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Babylon Is Fallen |
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Revelation 18:1
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After these things I saw another angel coming
down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was illumined with his
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Revelation 18:2
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And he cried out with a mighty voice, saying,
"Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a dwelling place of demons
and a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful
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Revelation 18:3
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"For all the nations have drunk of the wine
of the passion of her immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed acts
of immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich by the
wealth of her sensuality." |
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Revelation 18:4
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I heard another voice from heaven, saying, "Come
out of her, my people, so that you will not participate in her sins and receive
of her plagues; |
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Revelation 18:5
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for her sins have piled up as high as heaven,
and God has remembered her iniquities. |
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Revelation 18:6
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"Pay her back even as she has paid, and give
back to her double according to her deeds; in the cup which she has mixed, mix
twice as much for her. |
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Revelation 18:7
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"To the degree that she glorified herself and
lived sensuously, to the same degree give her torment and mourning; for she says
in her heart, 'I SIT as A QUEEN AND I AM NOT A WIDOW, and will never see mourning.'
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Revelation 18:8
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"For this reason in one day her plagues will
come, pestilence and mourning and famine, and she will be burned up with fire;
for the Lord God who judges her is strong. |
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Lament for Babylon |
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Revelation 18:9
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"And the kings of the earth, who committed acts
of immorality and lived sensuously with her, will weep and lament over her when
they see the smoke of her burning, |
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Revelation 18:10
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standing at a distance because of the fear of
her torment, saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For
in one hour your judgment has come.' |
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Revelation 18:11
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"And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn
over her, because no one buys their cargoes any more-- |
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Revelation 18:12
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cargoes of gold and silver and precious stones
and pearls and fine linen and purple and silk and scarlet, and every kind of citron
wood and every article of ivory and every article made from very costly wood and
bronze and iron and marble, |
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Revelation 18:13
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and cinnamon and spice and incense and perfume
and frankincense and wine and olive oil and fine flour and wheat and cattle and
sheep, and cargoes of horses and chariots and slaves and human lives. |
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Revelation 18:14
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"The fruit you long for has gone from you, and
all things that were luxurious and splendid have passed away from you and men
will no longer find them. |
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Revelation 18:15
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"The merchants of these things, who became rich
from her, will stand at a distance because of the fear of her torment, weeping
and mourning, |
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Revelation 18:16
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saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city, she who was
clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious
stones and pearls; |
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Revelation 18:17
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for in one hour such great wealth has been laid
waste!' And every shipmaster and every passenger and sailor, and as many as make
their living by the sea, stood at a distance, |
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Revelation 18:18
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and were crying out as they saw the smoke of
her burning, saying, 'What city is like the great city?' |
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Revelation 18:19
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"And they threw dust on their heads and were
crying out, weeping and mourning, saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city, in which
all who had ships at sea became rich by her wealth, for in one hour she has been
laid waste!' |
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Revelation 18:20
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"Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints
and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced judgment for you against
her." |
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Revelation 18:21
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Then a strong angel took up a stone like a great
millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, "So will Babylon, the great city,
be thrown down with violence, and will not be found any longer. |
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Revelation 18:22
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"And the sound of harpists and musicians and
flute-players and trumpeters will not be heard in you any longer; and no craftsman
of any craft will be found in you any longer; and the sound of a mill will not
be heard in you any longer; |
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Revelation 18:23
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and the light of a lamp will not shine in you
any longer; and the voice of the bridegroom and bride will not be heard in you
any longer; for your merchants were the great men of the earth, because all the
nations were deceived by your sorcery. |
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Revelation 18:24
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"And in her was found the blood of prophets
and of saints and of all who have been slain on the earth." |
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