Chapter 18

And after this I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was lighted up by his glory.

And he cried out with a mighty voice, saying, "She has fallen, she has fallen, Babylon the great; and has become a habitation of demons, a stronghold of every unclean spirit, a stronghold of every unclean and hateful bird;

because all the nations have drunk of the wrath of her immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and by the power of her wantonness the merchants of the earth have grown rich." Her Sins and Punishment

And I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Go out from her, my people, that you may not share in her sins, and that you may not receive of her plagues.

For her sins have reached even to heaven, and the Lord has remembered her iniquities.

Render to her as she also has rendered, and give her the double according to her works; in the cup that she has mixed, mix for her double.

As much as she glorified herself and gave herself to wantonness, so much torment and mourning give to her. Because in her heart she says, 'I sit a queen, I am no widow, and I shall not see mourning. '

Therefore in one day her plagues shall come, death and mourning and famine; and she shall be burnt up in fire; for strong is God who will judge her." Dirge of the Kings

And the kings of the earth who with her committed fornication and lived wantonly will weep and mourn over her when they see the smoke of her burning,

standing afar off for fear of her torments, saying, "Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city, For in one hour has thy judgment come!" Dirge of the Merchants

And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her; for no one will buy their merchandise any more:

merchandise of gold and silver, and precious stones and pearls, and fine linen and purple, and silk and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all vessels of ivory, and all vessels of precious stone, and of brass, and of iron, and of marble,

and cinnamon and amomum and spices, and ointment and frankincense, and wine and oil, and fine flour and wheat, and beasts of burden and sheep and horses, and chariots and slaves, and souls of men.

And the fruit which was the desire of thy soul departed from thee; and all the fat and splendid things perished from thee, and men will find them nevermore.

The merchants of these things, who grew rich by her, will stand afar off for fear of her torments, weeping and mourning,

and saying, "Woe, woe, the great city, which was clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and gilded in gold, and precious stone, and pearls;

For in one hour riches so great were laid waste!" Dirge of the Mariners And every shipmaster, and everyone who sails to a place, and mariners, and all who work upon the sea, stood afar off,

and cried out as they saw the place of her burning, saying, "What city is like to this great city? "

And they cast dust on their heads, and cried out weeping and mourning, saying, "Woe, woe, the great city, wherein all who had their ships at sea were made rich out of her wealth; For in one hour she has been laid waste! "

Make merry over her, O heaven, and you the saints and the apostles and the prophets, for God has judged your cause upon her. The Angel's Promise

And a strong angel took up a stone, as it were a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, "With this violence will Babylon, the great city, be overthrown, and will not be found any more.

And the sound of harpers and musicians and flute-players and trumpet will not be heard in thee any more; and no craftsman of any craft will be found in thee any more; and sound of millstone will not be heard in thee any more.

And light of lamp will not shine in thee any more; and voice of bridegroom and of bride will not be heard in thee any more; because thy merchants were the great men of the earth, for by thy sorcery all the nations have been led astray.

And in her was found blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain upon the earth."