¹⁸ Then there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder^(A) and a severe earthquake.^(B) No earthquake like it has ever occurred since mankind has been on earth,^(C) so tremendous was the quake. ¹⁹ The great city^(D) split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. God remembered^(E) Babylon the Great^(F) and gave her the cup filled with the wine of the fury of his wrath.^(G)

¹⁵ Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword^(A) with which to strike down^(B) the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.”^[a](C) He treads the winepress^(D) of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty.