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[L Because] Her sins have ·piled up [heaped; reached] as high as ·the sky [heaven],
    and God has ·not forgotten [remembered] ·the wrongs she has done [her crimes; her sins].
  ·Give [Pay back] that city the same as she ·gave to [paid] others.
    Pay her back ·twice as much as [double what] she did.
·Prepare wine for her that is twice as strong
    as the wine she prepared for others [L In the cup she mixed, mix double for her; 14:8].
  She gave herself much glory and ·rich living [sensual luxury].
    Give her that much ·suffering [torment; torture] and ·sadness [grief; mourning].
She says ·to herself [L in her heart], ‘I am a queen sitting on my throne.
    I am not a widow; I will never ·be sad [know grief; mourn].’
 

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for her sins are piled up to heaven,(A)
    and God has remembered(B) her crimes.
Give back to her as she has given;
    pay her back(C) double(D) for what she has done.
    Pour her a double portion from her own cup.(E)
Give her as much torment and grief
    as the glory and luxury she gave herself.(F)
In her heart she boasts,
    ‘I sit enthroned as queen.
I am not a widow;[a]
    I will never mourn.’(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 18:7 See Isaiah 47:7,8.