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Revelation 18 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

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The Fall of Babylon

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:1 - After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was made bright with his glory.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:2 - And he called out with a mighty voice,
“Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great!
She has become a dwelling place for demons,
a haunt for every unclean spirit,
a haunt for every unclean bird,
a haunt for every unclean and detestable beast.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:3 - For all nations have drunk[fn]
the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality,
and the kings of the earth have committed immorality with her,
and the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxurious living.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:4 - Then I heard another voice from heaven saying,
“Come out of her, my people,
lest you take part in her sins,
lest you share in her plagues;
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:5 - for her sins are heaped high as heaven,
and God has remembered her iniquities.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:6 - Pay her back as she herself has paid back others,
and repay her double for her deeds;
mix a double portion for her in the cup she mixed.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:7 - As she glorified herself and lived in luxury,
so give her a like measure of torment and mourning,
since in her heart she says,
‘I sit as a queen,
I am no widow,
and mourning I shall never see.’
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:8 - For this reason her plagues will come in a single day,
death and mourning and famine,
and she will be burned up with fire;
for mighty is the Lord God who has judged her.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:9 - And the kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her, will weep and wail over her when they see the smoke of her burning.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:10 - They will stand far off, in fear of her torment, and say,
“Alas! Alas! You great city,
you mighty city, Babylon!
For in a single hour your judgment has come.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:11 - And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn for her, since no one buys their cargo anymore,
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:12 - cargo of gold, silver, jewels, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, silk, scarlet cloth, all kinds of scented wood, all kinds of articles of ivory, all kinds of articles of costly wood, bronze, iron and marble,
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:13 - cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and slaves, that is, human souls.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:14 - “The fruit for which your soul longed
has gone from you,
and all your delicacies and your splendors
are lost to you,
never to be found again!”
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:15 - The merchants of these wares, who gained wealth from her, will stand far off, in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning aloud,
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:16 - “Alas, alas, for the great city
that was clothed in fine linen,
in purple and scarlet,
adorned with gold,
with jewels, and with pearls!
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:17 - For in a single hour all this wealth has been laid waste.” And all shipmasters and seafaring men, sailors and all whose trade is on the sea, stood far off
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:18 - and cried out as they saw the smoke of her burning,
“What city was like the great city?”
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:19 - And they threw dust on their heads as they wept and mourned, crying out,
“Alas, alas, for the great city
where all who had ships at sea
grew rich by her wealth!
For in a single hour she has been laid waste.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:20 - Rejoice over her, O heaven,
and you saints and apostles and prophets,
for God has given judgment for you against her!”
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:21 - Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying,
“So will Babylon the great city be thrown down with violence,
and will be found no more;
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:22 - and the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters,
will be heard in you no more,
and a craftsman of any craft
will be found in you no more,
and the sound of the mill
will be heard in you no more,
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:23 - and the light of a lamp
will shine in you no more,
and the voice of bridegroom and bride
will be heard in you no more,
for your merchants were the great ones of the earth,
and all nations were deceived by your sorcery.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:24 - And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints,
and of all who have been slain on earth.”
ESV Footnotes
Some manuscripts fallen by
Or and slaves, and human lives
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