Revelation 18:2–24

²And he called out with a mighty voice,

^p“Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great!

She has become ^qa dwelling place for demons,

a haunt ^rfor every unclean spirit,

a haunt ^sfor every unclean bird,

a haunt for every unclean and detestable beast.

³For all nations have drunk¹

^tthe wine of the passion of her sexual immorality,

and ^uthe kings of the earth have committed immorality with her,

and ^vthe merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxurious living.”

⁴Then I heard another voice from heaven saying,

^w“Come out of her, my people,

lest you take part in her sins,

lest you share in her plagues;

⁵for ^xher sins are heaped high as heaven,

and ^yGod has remembered her iniquities.

^6zPay her back as she herself has paid back others,

and repay her ^adouble for her deeds;

mix a double portion for her ^bin the cup she mixed.

^7cAs she glorified herself and lived in luxury,

so give her a like measure of torment and mourning,

since in her heart she says,

^d‘I sit as a queen,

I am no widow,

and mourning I shall never see.’

⁸For this reason her plagues will come ^ein a single day,

death and mourning and famine,

and ^fshe will be burned up with fire;

for ^gmighty is the Lord God who has judged her.”

⁹And ^hthe kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her, ⁱwill weep and wail over her ^jwhen they see the smoke of her burning. ^10kThey will stand far off, in fear of her torment, and say,

“Alas! Alas! ^lYou great city,

you mighty city, Babylon!

For ^min a single hour your judgment has come.”

¹¹And ⁿthe merchants of the earth weep and mourn for her, since no one buys their cargo anymore, ¹²cargo 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, ¹³cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and slaves, that is, human souls.²

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!”

^15oThe merchants of these wares, who gained wealth from her, ^pwill stand far off, in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning aloud,

¹⁶“Alas, alas, for the great city

^qthat was clothed in fine linen,

in purple and scarlet,

adorned with gold,

with jewels, and with pearls!

¹⁷For ^rin a single hour all this wealth ^shas been laid waste.”

And ^tall shipmasters and seafaring men, sailors and all whose trade is on the sea, stood far off ¹⁸and ^ucried out ^vas they saw the smoke of her burning,

^w“What city was like the great city?”

¹⁹And they threw ^xdust on their heads as they wept and mourned, crying out,

“Alas, alas, for the great city

^ywhere all who had ships at sea

grew rich by her wealth!

For ^zin a single hour she has been laid waste.

^20aRejoice over her, O heaven,

and you saints and ^bapostles and prophets,

for ^cGod has given judgment for you against her!”

²¹Then ^da mighty angel ^etook up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying,

“So will Babylon ^fthe great city be thrown down with violence,

and will be found no more;

²²and ^gthe 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 ^hthe sound of the mill

will be heard in you no more,

²³and the light of a lamp

will shine in you no more,

and ⁱthe voice of bridegroom and bride

will be heard in you no more,

for ^jyour merchants were the great ones of the earth,

and all nations were deceived ^kby your sorcery.

²⁴And ^lin her was found the blood of prophets and of saints,

and of ^mall who have been slain on earth.”