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Revelation 18

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After this I saw another angel descending from heaven with great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his glory .
And after these things I saw another messenger coming down out of the heaven , having great authority, and the earth was lightened from 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.
and he did cry in might -- a great voice, saying, `Fall, fall did Babylon the great , and she became a habitation of demons , and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hateful bird,
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 from the extravagance of her luxury .
because of the wine of the wrath of her whoredom have all the nations drunk, and the kings of the earth with her did commit whoredom , and merchants of the earth from the power of her revel were made rich .
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 .
And I heard another voice out of the heaven , saying, ` Come forth out of her, My people, that ye may not partake with her sins , and that ye may not receive of her plagues ,
For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities .
because her sins did follow -- unto the heaven, and God did remember her unrighteousness .
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.
Render to her as also she did render to you, and double to her doubles according to her works; in the cup that she did mingle mingle to her double .
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.’
` As much as she did glorify herself and did revel , so much torment and sorrow give to her, because in her heart she saith , I sit a queen , and a widow I am not , and sorrow I shall not see ;
Therefore her plagues will come in one day death and grief and famine and she will be consumed by fire , for mighty is the Lord God who judges her .”
because of this, in one day , shall come her plagues, death , and sorrow, and famine ; and in fire she shall be utterly burned , because strong ` is ' the Lord God who is judging 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 .
and weep over her, and smite themselves for her, shall the kings of the earth , who with her did commit whoredom and did revel, when they may see the smoke of her burning,
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.
from afar having stood because of the fear of her torment, saying , Wo, wo, the great city ! Babylon , the strong city! because in one hour did come thy judgment .
And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo—
` And the merchants of the earth shall weep and sorrow over her, because their lading no one doth buy any more;
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, precious wood, bronze , iron, and marble ;
lading of gold, and silver, and precious stone , and pearl, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet , and all thyne wood , and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel of most precious wood, and brass , and 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.
and cinnamon, and odours , and ointment , and frankincense , and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat , and cattle, and sheep, and of horses, and of chariots , and of bodies and souls of men.
And they will say: The fruit of your soul’s desire has departed from you; all your luxury and splendor have vanished , never to be seen again .
` And the fruits of the desire of thy soul did go away from thee, and all things -- the dainty and the bright -- did go away from thee , and no more at all mayest thou find them .
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 ,
The merchants of these things , who were made rich by her, far off shall stand because of the fear of her torment , weeping, and sorrowing ,
saying : “Woe , woe to the great city, clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls!
and saying, Wo, wo, the great city, that was arrayed with fine linen , and purple , and scarlet, and gilded in gold , and precious stone, and pearls -- because in one hour so much riches were made waste !
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 every shipmaster, and all the company upon the ships , and sailors , and as many as work the sea, far off stood,
and cry out at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her . What city was ever like this great city? they will exclaim.
and were crying, seeing the smoke of her burning, saying, What ` city is' like to the 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 .
and they did cast dust upon their heads , and were crying out, weeping and sorrowing, saying, Wo, wo, the great city ! in which were made rich all having ships in the sea , out of her costliness -- for in one hour was she made waste .
Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her .
`Be glad over her, O heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets, because God did judge your judgment of 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 one strong messenger did take up a stone as a great millstone , and did cast ` it ' to the sea, saying , `Thus with violence shall Babylon be cast, the great city, and may not be found any more at all;
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.
and voice of harpers, and musicians, and pipers, and trumpeters, may not be heard at all in thee any more; and any artizan of any art may not be found at all in thee any more; and noise of a millstone may not be heard at all in thee any more;
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 light of a lamp may not shine at all in thee any more; and voice of bridegroom and of bride may not be heard at all in thee any more; because thy merchants were the great ones of the earth, because in thy sorcery were all the nations led astray,
And there was found in her the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who had been slain on the earth.
and in her blood of prophets and of saints was found , and of all those who have been slain on the earth. '

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