Rev 18:2-24 | ESV | STEP | And he called out with a mighty voice , Fallen , fallen is Babylon the great ! She has become a dwelling place for demons , a haunt for every unclean spirit , a haunt for every unclean bird , a haunt for every unclean and detestable beast .

Revelation of John 18:2-24

2 And he called out with a mighty voice,

^a“Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great!
She has become ^ba dwelling place for demons,
a haunt ^cfor every unclean spirit,
a haunt ^dfor every unclean bird,
a haunt for every unclean and detestable beast.
3 For all nations have drunk ^{▼▼Some manuscripts fallen by}
^fthe wine of the passion of her sexual immorality,
and ^gthe kings of the earth have committed immorality with her,
and ^hthe merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxurious living.”
4 Then I heard another voice from heaven saying,

ⁱ“Come out of her, my people,
lest you take part in her sins,
lest you share in her plagues;
5 for ^jher sins are heaped high as heaven,
and ^kGod has remembered her iniquities.
6 ^lPay her back as she herself has paid back others,
and repay her ^mdouble for her deeds;
mix a double portion for her ⁿin the cup she mixed.
7 ^oAs she glorified herself and lived in luxury,
so give her a like measure of torment and mourning,
since in her heart she says,
^p‘I sit as a queen,
I am no widow,
and mourning I shall never see.’
8 For this reason her plagues will come ^qin a single day,
death and mourning and famine,
and ^rshe will be burned up with fire;
for ^smighty is the Lord God who has judged her.”
9 And ^tthe kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her, ^uwill weep and wail over her ^vwhen they see the smoke of her burning. 10 ^wThey will stand far off, in fear of her torment, and say,

“Alas! Alas! ^xYou great city,
you mighty city, Babylon!
For ^yin a single hour your judgment has come.”
11 And ^zthe merchants of the earth weep and mourn for her, since no one buys their cargo anymore, 12 cargo of gold, silver, jewels, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, silk, scarlet cloth, all kinds of scented wood, all kinds of articles of ivory, all kinds of articles of costly wood, bronze, iron and marble, 13 cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and slaves, that is, human souls. ^{▼▼Or and slaves, and human lives}

14 “The fruit for which your soul longed
has gone from you,
and all your delicacies and your splendors
are lost to you,
never to be found again!”
15 ^abThe merchants of these wares, who gained wealth from her, ^acwill stand far off, in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning aloud,

16 “Alas, alas, for the great city
^adthat was clothed in fine linen,
in purple and scarlet,
adorned with gold,
with jewels, and with pearls!
17 For ^aein a single hour all this wealth ^afhas been laid waste.”
And ^agall shipmasters and seafaring men, sailors and all whose trade is on the sea, stood far off 18 and ^ahcried out ^aias they saw the smoke of her burning,

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

“Alas, alas, for the great city
^alwhere all who had ships at sea
grew rich by her wealth!
For ^amin a single hour she has been laid waste.
20 ^anRejoice over her, O heaven,
and you saints and ^aoapostles and prophets,
for ^apGod has given judgment for you against her!”
21 Then ^aqa mighty angel ^artook up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying,

“So will Babylon ^asthe great city be thrown down with violence,
and will be found no more;
22 and ^atthe sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters,
will be heard in you no more,
and a craftsman of any craft
will be found in you no more,
and ^authe sound of the mill
will be heard in you no more,
23 and the light of a lamp
will shine in you no more,
and ^avthe voice of bridegroom and bride
will be heard in you no more,
for ^awyour merchants were the great ones of the earth,
and all nations were deceived ^axby your sorcery.
24 And ^ayin her was found the blood of prophets and of saints,
and of ^azall who have been slain on earth.”