18:14 (The ripe fruit 1 you greatly desired 2
has gone from you,
and all your luxury 3 and splendor 4
have gone from you –
they will never ever be found again!) 5
18:15 The merchants who sold 6 these things, who got rich from her, will stand a long way off because they are afraid of her torment. They will weep 7 and mourn, 18:16 saying,
“Woe, woe, O great city –
dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet clothing, 8
and adorned with gold, 9 precious stones, and pearls –
18:17 because in a single hour such great wealth has been destroyed!” 10
And every ship’s captain, 11 and all who sail along the coast 12 – seamen, and all who 13 make their living from the sea, stood a long way off 18:18 and began to shout 14 when they saw the smoke from the fire that burned her up, 15 “Who is like the great city?” 18:19 And they threw dust on their heads and were shouting with weeping and mourning, 16
“Woe, Woe, O great city –
in which all those who had ships on the sea got rich from her wealth –
because in a single hour she has been destroyed!” 17
18:20 (Rejoice over her, O heaven,
and you saints and apostles and prophets,
for God has pronounced judgment 18 against her on your behalf!) 19
18:21 Then 20 one powerful angel picked up a stone like a huge millstone, threw it into the sea, and said,
“With this kind of sudden violent force 21
Babylon the great city will be thrown down 22
and it will never be found again!
18:22 And the sound of the harpists, musicians,
flute players, and trumpeters
will never be heard in you 23 again.
No 24 craftsman 25 who practices any trade
will ever be found in you again;
the noise of a mill 26 will never be heard in you again.
18:23 Even the light from a lamp
will never shine in you again!
The voices of the bridegroom and his bride
will never be heard in you again.
For your merchants were the tycoons of the world,
because all the nations 27 were deceived by your magic spells! 28
18:24 The 29 blood of the saints and prophets was found in her, 30
along with the blood 31 of all those who had been killed on the earth.”