“Fallen, fallen, is Babylon the great!
She 2 has become a lair for demons,
a haunt 3 for every unclean spirit,
a haunt for every unclean bird,
a haunt for every unclean and detested beast. 4
18:3 For all the nations 5 have fallen 6 from
the wine of her immoral passion, 7
and the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality with her,
and the merchants of the earth have gotten rich from the power of her sensual behavior.” 8
18:4 Then 9 I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, so you will not take part in her sins and so you will not receive her plagues, 18:5 because her sins have piled 10 up all the way to heaven 11 and God has remembered 12 her crimes. 13 18:6 Repay her the same way she repaid others; 14 pay her back double 15 corresponding to her deeds. In the cup she mixed, mix double the amount for her. 18:7 As much as 16 she exalted herself and lived in sensual luxury, 17 to this extent give her torment and grief because she said to herself, 18 ‘I rule as queen and am no widow; I will never experience grief!’ 18:8 For this reason, she will experience her plagues 19 in a single day: disease, 20 mourning, 21 and famine, and she will be burned down 22 with fire, because the Lord God who judges her is powerful!”
18:9 Then 23 the kings of the earth who committed immoral acts with her and lived in sensual luxury 24 with her will weep and wail for her when they see the smoke from the fire that burns her up. 25 18:10 They will stand a long way off because they are afraid of her torment, and will say,
“Woe, woe, O great city,
Babylon the powerful city!
For in a single hour your doom 26 has come!”
18:11 Then 27 the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn for her because no one buys their cargo 28 any longer – 18:12 cargo such as gold, silver, 29 precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, silk, 30 scarlet cloth, 31 all sorts of things made of citron wood, 32 all sorts of objects made of ivory, all sorts of things made of expensive wood, bronze, iron and marble, 18:13 cinnamon, spice, 33 incense, perfumed ointment, 34 frankincense, 35 wine, olive oil and costly flour, 36 wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and four-wheeled carriages, 37 slaves and human lives. 38
18:14 (The ripe fruit 39 you greatly desired 40
has gone from you,
and all your luxury 41 and splendor 42
have gone from you –
they will never ever be found again!) 43
18:15 The merchants who sold 44 these things, who got rich from her, will stand a long way off because they are afraid of her torment. They will weep 45 and mourn, 18:16 saying,
“Woe, woe, O great city –
dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet clothing, 46
and adorned with gold, 47 precious stones, and pearls –
18:17 because in a single hour such great wealth has been destroyed!” 48
And every ship’s captain, 49 and all who sail along the coast 50 – seamen, and all who 51 make their living from the sea, stood a long way off 18:18 and began to shout 52 when they saw the smoke from the fire that burned her up, 53 “Who is like the great city?” 18:19 And they threw dust on their heads and were shouting with weeping and mourning, 54
“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!” 55
18:20 (Rejoice over her, O heaven,
and you saints and apostles and prophets,
for God has pronounced judgment 56 against her on your behalf!) 57
18:21 Then 58 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 59
Babylon the great city will be thrown down 60
and it will never be found again!