Rev 18
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After these things I saw another angel coming down out of heaven, having great authority;
and the earth was lightened with his glory.
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And he cried with a mighty voice, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and
is become a habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of
every unclean and hateful bird.
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For by the wine of the anger of her fornication all the nations are fallen; and the
kings of the earth committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth
waxed rich by the power of her wantonness.
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And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come forth, my people, out of her,
that you have no fellowship with 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 iniquities.
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Render to her even as she rendered, and double [to her] the double according to her
works: in the cup which she mingled, mingle to her double.
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How much soever she glorified herself, and waxed wanton, so much give her of torment
and mourning: for she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall
in no wise see mourning.
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Therefore in one day shall her plagues come, death, and mourning, and famine; and
she shall be utterly burned with fire; for strong is the Lord God who judged her.
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And the kings of the earth, who committed fornication and lived wantonly with her,
shall weep and wail over her, when they look upon the smoke of her burning,
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standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon,
the strong city! for in one hour is your judgment come.
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And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, for no man buys their merchandise
any more;
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merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stone, and pearls, and fine linen, and
purple, and silk, and scarlet; and all thyine wood, and every vessel of ivory, and
every vessel made of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble;
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and cinnamon, and spice, and incense, and ointment, and frankincense, and wine, and
oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep; and [merchandise] of horses
and chariots and slaves; and souls of men.
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And the fruits which your soul lusted after are gone from you, and all things that
were dainty and sumptuous are perished from you, and [men] shall find them no more
at all.
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The merchants of these things, who were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for
the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning;
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saying, Woe, woe, the great city, she that was arrayed in fine linen and purple and
scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stone and pearl!
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for in an hour so great riches is made desolate. And every shipmaster, and every one
that sails any wither, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood
afar off,
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and cried out as they looked upon the smoke of her burning, saying, What [city] is
like the great city?
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And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and mourning, saying, Woe, woe,
the great city, wherein all that had their ships in the sea were made rich by reason
of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
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Rejoice over her, you heaven, and you saints, and you apostles, and you prophets;
for God has judged your judgment on her.
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And a strong angel took up a stone as it were a great millstone and cast it into the
sea, saying, Thus with a mighty fall shall Babylon, the great city, be cast down,
and shall be found no more at all.
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And the voice of harpers and minstrels and flute-players and trumpeters shall be heard
no more at all in you; and no craftsman, of whatever craft, shall be found any more
at all in you; and the voice of a mill shall be heard no more at all in you;
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and the light of a lamp shall shine no more at all in you; and the voice of the bridegroom
and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in you: for your merchants were the
princes of the earth; for with your sorcery were all the nations deceived.
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And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all that have been
slain upon the earth.