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Revelation 18:9-23

Revelation 18:9-23 CSB

The 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. They will stand far off in fear of her torment,  saying, Woe, woe, the great city,  Babylon, the mighty city! For in a single hour your judgment has come. The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargo any longer —  cargo 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; cinnamon, spice,  incense, myrrh,  and frankincense; wine, olive oil, fine flour, and grain; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and slaves — human lives.  The fruit you craved has left you. All your splendid and glamorous things are gone; they will never find them again. The merchants of these things, who became rich from her, will stand far off in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, dressed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, adorned with gold, jewels, and pearls;  for in a single hour such fabulous wealth was destroyed! And every shipmaster, seafarer, the sailors, and all who do business by sea, stood far off as they watched the smoke from her burning and kept crying out, “Who was like the great city? ”  They threw dust on their heads and kept crying out, weeping, and mourning,  Woe, woe, the great city,  where all those who have ships on the sea became rich from her wealth; for in a single hour she was destroyed. Rejoice over her, heaven, and you saints, apostles, and prophets,  because God has pronounced on her the judgment  she passed on you! Then a mighty angel  picked up a stone like a large millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, In this way, Babylon the great city will be thrown down violently  and never be found again.  The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters will never be heard in you again;  no craftsman of any trade will ever be found in you again; the sound of a mill will never be heard in you again; the light of a lamp will never shine in you again; and the voice of a groom and bride will never be heard in you again.  All this will happen because your merchants were the nobility of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.