for her sins have [a](A)piled up as high as heaven, and God has (B)remembered her iniquities. (C)Pay her back even as she has paid, and [b]give back to her double according to her deeds; in the (D)cup which she has mixed, mix twice as much for her. (E)To the degree that she glorified herself and (F)lived [c]sensuously, to the same degree give her torment and mourning; for she says in her heart, ‘(G)I sit as a queen and I am not a widow, and will never see mourning.’

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  1. Revelation 18:5 Lit joined together
  2. Revelation 18:6 Lit double to her
  3. Revelation 18:7 Or luxuriously

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