18:3 For all the nations 1 have fallen 2 from
the wine of her immoral passion, 3
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.” 4
18:4 Then 5 I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, so you will not take part in her sins and so you will not receive her plagues, 18:5 because her sins have piled 6 up all the way to heaven 7 and God has remembered 8 her crimes. 9 18:6 Repay her the same way she repaid others; 10 pay her back double 11 corresponding to her deeds. In the cup she mixed, mix double the amount for her. 18:7 As much as 12 she exalted herself and lived in sensual luxury, 13 to this extent give her torment and grief because she said to herself, 14 ‘I rule as queen and am no widow; I will never experience grief!’ 18:8 For this reason, she will experience her plagues 15 in a single day: disease, 16 mourning, 17 and famine, and she will be burned down 18 with fire, because the Lord God who judges her is powerful!”
18:9 Then 19 the kings of the earth who committed immoral acts with her and lived in sensual luxury 20 with her will weep and wail for her when they see the smoke from the fire that burns her up. 21 18:10 They will stand a long way off because they are afraid of her torment, and will say,
“Woe, woe, O great city,
Babylon the powerful city!
For in a single hour your doom 22 has come!”
18:11 Then 23 the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn for her because no one buys their cargo 24 any longer – 18:12 cargo such as gold, silver, 25 precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, silk, 26 scarlet cloth, 27 all sorts of things made of citron wood, 28 all sorts of objects made of ivory, all sorts of things made of expensive wood, bronze, iron and marble, 18:13 cinnamon, spice, 29 incense, perfumed ointment, 30 frankincense, 31 wine, olive oil and costly flour, 32 wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and four-wheeled carriages, 33 slaves and human lives. 34
18:14 (The ripe fruit 35 you greatly desired 36
has gone from you,
and all your luxury 37 and splendor 38
have gone from you –
they will never ever be found again!) 39
18:15 The merchants who sold 40 these things, who got rich from her, will stand a long way off because they are afraid of her torment. They will weep 41 and mourn, 18:16 saying,
“Woe, woe, O great city –
dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet clothing, 42
and adorned with gold, 43 precious stones, and pearls –
18:17 because in a single hour such great wealth has been destroyed!” 44
And every ship’s captain, 45 and all who sail along the coast 46 – seamen, and all who 47 make their living from the sea, stood a long way off 18:18 and began to shout 48 when they saw the smoke from the fire that burned her up, 49 “Who is like the great city?”