Revelation 18:1-13 ▼

1 After this I saw another angel (messenger) descending from heaven with great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his glory {doxēs}.

2 And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon (confusion by mixing) the great ! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean (impure) spirit {pneumatos}, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.

3 All the nations {ethnē} have drunk [have fallen by] the wine of the passion of her immorality {porneias}. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.

4 Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people , so that you⁺ will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.

5 For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God {Theos} has remembered her iniquities.

6 Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.

7 As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.

8 Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord {Kyrios} God {Theos} who judges her.

9 Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her \when they see the smoke of her burning/.

10 In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon (confusion by mixing)! For in a single hour your judgment has come.

11 And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo—

12 cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory, precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble;

13 of cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; of cattle, sheep, horses, and carriages; of bodies and souls {psychas} of slaves.