Revelation 18:11–19

¹¹The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargo any longer—¹²cargo of gold, silver, jewels, and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; all kinds of fragrant wood products; objects of ivory; objects of expensive wood, brass,^A iron, and marble; ¹³cinnamon, spice,^B incense, myrrh,^C and frankincense; wine, olive oil, fine flour, and grain; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and slaves—human lives.^p

¹⁴The fruit you craved has left you.

All your splendid and glamorous things are gone;

they will never find them again.

¹⁵The merchants of these things, who became rich from her, will stand far off in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning, ¹⁶saying,

Woe, woe, the great city,

dressed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet,

adorned with gold, jewels, and pearls;^q

¹⁷for in a single hour

such fabulous wealth was destroyed!

And every shipmaster, seafarer, the sailors, and all who do business by sea, stood far off ¹⁸as they watched the smoke from her burning and kept crying out, “Who was like the great city?”^{r 19}They threw dust on their heads and kept crying out, weeping, and mourning,^s

Woe, woe, the great city,^t

where all those who have ships on the sea

became rich from her wealth;

for in a single hour she was destroyed.