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1After this I saw another spirit-messenger, one with great power and authority, coming down from the spirit-world above. The whole land was filled with the light that shined out from him.
2With a powerful and thundering voice he cried out: “She has fallen! The great Village of Confusion (Babylon) has fallen! She has become a lair for demons and impure spirits, and a corral for every impure despised bird and wild beast.
3For all the nations have drunk the wine of her furious impurities. The rulers of the land have joined themselves to her, and those in the land who trade in goods have grown rich from the corrupting power of her dark and evil ways.”
4Then from the spirit-world above I heard another voice.
“My people,” the voice warned , “remove yourselves from her so you will not participate in her wrong ways and suffer under the disasters that will come upon her.
5For her wrongdoings have piled up to the spirit-world above, and the Great Spirit has not forgotten the evil she has done.
6Do to her twice as much as she has done to others. Make her drink wine from a wineskin of sorrows that is twice as strong as the wine she gave to others.
7As much as she boasted in her rich living, give to her the same in sorrow and suffering.
“For this is what she thinks about herself, ‘I rule as a woman chief. I am not like a woman who has lost her husband. I will never know sorrow or grief.’
8“This is the reason the disasters of death, misery, and great hunger will fall on her in one day. A raging fire will make her a wasteland. For the one who has decided her fate is our Great and Honored Creator.”
9Again, a voice came from the spirit-world above.
“The rulers of the land,” the voice said , “who participated in her evil desires, will weep many tears when they see the smoke rise from the raging fire that burns her to the ground .
10And these rulers, because they are afraid to look on her agony, will stand watching from afar.
“‘How terrible! How terrible!’ they will cry out, ‘O great and strong village! O Village of Confusion (Babylon) , your fate has come upon you suddenly—in one hour!’”
The voice from the spirit-world above continued.
11“And the traders of the land will weep and wail over her. For there will be no one left to trade for all their goods.
12No one to trade for their goods of gold, silver, jewels, or pearls. No one to trade for their fancy purple, red, and silk cloths. No one to trade for their sweet-smelling wood and carvings made from wood and animal horns. No one to trade for things made from bronze, iron, or polished rock.
13Nor for their cinnamon, spices, sweet-smelling herbs, myrrh, frankincense, wine, olive oil, ground flour, wheat, cattle, sheep, horses, and chariots. And none to participate in the slave-trading of human beings.
14“The traders of the land will say, ‘All the fruits you were longing to taste are gone! All the rich and fancy things you hoped for have melted away, never to be found again.’
15“The ones who gained great possessions from trading with her will stand weeping and wailing, and because they are afraid to look on her agony they will watch from afar
16and cry out, ‘How terrible! How terrible, O great village! She who was clothed in beautiful red and purple regalia sparkling with gold, costly stones, and pearls has come to a bad end.
17For in such a short time all her great wealth and many possessions have been burned up.’
“All who travel the waters by canoe, both great and small, and those who make their living on the sea stood far away watching her smoke rise
18as they cried out, ‘Is there another village as great as this one?’
19“They threw dirt on their heads as they cried out with many tears and much sorrow, ‘How terrible! How terrible! The great village that made the sea travelers rich with her many possessions has come to a bad end in such a short time!’[#18:17, 19 Lit. one hour]
20“Dance with joy, you who live in the spirit-world above! Let your hearts beat with gladness you holy ones, message bearers, and prophets! For the Great Spirit has decided the fate of the great Village of Confusion (Babylon) for what she did to you.”
21Then I saw a powerful spirit-messenger take a great stone the size of a huge boulder and throw it into the waters of the sea.[#18:21 Lit. a millstone; #18:21 Matthew 18:6; Mark 9:42; Luke 17:2]
“In this manner the great Village of Confusion (Babylon) will be violently thrown down, never to be found again,” the voice said.
22“The sound of the music makers, with their drums and flutes, and the shrill of eagle bone whistles will not be heard in you any longer. No tentmaker, drum maker, or carver will be found in you, not even the sound of bark being stripped from trees.[#18:22 Lit. the sound of trumpeters; #18:22 Lit. the sound of a millstone]
23The light from torches will not shine in you. The voice of the bridegroom and the bride will be heard in you no longer. For your traders in goods were the noble people of the land, and all the Outside Nations were led down a false path by your witchcraft.
24The blood of Creator’s prophets and holy people has stained her village pathways. Yes, the blood of all who have been violently killed has been spilled by her throughout the land.”[#18:24 Luke 11:49-50]