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Revelation 18

Babylon Is Fallen

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After these things I saw another  aangel  bcoming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was  cillumined with his glory.

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And he cried out with a mighty voice, saying, " 1 aFallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She  bhas become a dwelling place of demons and a  2prison of every  cunclean spirit, and a  2prison of every unclean and hateful bird.

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"For all the nations  1have drunk of the  awine of the  2passion of her immorality, and  bthe kings of the earth have committed acts of immorality with her, and the  cmerchants of the earth have become rich by the  3wealth of her  4 dsensuality."

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I heard another voice from heaven, saying, " aCome out of her, my people, so that you will not participate in her sins and receive of her plagues;

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for her sins have  1 apiled up as high as heaven, and God has  bremembered her iniquities.

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aPay her back even as she has paid, and  1give back to her double according to her deeds; in the  bcup which she has mixed, mix twice as much for her.

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aTo the degree that she glorified herself and  blived  1sensuously, to the same degree give her torment and mourning; for she says in her heart, ` cI SIT as A QUEEN AND I AM NOT A WIDOW, and will never see mourning.'

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"For this reason  ain one day her plagues will come,  1pestilence and mourning and famine, and she will be  bburned up with fire; for the Lord God who judges her  cis strong.

Lament for Babylon

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"And  athe kings of the earth, who committed acts of immorality and  blived  1sensuously with her, will  cweep and lament over her when they  dsee the smoke of her burning,

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 astanding at a distance because of the fear of her torment, saying, ` bWoe, woe,  cthe great city, Babylon, the strong city! For in  done hour your judgment has come.'

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"And the  amerchants of the earth  bweep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargoes any more--

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cargoes of  agold and silver and precious  1stones and pearls and fine linen and purple and silk and scarlet, and every kind of citron wood and every article of ivory and every article made from very costly wood and  2bronze and iron and marble,

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and cinnamon and  1spice and incense and perfume and frankincense and wine and olive oil and fine flour and wheat and cattle and sheep, and cargoes of horses and chariots and  2slaves and  3 ahuman lives.

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"The fruit  1you long for has gone from you, and all things that were luxurious and splendid have passed away from you and men will no longer find them.

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"The  amerchants of  bthese things, who became rich from her, will  cstand at a distance because of the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning,

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saying, ` aWoe, woe,  bthe great city, she who  cwas clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and  1adorned with gold and precious  2stones and pearls;

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for in  aone hour such great wealth has been laid  bwaste!' And  cevery shipmaster and every  1passenger and sailor, and as many as make their living by the sea,  astood at a distance,

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and were  acrying out as they  bsaw the smoke of her burning, saying, ` cWhat city is like  dthe great city?'

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"And they threw  adust on their heads and were crying out, weeping and mourning, saying, ` bWoe, woe, the great city, in which all who had ships at sea  cbecame rich by her  1wealth, for in  bone hour she has been laid  dwaste!'

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aRejoice over her, O heaven, and you  1saints and  bapostles and prophets, because  cGod has  2pronounced judgment for you against her."

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Then  1a  astrong angel  btook up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, "So will Babylon,  cthe great city, be thrown down with violence, and  dwill not be found any longer.

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"And  athe sound of harpists and musicians and flute-players and trumpeters will not be heard in you any longer; and no craftsman of any craft will be found in you any longer; and the  bsound of a mill will not be heard in you any longer;

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and the light of a lamp will not shine in you any longer; and the  avoice of the bridegroom and bride will not be heard in you any longer; for your  bmerchants were the great men of the earth, because all the nations were deceived  cby your sorcery.

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"And in her was found the  ablood of prophets and of  1saints and of  ball who have been slain on the earth."



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