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18:1  After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority. And the earth was illuminated by his glory.
18:2  And he cried-out with a strong voice, saying “Babylon the great fell, it fell! And it became a dwelling-place of demons, and a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean bird, and a prison of every unclean and hated wild-beast.
18:3  Because all the nations have drunk from the wine of the passion of her sexual-immorality, and the kings of the earth committed-sexual-immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth became-rich by the power of her luxury”.
18:4  And I heard another voice from heaven, saying “Come out of her, my people, so-that you will not participate in her sins, and so that you will not receive of her plagues,
18:5  because her sins reached as far as heaven, and God remembered her wrongs.
18:6  Render to her as indeed she herself rendered, and double the doubles in accordance with her works. Mix double for her in the cup in which she mixed.
18:7  To the degree she glorified herself and lived-luxuriously, to that degree give her torment and mourning. Because she says in her heart that ‘I sit as queen and I am not a widow, and I will never see mourning’,
18:8  for this reason her plagues will come in one day— death and mourning and famine— and she will be burned-up with fire, because the Lord God, the One having judged her, is strong.
18:9  “And the kings of the earth having committed-sexual-immorality with her and lived-luxuriously will weep and beat-their-breasts over her when they see the smoke of her burning,
18:10  while standing at a distance because of the fear of her torment, saying ‘Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city— because your judgment came in one hour’.
18:11  “And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her because no one buys their cargo anymore—
18:12  cargo of gold and of silver and of precious stone and of pearls, and of fine-linen and of purple and of silk and of scarlet, and everything made-of-citron wood, and every object made-of-ivory, and every object from very-precious wood and brass and iron and marble,
18:13  and cinnamon and spice and incense and perfume and frankincense, and wine and olive-oil and fine-flour and wheat and cattle and sheep, and of horses and of carriages, and of bodies— even souls of people.
18:14  And the fruit of  the desire of your soul departed from you; indeed all the rich things and shining things perished from you, and people will never find them anymore.
18:15  The merchants of these things, the ones having become-rich from her, will stand at a distance because of the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning,
18:16  saying ‘Woe, woe, the great city, the one having been clothed-with fine-linen and purple and scarlet, and having been gilded with gold, and with precious stone and pearl—
18:17  because so much wealth was desolated in one hour!’ “And every helmsman and everyone sailing to a place and sailors and all-who work the sea stood at a distance,
18:18  and were crying-out while seeing the smoke of her burning, saying ‘What city is like the great city?’
18:19  And they threw dirt on their heads and were crying-out, weeping and mourning, saying ‘Woe, woe, the great city by which all the ones having ships at sea became-rich because-of her preciousness— because she was desolated in one hour!’
18:20  “Celebrate over her, heaven and saints and apostles and prophets— because God judged your judgment from her!”
18:21  And one strong angel picked-up a stone like a large millstone and threw it into the sea, saying “In this manner, Babylon the great city will be thrown-down with violence and never found again.
18:22  And a sound of harpists and musicians and flute-players and trumpeters will never be heard in you again. And every craftsman of every craft will never be found in you again. And a sound of a mill will never be heard in you again.
18:23  And a light of a lamp will never shine in you again. And a sound of a bridegroom and bride will never be heard in you again. Because your merchants were the princes of the earth. Because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery,
18:24  and in her the blood of prophets and saints was found, even of all the ones having been slain upon the earth”.