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He had tremendous power, and his glory lit up the earth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/18-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>He cried out in a powerful voice, "Fallen! Babylon the Great has fallen! She has become a home for demons. She is a prison for every evil spirit, every unclean bird, and every unclean and hated beast. <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/18-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>All the nations fell because of the wine of her sexual sins. The kings of the earth had sex with her. Her luxurious wealth has made the merchants of the earth rich."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/18-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out of Babylon, my people, so that you do not participate in her sins and suffer from any of her plagues. <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/18-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Her sins are piled as high as heaven, and God has remembered her crimes. <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/18-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Do to her what she has done. Give her twice as much as she gave. Serve her a drink in her own cup twice as large as the drink she served others. <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/18-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>She gave herself glory and luxury. Now give her just as much torture and misery. She says to herself, 'I'm a queen on a throne, not a widow. I'll never be miserable.' <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/18-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For this reason her plagues of death, misery, and starvation will come in a single day. She will be burned up in a fire, because the Lord God, who judges her, is powerful.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/18-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>"The kings of the earth who had sex with her and lived in luxury with her will cry and mourn over her when they see the smoke rise from her raging fire. <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/18-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Frightened by her torture, they will stand far away and say, 'How horrible, how horrible it is for that important city, the powerful city Babylon! In one moment judgment has come to it!'</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/18-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>"The merchants of the earth cry and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargo anymore. <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/18-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>No one buys their cargo of gold, silver, gems, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, silk, bright red cloth, all kinds of citron wood, articles made of ivory and very costly wood, bronze, iron, marble, <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/18-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>cinnamon, spices, incense, perfume, frankincense, wine, olive oil, flour, wheat, cattle, sheep, horses, wagons, slaves (that is, humans). <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/18-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>'The fruit you craved is gone. All your luxuries and your splendor have disappeared. No one will ever find them again.' <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/18-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>"Frightened by her torture, the merchants who had become rich by selling these things will stand far away. They will cry and mourn, <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/18-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>saying, 'How horrible, how horrible for that important city which was wearing fine linen, purple clothes, bright red clothes, gold jewelry, gems, and pearls. <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/18-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>In one moment all this wealth has been destroyed!' Every ship's captain, everyone who traveled by ship, sailors, and everyone who made their living from the sea stood far away. <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/18-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>When they saw the smoke rise from her raging fire, they repeatedly cried out, 'Was there ever a city as important as this?' <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/18-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Then they threw dust on their heads and shouted while crying and mourning, 'How horrible, how horrible for that important city. Everyone who had a ship at sea grew rich because of that city's high prices. In one moment it has been destroyed!'</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/18-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>"Gloat over it, heaven, God's people, apostles, and prophets. God has condemned it for you."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/18-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Then a powerful angel picked up a stone that was like a large millstone. He threw it into the sea and said, "The important city Babylon will be thrown down with the same force. It will never be found again. <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/18-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters will never be heard in it again. Skilled craftsman will never be found in it again. The sound of a millstone will never be heard in it again. <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/18-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Light from lamps will never shine in it again. Voices of brides and grooms will never be heard in it again. Its merchants were the important people of the world, because all the nations were deceived by its witchcraft. <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/18-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>"The blood of prophets, God's people, and everyone who had been murdered on earth was found in it."</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of <a href="//www.godsword.org" target="_top">God's Word to the Nations</a>. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. 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