Revelation 17:5
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5 On her forehead was written a name, which is a mystery, “Babylon the great, the mother of harlots and of the abominations of the earth.”
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Revelation 18:3
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3 For all the nations have drunk[a]
the wine of her licentious passion.
The kings of the earth had intercourse with her,
and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her drive for luxury.”(A)
Revelation 18:11
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11 The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn for her, because there will be no more markets[a] for their cargo:
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Revelation 18:13
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13 cinnamon, spice,[a] incense, myrrh, and frankincense; wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and slaves, that is, human beings.
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- 18:13 Spice: an unidentified spice plant called in Greek amōmon.
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