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The angel shouted in a powerful voice:

“The great city of Babylon is destroyed!
    She has become a home for demons.
She has become a city for every evil spirit,
    a city for every unclean and hated bird.
All the peoples of the earth have drunk
    the strong wine of her sexual immorality.
The kings of the earth have sinned sexually with her,
    and the businessmen of the world have grown rich from the great wealth of her luxury.”

Then I heard another voice from heaven say:

“Come out of that city, my people,
    so that you will not share in her sins.
    Then you will not receive the terrible things that will happen to her.

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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)

Warning to Escape Babylon’s Judgment

Then I heard another voice from heaven say:

“‘Come out of her, my people,’[b](H)
    so that you will not share in her sins,
    so that you will not receive any of her plagues;(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 18:2 Isaiah 21:9
  2. Revelation 18:4 Jer. 51:45