Revelation

¹ After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven. He had great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor.

² “Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great! She has become a home for demons and a haunt for every evil spirit, a haunt for every unclean and detestable bird.

³ the maddening wine of her adulteries. The kings of the earth committed adultery with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries.”

⁴ “Come out of her, my people, so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of her plagues;

⁵ and God has remembered her crimes.

⁶ pay her back double for what she has done. Mix her a double portion from her own cup.

⁷ as the glory and luxury she gave herself. In her heart she boasts, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow, and I will never mourn.’

⁸ death, mourning and famine. She will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.

⁹ “When the kings of the earth who committed adultery with her and shared her luxury see the smoke of her burning, they will weep and mourn over her.

¹⁰ “‘Woe! Woe, O great city, O Babylon, city of power! In one hour your doom has come!’

¹¹ “The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her because no one buys their cargoes any more—

¹² cargoes of gold, silver, precious stones and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet cloth; every sort of citron wood, and articles of every kind made of ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron and marble;

¹³ cargoes of cinnamon and spice, of incense, myrrh and frankincense, of wine and olive oil, of fine flour and wheat; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and bodies and souls of men.

¹⁴ “They will say, ‘The fruit you longed for is gone from you. All your riches and splendor have vanished, never to be recovered.’

¹⁵ The merchants who sold these things and gained their wealth from her will stand far off, terrified at her torment. They will weep and mourn

¹⁶ “‘Woe! Woe, O great city, dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet, and glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls!

¹⁷ “Every sea captain, and all who travel by ship, the sailors, and all who earn their living from the sea, will stand far off.

¹⁸ When they see the smoke of her burning, they will exclaim, ‘Was there ever a city like this great city?’

¹⁹ “‘Woe! Woe, O great city, where all who had ships on the sea became rich through her wealth! In one hour she has been brought to ruin!

²⁰ Rejoice, saints and apostles and prophets! God has judged her for the way she treated you.’”

²¹ “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be thrown down, never to be found again.

²² will never be heard in you again. No workman of any trade will ever be found in you again. The sound of a millstone will never be heard in you again.

²³ will never shine in you again. The voice of bridegroom and bride will never be heard in you again. Your merchants were the world’s great men. By your magic spell all the nations were led astray.

²⁴ and of all who have been killed on the earth.”