Revelation 18:20–19:6

20 Rejoice over her, heaven,

and you saints, apostles, and prophets,u

because God has pronounced on her the judgmentv she passed on you!

THE FINALITY OF BABYLON’S FALL

21 Then a mighty angelw picked up a stone like a large millstone and threw it into the sea, saying,

In this way, Babylon the great city

will be thrown down violentlyx

and never be found again.y

22 The sound of harpists, musicians,

flutists, and trumpeters

will never be heard in you again;z

no craftsman of any trade

will ever be found in you again;

the sound of a mill

will never be heard in you again;

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.

24 In her was found the blood of prophets and saints,b

and of all those slaughtered on the earth.c

CELEBRATION IN HEAVEN

19 After this I heard something like the loud voice of a vast multituded in heaven, saying,

Hallelujah!e

Salvation, glory, and power belong to our God,f

2 because his judgments are true* and righteous,g

because he has judged the notorious prostituteh

who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality;

and he has avenged the blood of his servants

that was on her hands.i

3 A second time they said,

Hallelujah!

Her smoke ascends forever and ever!j

4 Then the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God,k who is seated on the throne, saying,

Amen! Hallelujah!l

5 A voice came from the throne, saying,

Praise our God,

all his servants, and the ones who fear him,

both small and great!m

6 Then I heard something like the voice of a vast multitude, like the sound of cascading waters,n and like the rumbling of loud thunder, saying,

Hallelujah, because our Lord God, the Almighty,

reigns!o