25 (A)These he gathered together, with the workmen in similar trades, and said, “Men, you know that from this business we have our wealth.

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19 But (A)when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and (B)dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

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A merchant, in whose hands are (A)false balances,
    he loves (B)to oppress.
Ephraim has said, “Ah, but (C)I am rich;
    I have found wealth for myself;
in all my labors (D)they cannot find in me iniquity or sin.”

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11 And (A)the merchants of the earth weep and mourn for her, since no one buys their cargo anymore, 12 cargo of gold, silver, jewels, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, silk, scarlet cloth, all kinds of scented wood, all kinds of articles of ivory, all kinds of articles of costly wood, bronze, iron and marble, 13 cinnamon, 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 (B)The merchants of these wares, who gained wealth from her, (C)will stand far off, in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning aloud,

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

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

(J)“What city was like the great city?”

19 And they threw (K)dust on their heads as they wept and mourned, crying out,

“Alas, alas, for the great city
    (L)where all who had ships at sea
    grew rich by her wealth!
For (M)in a single hour she has been laid waste.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 18:13 Or and slaves, and human lives

For all nations have drunk[a]
    (A)the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality,
and (B)the kings of the earth have committed immorality with her,
    and (C)the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxurious living.”

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 18:3 Some manuscripts fallen by

And (A)in their greed they will exploit you (B)with false words. (C)Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

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(A)They feed on the sin[a] of my people;
    they are greedy for their iniquity.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 4:8 Or sin offering

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