1 After these things I saw another angel coming down out of heaven, who had great authority; and the earth was lit up by his glory.
2 And he cried out with strength, in a great voice, saying, "Babylon the great has fallen, has fallen, and has become a home for demons, a hold for every unclean spirit, and a cage for every unclean and detestable bird.
3 For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her sexual immorality; the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the might of her extravagance."
4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, "Come out of her, my people, so that you will have no share in her sins, and so that you will not receive any of her plagues;
5 because her sins have been piled one upon another up to heaven, and God has called to mind her wrongdoings.
6 Repay her just as she repaid you, and pay her back double according to her works; in the cup she mixed, mix her a double portion.
7 To the degree that she glorified herself and lived in indulgence, give her that much torment and grief; for in her heart she says, 'I sit enthroned as queen; I am not a widow, and I will never see grief.'
8 That is why in a single day her plagues will come—death and grief and hunger—and she will be burned up in fire, because the Lord God who judges her is strong.
9 The kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in indulgence with her will weep for her and beat their breasts over her when they see the smoke of her burning,
10 standing at a distance for fear of her torment, and saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For in one hour your judgment has arrived.'
11 And the merchants of the earth weep and grieve over her, because nobody buys their merchandise any longer—
12 merchandise of gold and of silver, of precious stone and of pearls, of fine linen and purple, of silk and scarlet; every kind of thyine wood, every object of ivory, every object of the most costly wood, and of bronze and iron and marble;
13 and cinnamon and incense and fragrant ointment and frankincense, and wine and oil and fine flour and wheat, and cattle and sheep, and horses and carriages, and slaves, and the souls of men.
14 The ripe fruit your soul craved has gone away from you, and all the dainty and dazzling things have gone away from you, and you will never, ever find them again.
15 Those who traded in these things, who grew rich from her, will stand at a distance for fear of her torment, weeping and grieving,
16 and saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city, which was dressed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and decked out with gold and precious stone and pearls!
17 For in one hour so much wealth has been made desolate.' And every pilot, and all the crowd aboard the ships, and sailors, and all who make their living by the sea, stood at a distance,
18 and they kept crying out as they looked at the smoke of her burning, saying, 'What city is like the great city?'
19 They threw dust on their heads and were crying out, weeping and grieving, and saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who had ships on the sea grew rich from her costliness! For in one hour she has been made desolate.'
20 Be glad over her, heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for God has judged your cause against her."
21 And a strong angel picked up a stone like a large millstone and hurled it into the sea, saying, "Thus, with a violent rush, Babylon the great city will be hurled down, and will never be found again.
22 The sound of harpers and musicians and flutists and trumpeters will never again be heard in you; no craftsman of any craft whatever will ever again be found in you; the sound of a millstone will never again be heard in you;
23 the light of a lamp will never again shine in you; and the voice of bridegroom and bride will never again be heard in you. For your merchants were the great men of the earth, for by your sorcery all the nations were led astray.
24 And in her the blood of prophets and of saints was found, and of all who had been slaughtered on the earth."