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He cried out in a powerful voice,

“Fallen! Babylon the Great has fallen!
    She has become a home for demons.
She is a prison for every unclean spirit,
    a prison for every unclean bird,
    and a prison for every unclean
        and hated beast.
For all the nations have drunk
    from the wine of her sexual immorality,
and the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality with her.
The world’s businesses have become rich
    from her luxurious excesses.”

The Warning to Leave Babylon

Then I heard another voice from heaven saying,

“Come out of her, my people,
    so that you don’t participate in her sins
        and also suffer from her diseases.

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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