CHAPTER 18
After
this
I saw
another
angel
descending
from
heaven
with
great
authority,
and
the
earth
was illuminated
by
his
glory.
And
he cried out
in
a mighty
voice:
“Fallen,
fallen is
Babylon
the
great!
She has become
a lair
for demons
and
a haunt
for every
unclean
spirit,
every
unclean
bird,
and
every
detestable
beast.
All
the
nations
have drunk
the
wine
of the
passion
of
her
immorality.
The
kings
of the
earth
were immoral
with
her,
and
the
merchants
of the
earth
have grown wealthy
through
the
extravagance
of
her
luxury."
Then
I heard
another
voice
from
heaven
say:
“Come
out of
her,
my
people,
so that
you will not share
in
her
sins
or
contract
any of
her
plagues.
Give back
to her
as
she
has done to others;
pay her back
double
for what
she
has done;
mix
her
a double portion
in
her own
cup.
As much as
she has glorified
herself
and
lived in luxury,
give
her
the same measure
of torment
and
grief.
In
her
heart
she says,
‘I sit
as queen;
I am
not
a widow
and
will never
see
grief.'
Therefore
her
plagues
will come
in
one
day—
death
and
misery
and
famine—
and
she will be consumed
by
fire,
for
mighty is the
Lord
God
who
judges
her."
Then
the
kings
of the
earth
who
committed sexual immorality
and
lived in luxury
with
her
will weep
and
wail
at
the sight of
the
smoke rising
from
the fire that consumes
her.
In
fear
of
her
torment,
they will stand
at
a distance
and cry out:
“Woe,
woe
to the
great
city,
the
mighty
city
of Babylon!
For in
a single
hour
your
judgment
has come."
And
the
merchants
of the
earth
will weep
and
mourn
over
her,
because there is
no one
left
to buy
their
cargo—
cargo
of gold,
silver,
precious
stones,
and
pearls;
of
fine linen,
purple,
silk,
and
scarlet;
of all kinds
of citron
wood
and
every
article
of ivory
and
precious
wood,
of bronze,
iron,
and
marble;
of cinnamon,
spice,
incense,
myrrh,
and
frankincense;
of wine,
olive oil,
fine flour,
and
wheat;
of cattle,
sheep,
horses,
and
chariots;
of slaves
and
souls
of men.
“The
fruit
of your
soul’s
desire
has departed
from
you;
all
your
luxury
and
splendor
have vanished,
never to be seen
again.”
The
merchants
who sold these things
and grew their wealth
from
her
will stand
at
a distance,
in
fear
of
her
torment.
They will weep
and
mourn,
saying:
“Woe,
woe
to the
great
city,
clothed in
fine linen
and
purple
and
scarlet,
adorned
with
gold
and
precious
stones
and
pearls!
For in
a single
hour
such fabulous
wealth
has been destroyed!”
Every
shipmaster,
passenger,
and
sailor,
and
all who
make their living
from the
sea,
will stand
at
a distance
and
cry out
at the sight
of the
smoke rising
from
the fire that consumes
her,
saying,
‘What city was ever
like
this
great
city?’
Then
they will throw
dust
on
their
heads
as they weep
and
mourn
and
cry out:
“Woe,
woe
to the
great
city,
where
all
who
had
ships
on
the
sea
were enriched
by
her
wealth!
For
in a single
hour
she has been destroyed."
“Rejoice
over
her,
O heaven,
and
you saints
and
apostles
and
prophets;
because
it is for you
that God
has pronounced
His judgment
against
her.”
Then
a
mighty
angel
picked up
a stone
the size of
a great
millstone
and
cast it
into
the
sea,
saying:
“With such
violence
the
great
city
of Babylon
will be cast down,
never to be seen
again.
And
the sound
of harpists
and
musicians,
of flute players
and
trumpeters,
will never ring out
in
you
again.
Nor will
any
craftsmen
of any
trade
be found
in
you
again,
nor
the sound
of a millstone
be heard
in
you
again.
The light
of a lamp
will never shine
in
you
again,
and
the voices
of a bride
and
bridegroom
will never call out
in
you
again.
For
your
merchants
were
the
great ones
of the
earth,
because
all
the
nations
were deceived
by
your
sorcery."
And
there was found
in
her
the blood
of prophets
and
saints,
and
of all
who
had been slain
on
the
earth.