far away for the
fear of her torment, saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the
strong city! For your judgment has come in one hour.' {18:11} The
merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their
merchandise any more; {18:12} merchandise of gold, silver, precious
stones, pearls, fine linen, purple, silk, scarlet, all expensive wood,
every vessel of ivory, every vessel made of most precious wood, and of
brass, and iron, and marble; {18:13} and cinnamon, incense, perfume,
frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat, sheep, horses,
chariots, bodies, and people's souls. {18:14} The fruits which your
soul lusted after have been lost to you, and all things that were
dainty and sumptuous have perished from you, and you will find them no
more at all. {18:15} The merchants of these things, who were made rich
by her, will stand far away for the fear of her torment, weeping and
mourning; {18:16} saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city, she who was
dressed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold and
precious stones and pearls! {18:17} For in an hour such great riches
are made desolate.' Every shipmaster, and everyone who sails anywhere,
and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood far away,
{18:18} and cried out as they looked at the smoke of her burning,
saying, 'What is like the great city?' {18:19} They cast dust on their
heads, and cried, weeping and mourning, saying, 'Woe, woe, the great
city, in which all who had their ships in the sea were made rich by
reason of her great wealth!' For in one hour is she made desolate.
{18:20} Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints, apostles, and
prophets; for God has judged your judgment on her." {18:21} A mighty
angel took up a stone like a great millstone and cast it into the sea,
saying, "Thus with violence will Babylon, the great city, be thrown
down, and will be found no more at all. {18:22} The voice of harpists,
minstrels, flute players, and trumpeters will be heard no more at all
in you. No craftsman, of whatever craft, will be found any more at all
in you. The sound of a mill will be heard no more at all in you.
{18:23} The light of a lamp will shine no more at all in you. The
voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will be heard no more at all
in you; for your merchants were the princes of the earth; for with
your sorcery all the nations were deceived. {18:24} In her was found
the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain on
the earth."
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