18:3 For all the nations 16 have fallen 17 from
the wine of her immoral passion, 18
and the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality with her,
and the merchants of the earth have gotten rich from the power of her sensual behavior.” 19
“Woe, woe, O great city,
Babylon the powerful city!
For in a single hour your doom 20 has come!”
18:21 Then 23 one powerful angel picked up a stone like a huge millstone, threw it into the sea, and said,
“With this kind of sudden violent force 24
Babylon the great city will be thrown down 25
and it will never be found again!
19:2 because his judgments are true and just. 26
For he has judged 27 the great prostitute
who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality,
and has avenged the blood of his servants 28 poured out by her own hands!” 29
51:7 Babylonia had been a gold cup in the Lord’s hand.
She had made the whole world drunk.
The nations had drunk from the wine of her wrath. 30
So they have all gone mad. 31
16:15 “‘But you trusted in your beauty and capitalized on your fame by becoming a prostitute. You offered your sexual favors to every man who passed by so that your beauty 32 became his. 16:16 You took some of your clothing and made for yourself decorated high places; you engaged in prostitution on them. You went to him to become his. 33 16:17 You also took your beautiful jewelry, made of my gold and my silver I had given to you, and made for yourself male images and engaged in prostitution 34 with them. 16:18 You took your embroidered clothing and used it to cover them; you offered my olive oil and my incense to them. 16:19 As for my food that I gave you – the fine flour, olive oil, and honey I fed you – you placed it before them as a soothing aroma. That is exactly what happened, declares the sovereign Lord.
16:20 “‘You took your sons and your daughters whom you bore to me and you sacrificed them 35 as food for the idols to eat. As if your prostitution not enough, 16:21 you slaughtered my children and sacrificed them to the idols. 36 16:22 And with all your abominable practices and prostitution you did not remember the days of your youth when you were naked and bare, kicking around in your blood.
3:19 Your destruction is like an incurable wound; 37
your demise is like a fatal injury! 38
All who hear what has happened to you 39 will clap their hands for joy, 40
for no one ever escaped your endless cruelty! 41