Isa 21:9, Jer 51:7-8, 64, Rev 16:19, 17:5, 18, 18:2-3, 10-11, 18-21 | ESV | STEP | And behold , here come riders , horsemen in pairs ! And he answered , Fallen , fallen is Babylon ; and all the carved images of her gods he has shattered to the ground .

9 And behold, here come riders,
horsemen in pairs!”
^aAnd he answered,
^b“Fallen, fallen is Babylon;
^cand all the carved images of her gods
he has shattered to the ground.”

Jeremiah 51:7-8

7 Babylon was ^da golden cup in the Lord’s hand,
^emaking all the earth drunken;
^fthe nations drank of her wine;
therefore the nations went mad.
8 ^gSuddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken;
^hwail for her!
ⁱTake balm for her pain;
perhaps she may be healed.

Jeremiah 51:64

64 and say, ^j‘Thus shall Babylon sink, to rise no more, because of the disaster that I am bringing upon her, ^kand they shall become exhausted.’”

Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.

Revelation of John 16:19

19 ^lThe great city ^mwas split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell, and God ⁿremembered ^oBabylon the great, ^pto make her drain the cup of the wine of the fury of his wrath.

Revelation of John 17:5

5 And on her forehead was written a name of ^qmystery: ^r“Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth’s abominations.”

Revelation of John 17:18

18 And the woman that you saw is ^sthe great city that has dominion over the kings of the earth.”

Revelation of John 18:2-3

2 And he called out with a mighty voice,

^t“Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great!
She has become ^ua dwelling place for demons,
a haunt ^vfor every unclean spirit,
a haunt ^wfor every unclean bird,
a haunt for every unclean and detestable beast.
3 For all nations have drunk ^{▼▼Some manuscripts fallen by}
^ythe wine of the passion of her sexual immorality,
and ^zthe kings of the earth have committed immorality with her,
and ^aathe merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxurious living.”

Revelation of John 18:10-11

10 ^abThey will stand far off, in fear of her torment, and say,

“Alas! Alas! ^acYou great city,
you mighty city, Babylon!
For ^adin a single hour your judgment has come.”
11 And ^aethe merchants of the earth weep and mourn for her, since no one buys their cargo anymore,

Revelation of John 18:18-21

18 and ^afcried out ^agas they saw the smoke of her burning,

^ah“What city was like the great city?”
19 And they threw ^aidust on their heads as they wept and mourned, crying out,

“Alas, alas, for the great city
^ajwhere all who had ships at sea
grew rich by her wealth!
For ^akin a single hour she has been laid waste.
20 ^alRejoice over her, O heaven,
and you saints and ^amapostles and prophets,
for ^anGod has given judgment for you against her!”
21 Then ^aoa mighty angel ^aptook up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying,

“So will Babylon ^aqthe great city be thrown down with violence,
and will be found no more;