Revelation 18
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And after these things I saw◦ an angel coming··down out··of heaven, having great authority, and the earth was enlightened by his glory.
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And he cried out in strength with a great voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a habitation of demons, and a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful fowl.
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For all the nations have drunk from◦ the wine of the wrath of her harlotry, and the kings of the earth have committed··harlotry with her, and the merchants of the earth have become··rich from◦ the power of her delights.
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And I heard another voice from◦ heaven, saying, Come··out of her, My people, that· you become ·not◦ partakers of her sins, and that· you receive ·not◦ of her plagues.
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For her sins have reached even··to◦ heaven, and God has remembered her injustices.
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Render to her even as she has rendered to you; and double to her double according to her works; in the cup which she has mixed, mix to her double.
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As··much··as she has glorified herself and been··delighted, so··much torment and mourning give her, for she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and am not a widow, and shall not▵ see◦ mourning.
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On··account··of this shall her plagues come◦ in one◦ day, death and mourning and famine; and she shall be burnt··up in fire, for strong is the Lord God who judges her.
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And the kings of the earth, who have committed··harlotry and been··delighted with her, shall weep for her, and wail over her, when they shall look··at the smoke of her burning··fire,
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standing afar··off for the fear of her torment, saying, Woe, Woe, that great city Babylon, that strong city; for in one◦ hour has thy judgment come.
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And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their merchandise any more:
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merchandise of gold and silver, and precious stone and pearls, and fine··linen and crimson, and silk and scarlet, and all thyine* wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel of precious wood and of bronze and of iron and of marble,
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and cinnamon and incense and ointment and frankincense, and wine and oil and fine-flour and wheat, and beasts··of··burden and sheep, and horses, and carts, and bodies and souls of men.
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And the fruits of the longing of thy soul have departed◦ from thee, and all fat and splendid things have departed◦ from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.
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The merchants of these things, who became rich by her, shall stand afar··off for fear of her torment, weeping and mourning,
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and saying, Woe, Woe, that great city, arrayed in fine··linen and crimson and scarlet, and gilded with gold, and precious stone, and pearls;* for in one◦ hour so··many riches were devastated.
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And every helmsman and everyone involved with ships, and sailors, and as··many··as work at sea, stood afar··off,
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and cried··out when they saw▵ the smoke of her burning··fire, saying, What◦ city is like this great city?
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And they cast dust◦ upon their heads, and cried, weeping and mourning, saying, Woe, Woe, that great city, in which all who had ships in the sea were made rich by her costliness; for in one◦ hour it was devastated.
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Be··merry over her, O heaven, and holy apostles and prophets; for God has judged your judgment◦ of her.
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And one strong angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be cast down, and shall not be found any more.
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And the voice of harpers and musicians, and flute··players and trumpeters shall not be heard in thee any more; and no craftsman of any craft shall be found in thee any more; and the voice of a millstone shall not be heard in thee any more;
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and the light of a lamp shall not appear in thee any more; and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall not be heard in thee any more; because thy merchants were the great ones of the earth; because by thy sorcery have all nations been seduced.
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And in her was found the blood of prophets and of holy ones, and of all who have been slain on the earth.
