Rev 18:23 | HCSB | STEP | the light of a lamp will never shine in you again ; and the voice of a groom and bride will never be heard in you again . All this will happen because your merchants were the nobility of the earth , because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery ,

‏ Revelation of John 18:23

23 the light of a lamp
will never shine in you again;
and the voice of a groom and bride
will never be heard in you again. ^a
All this will happen
because your merchants
were the nobility of the earth,
because all the nations were deceived
by your sorcery, ^{▼▼Ancient sorcery or witchcraft often used spells and drugs. Here the term may be non-literal, that is, Babylon drugged the nations with her beauty and power.}