Look, riders come—
horsemen in pairs.”
And he answered, saying,
“Babylon has fallen,(A) has fallen.
All the images of her gods
have been shattered on the ground.”(B)

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Look, here comes a man in a chariot(A)
    with a team of horses.
And he gives back the answer:
    ‘Babylon(B) has fallen,(C) has fallen!
All the images of its gods(D)
    lie shattered(E) on the ground!’”

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Babylon was a gold cup in the Lord’s hand,(A)
making the whole earth drunk.
The nations drank her wine;(B)
therefore, the nations go mad.(C)
Suddenly Babylon fell and was shattered.
Wail for her;
get balm(D) for her wound—
perhaps she can be healed.

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Babylon was a gold cup(A) in the Lord’s hand;
    she made the whole earth drunk.
The nations drank her wine;
    therefore they have now gone mad.
Babylon will suddenly fall(B) and be broken.
    Wail over her!
Get balm(C) for her pain;
    perhaps she can be healed.

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49 Babylon must fall because of the slain of Israel,
even as the slain of the whole earth fell
because of Babylon.

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49 “Babylon must fall because of Israel’s slain,
    just as the slain in all the earth
    have fallen because of Babylon.(A)

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The kings of the earth(A) committed sexual immorality with her, and those who live on the earth became drunk on the wine of her sexual immorality.”(B)

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With her the kings of the earth committed adultery, and the inhabitants of the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her adulteries.”(A)

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The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, adorned with gold, jewels, and pearls.(A) She had a golden cup in her hand filled with everything detestable(B) and with the impurities of her[a] prostitution.

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Footnotes

  1. 17:4 Other mss read earth’s

The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls.(A) She held a golden cup(B) in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries.(C)

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He called out in a mighty voice:

It has fallen,[a]
Babylon the Great has fallen!(A)
She has become a home for demons,
a haunt for every unclean spirit,
a haunt for every unclean bird,
and a haunt[b] for every unclean and despicable beast.[c](B)
For all the nations have drunk[d]
the wine of her sexual immorality,
which brings wrath.(C)
The kings of the earth
have committed sexual immorality with her,
and the merchants of the earth
have grown wealthy from her sensuality and excess.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 18:2 Other mss omit It has fallen
  2. 18:2 Or prison
  3. 18:2 Other mss omit the words and a haunt for every unclean beast. The words and despicable then refer to the bird of the previous line.
  4. 18:3 Some mss read collapsed; other mss read fallen

With a mighty voice he shouted:

“‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!’[a](A)
    She has become a dwelling for demons
and a haunt for every impure spirit,(B)
    a haunt for every unclean bird,
    a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal.(C)
For all the nations have drunk
    the maddening wine of her adulteries.(D)
The kings of the earth committed adultery with her,(E)
    and the merchants of the earth grew rich(F) from her excessive luxuries.”(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 18:2 Isaiah 21:9