The Revelation to Yochanan, Chapter 18
{18:1} After these things, I saw another angel coming down out of
the sky, having great authority. The [1>]eretz[<1] was illuminated
with his glory. {18:2} He cried with a mighty voice, saying, "Fallen,
fallen is Bavel 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 [2>]eretz[<2]
committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the
[3>]eretz[<3] 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 [4>]eretz[<4], 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, Bavel,
the strong city! For your judgment has come in one hour.' {18:11} The
merchants of the [5>]eretz[<5] 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 holy ones, 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 Bavel, 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 [6>]eretz[<6]; for
with your sorcery all the nations were deceived. {18:24} In her was
found the blood of prophets and of holy ones, and of all who have been
slain on the [7>]eretz[<7]."
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Footnotes:
[1] {18:1} earth
[2] {18:3} earth
[3] {18:3} earth
[4] {18:9} earth
[5] {18:11} earth
[6] {18:23} earth
[7] {18:24} earth
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