Revelation 18:13-18

English Standard Version

¹³cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and slaves, that is, human souls.^[a]

¹⁴“The fruit for which your soul longed
    has gone from you,
and all your delicacies and your splendors
    are lost to you,
    never to be found again!”

¹⁵^(A)The merchants of these wares, who gained wealth from her, ^(B)will stand far off, in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning aloud,

¹⁶“Alas, alas, for the great city
    ^(C)that was clothed in fine linen,
        in purple and scarlet,
    adorned with gold,
        with jewels, and with pearls!
¹⁷For ^(D)in a single hour all this wealth ^(E)has been laid waste.”

And ^(F)all shipmasters and seafaring men, sailors and all whose trade is on the sea, stood far off ¹⁸and ^(G)cried out ^(H)as they saw the smoke of her burning,

^(I)“What city was like the great city?”

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