Revelation of John 18
Babylon Is Fallen
1 After these things I saw another aangel bcoming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was cilluminated from his glory. 2And he cried out with a mighty voice, saying, “ ▼▼Lit Babylon...fell, fell
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eFallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She fhas become a dwelling place of demons and a ▼▼Or haunt
prison of every hunclean spirit, and a ▼▼Or haunt
prison of every unclean and hateful bird. 3For all the nations have fallen because of the jwine of the passion of her sexual immorality, and kthe kings of the earth have committed acts of sexual immorality with her, and the lmerchants of the earth have become rich from the ▼▼Lit power
excessive wealth of her ▼▼Or sensuality
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oluxury.” 4 I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “ pCome out of her, my people, so that you will not participate in her sins and receive any of her plagues; 5for her sins have ▼▼Lit joined together
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rpiled up as high as heaven, and God has sremembered her offenses. 6 tPay her back even as she has paid, and ▼▼Lit double to her
give back to her double according to her deeds; in the vcup which she has mixed, mix twice as much for her. 7 wTo the extent that she glorified herself and xlived luxuriously, to the same extent give her torment and mourning; for she says in her heart, ‘ yI sit as a queen and I am not a widow, and will never see mourning.’ 8For this reason zin one day her plagues will come, ▼▼Lit death; i.e., a particular kind of death
plague and mourning and famine, and she will be abburned up with fire; for the Lord God who judges her acis strong. Grief over Babylon
9 “And adthe kings of the earth, who committed acts of sexual immorality and aelived luxuriously with her, will afweep and mourn over her when they agsee the smoke of her burning, 10 ahstanding at a distance because of the fear of her torment, saying, ‘ aiWoe, woe, ajthe great city, Babylon, the strong city! For in akone hour your judgment has come.’ 11 “And the almerchants of the earth amweep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargo any more-- 12cargo of angold, silver, precious ▼▼Lit stone
stones, and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; every kind of citron wood, every article of ivory, and every article made from very valuable wood, ▼▼Or brass
bronze, iron, and marble; 13cinnamon, ▼▼Gr amomon, an Indian spice plant
spice, incense, perfume, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle, sheep, and cargo of horses, carriages, ▼▼Lit bodies
slaves, and ashuman lives. 14The fruit ▼▼Lit of your soul’s desire
you long for has left you, and all things that were luxurious and splendid have passed away from you and people will no longer find them. 15The aumerchants of avthese things, who became rich from her, will awstand at a distance because of the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning, 16saying, ‘ axWoe, woe, aythe great city, she who azwas clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and ▼▼Lit gilded
adorned with gold, precious ▼▼Lit stone and pearl
stones, and pearls; 17for in bcone hour such great wealth has been laid bdwaste!’ And beevery shipmaster and every ▼▼Lit one who sails to a place
passenger and sailor, and all who ▼▼Lit work the sea
make their living by the sea, bhstood at a distance, 18and were bicrying out as they bjsaw the smoke of her burning, saying, ‘ bkWhat city is like blthe great city?’ 19And they threw bmdust on their heads and were crying out, weeping and mourning, saying, ‘ bnWoe, woe, the great city, in which all who had ships at sea bobecame rich from her prosperity, for in bpone hour she has been laid bqwaste!’ 20 brRejoice over her, O heaven, and you ▼▼Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
saints and btapostles and prophets, because buGod has ▼▼Lit judged your judgment of her
pronounced judgment for you against her.” 21 Then ▼▼Lit one
a bxstrong angel bypicked up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “So will Babylon, bzthe great city, be thrown down with violence, and cawill never be found again. 22And cbthe sound of harpists, musicians, flute players, and trumpeters will never be heard in you again; and no craftsman of any craft will ever be found in you again; and the ccsound of a mill will never be heard in you again; 23and the light of a lamp will never shine in you again; and the cdvoice of the groom and bride will never be heard in you again; for your cemerchants were the powerful people of the earth, because all the nations were deceived cfby your witchcraft. 24And in her was found the cgblood of prophets and of ▼▼Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
saints, and of ciall who have been slaughtered on the earth.”
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