Revelation 18:20–24

20 “Rejoice over her, you heavens!j

Rejoice, you people of God!

Rejoice, apostles and prophets!

For God has judged her

with the judgment she imposed on you.”k

The Finality of Babylon’s Doom

21 Then a mighty angell picked up a boulder the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea,m and said:

“With such violence

the great cityn of Babylon will be thrown down,

never to be found again.

22 The music of harpists and musicians, pipers and trumpeters,

will never be heard in you again.o

No worker of any trade

will ever be found in you again.

The sound of a millstone

will never be heard in you again.p

23 The light of a lamp

will never shine in you again.

The voice of bridegroom and bride

will never be heard in you again.q

Your merchants were the world’s important people.r

By your magic spells all the nations were led astray.

24 In her was found the blood of prophets and of God’s holy people,t

of all who have been slaughtered on the earth.”u