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1 After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, with great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his glory.
2 He cried out with a mighty voice, saying,
“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, and a haunt for every unclean and hated beast.
3 For all the nations have fallen because of the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality.
The kings of the earth committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich through the power of her luxury.”
4 Then I heard another voice from heaven saying,
“Come out of her, my people, so that you do not share in her sins and do not receive any of her plagues.
5 For her sins have piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her wrongs.
6 Repay her as she herself repaid, and repay her double according to her works.
In the cup she mixed, mix a double portion for her.
7 As much as she glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her that much torment and mourning.
For she says in her heart, ‘I sit as a queen, I am not a widow, and I will never see mourning.’
8 For this reason her plagues will come in a single day: death and mourning and famine.
She will be burned up with fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judged her.”
9 The kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and mourn over her when they see the smoke of her burning.
10 They will stand far off for fear of her torment, saying,
“Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the mighty city!
For in one hour your judgment has come.”
11 The merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargo anymore: 12 cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, silk, scarlet cloth, all thyine wood, every object of ivory, and every object of very costly wood, bronze, iron, and marble; 13 cinnamon, aromatic spice, incense, fragrant ointment, frankincense, wine, oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and carriages, slaves, and human lives.
14 “The fruit your soul longed for has departed from you, and all your luxuries and splendor have vanished from you, and they will never find them again.”
15 The merchants of these things, who grew rich from her, will stand far off for fear of her torment, weeping and mourning,
16 saying,
“Woe, woe, the great city, clothed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls!
17 For in one hour such great wealth has been laid waste!”
And every shipmaster, everyone who sails from place to place, sailors, and all who work at sea stood far off
18 and cried out as they saw the smoke of her burning, saying,
“What city is like the great city?”
19 They threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and mourning, saying,
“Woe, woe, the great city, where all who had ships at sea grew rich from her costly wealth!
For in one hour she has been laid waste.”
20 Rejoice over her, heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, for God has judged your case against her!
21 Then a mighty angel lifted 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 she will never be found again.
22 The sound of harpists and musicians and flute players and trumpeters will never be heard in you again.
No craftsman of any craft will ever be found in you again, and the sound of a mill will never be heard in you again.
23 The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voice of bridegroom and bride will never be heard in you again.
For your merchants were the great men of the earth, and by your sorcery all the nations were deceived.
24 In her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who had been slain on the earth.”