The Fall of Babylon the Great

¹After this I saw another angel with great authority coming down from heaven, and the earth was illuminated by his splendour.[#18:1 Dn 4:13,23; Rv 10:1; 20:1]

²He called out in a mighty voice:

⁴Then I heard another voice from heaven:

The World Mourns Babylon’s Fall

⁹The kings of the earth who have committed sexual immorality and shared her sensual and excessive ways will weep and mourn over her when they see the smoke from her burning.

¹⁰They will stand far off in fear of her torment, saying,[#18:10 Ezk 26:16–18]

¹¹The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargo any longer #– #

¹²cargo of gold, silver, jewels, and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; all kinds of fragrant wood products; objects of ivory; objects of expensive wood, brass, iron, and marble;[#18:12 Or bronze , or copper]

¹³cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; wine, olive oil, fine flour, and grain; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and slaves #– #human lives.[#18:13 Other mss omit spice; #18:13 Or perfume; #18:13 Gn 36:6; Nm 31:32–35; 1Ch 5:21; Ezk 27:12–22]

¹⁵The merchants of these things, who became rich from her, will stand far off in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning,

¹⁶saying,

And every shipmaster, seafarer, the sailors, and all who do business by sea, stood far off

¹⁸as they watched the smoke from her burning and kept crying out, ‘Who was like the great city? ’[#18:18 Ex 15:11; Dt 33:29; 2Sm 7:23; Ezk 27:32; Rv 13:4]

¹⁹They threw dust on their heads and kept crying out, weeping, and mourning,[#18:19 Ezk 27:30]

The Finality of Babylon’s Fall

²¹Then a mighty angel picked up a stone like a large millstone and threw it into the sea, saying,[#18:21 Rv 5:2; 10:1]