Every ship’s captain, everyone who traveled by ship, sailors, and everyone who made their living from the sea stood far away. ¹⁸When they saw the smoke rise from her raging fire, they repeatedly cried out, ‘Was there ever a city as important as this?’ ¹⁹Then they threw dust on their heads and shouted while crying and mourning,

‘How horrible, how horrible for that important city.

Everyone who had a ship at sea

grew rich because of that city’s high prices.

In one moment it has been destroyed!’

²⁰“Gloat over it, heaven, God’s people, apostles, and prophets.

God has condemned it for you.”

²¹Then a powerful angel picked up a stone that was like a large millstone. He threw it into the sea and said,

“The important city Babylon will be thrown down with the same force.

It will never be found again.

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