Revelation 18:16–21

¹⁶and say, “How terrible! How awful for the great city! She used to dress herself in linen, purple, and scarlet, and cover herself with gold ornaments, precious stones, and pearls! ^17*And in one hour she has lost all this wealth!”

All the ships’ captains and passengers, the sailors and all others who earn their living on the sea, stood a long way off, ^18*and cried out as they saw the smoke from the flames that consumed her: “There never has been another city like this great city!” ^19*They threw dust on their heads, they cried and mourned, saying, “How terrible! How awful for the great city! She is the city where all who have ships sailing the seas became rich on her wealth! And in one hour she has lost everything!”

^20*Be glad, heaven, because of her destruction! Be glad, God’s people and the apostles and prophets! For God has condemned her for what she did to you!

^21*Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “This is how the great city Babylon will be violently thrown down and will never be seen again.