New Testament · Revelation

Revelation chapter 18

After this I saw another coming down from heaven with great , and the earth was lit up by his brilliance.He called out in a powerful voice: “Fallen! The great has fallen! She has become a hideout for , a prison for every corrupt spirit, a cage for every disgusting and despised bird.”Because every nation has gotten drunk on the , and the kings of the earth have been , and the merchants of the earth got rich off her .Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Get out of her, my people, so you don’t share in her and so you don’t receive any of her .”Because her failures have , and God has remembered her .”Give her back exactly what she gave out. Pay her back double for what she has done. In the drinks for others, mix her a double.Whatever and luxury she gave herself, give her that much torment and grief. Because she tells herself, ‘. I am not a widow. I will never see grief.’Because of this, her plagues will hit in a single day — death, grief, and famine — and she will be completely burned up with fire. Because the who judges her is .The kings of the earth who slept with her and will cry and over her when they see the smoke of her burning.Standing far off because they are terrified of her torment, they say: ‘, you great city! Babylon, you powerful city! Your came in a single hour!’And the of the earth cry and grieve over her, because no one buys their anymore —cargo of gold, silver, jewels, and pearls; fine linen, , silk, and ; all kinds of fragrant wood, every sort of ivory item, every kind of product made from expensive wood, bronze, iron, and marble;cinnamon, spice, incense, perfume, and ; wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; cattle, sheep, horses, and chariots; and .“The has gone from you. All your luxury and splendor have vanished, and they will never be found again.”The merchants who sold these things, who got rich from her, will stand far off because they are terrified of her torment, crying and grieving,saying: ‘How terrible, how terrible, you great city! You who , and decorated yourself with gold, jewels, and pearls!Because in a single hour, all that wealth was !’ And every ship captain, every passenger, the sailors, and everyone who makes a living from the sea stood far offand cried out as they watched the : ‘What city was ever like this great city?’They and cried out, weeping and grieving: ‘How terrible, how terrible, you great city, where everyone with ships on the sea got rich from her wealth! Because in a single hour she has been wiped out!’Celebrate over her, heaven! Celebrate, , and you and prophets! Because God has .”Then a powerful angel picked up a boulder the size of a huge and hurled it into the sea, saying: “This is how the great city Babylon will be and never found again.”The sound of playing harps and flutes and trumpets will never be heard in you again. No skilled worker of any trade will ever be found in you again. The sound of a millstone grinding will never be heard in you again.The light of a lamp will never shine in you again. The voices of a will never be heard in you again. Your merchants were the most powerful people on earth, and all the nations were deceived by your .And in her was found the of prophets and of , and of all who have been on the earth.”