018:002 and with a mighty voice he cried out, saying, "Great Babylon
has fallen, has fallen, and has become a home for demons
and a stronghold for every kind of foul spirit and for every
kind of foul and hateful bird.
018:003 For all the nations have drunk the wine of the anger provoked
by her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed
fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown
rich through her excessive luxury."
018:004 Then I heard another voice from Heaven, which said, "Come out of her,
My people, that you may not become partakers in her sins,
nor receive a share of her plagues.
018:005 For her sins are piled up to the sky, and God has called
to mind her unrighteous deeds.
018:006 Give back to her as she has given; repay her in accordance
with her doings, twice as much; in the bowl that she has mixed,
mix twice as much for her.
018:007 She has freely glorified herself and revelled in luxury;
equally freely administer torment to her, and woe.
For in her heart she boasts, saying, `I sit enthroned as Queen:
no widow am I: I shall never know sorrow.'
018:008 "For this reason calamities shall come thick upon her on a single day--
death and sorrow and famine--and she shall be burned to the ground.
For strong is the Lord God who has judged her.
018:009 The kings of the earth who have committed fornication with her,
and have revelled in luxury, shall weep aloud and lament
over her when they see the smoke of her burning,
018:010 while they stand afar off because of their terror at her
heavy punishment, and say, `Alas, alas, thou great city,
O Babylon, the mighty city! For in one short hour thy
doom has come!'