²⁹ All who handle the oars
    will abandon their ships;
the mariners and all the sailors
    will stand on the shore.

¹⁷ In one hour^(A) such great wealth has been brought to ruin!’^(B)

“‘Woe! Woe to you, great city,^(J)
    where all who had ships on the sea
    became rich through her wealth!
In one hour she has been brought to ruin!’^(K)

²⁰ “Rejoice over her, you heavens!^(L)
    Rejoice, you people of God!
    Rejoice, apostles and prophets!
For God has judged her
    with the judgment she imposed on you.”^(M)

“With such violence
    the great city^(P) of Babylon will be thrown down,
    never to be found again.
²² The music of harpists and musicians, pipers and trumpeters,
    will never be heard in you again.^(Q)
No worker of any trade
    will ever be found in you again.
The sound of a millstone
    will never be heard in you again.^(R)
23 The light of a lamp
    will never shine in you again.
The voice of bridegroom and bride
    will never be heard in you again.^(S)
Your merchants were the world’s important people.^(T)
    By your magic spell^(U) all the nations were led astray.
²⁴ In her was found the blood of prophets and of God’s holy people,^(V)
    of all who have been slaughtered on the earth.”^(W)

¹⁰ I will cause many peoples to be appalled at you,
    and their kings will shudder with horror because of you
    when I brandish my sword^(A) before them.
On the day^(B) of your downfall
    each of them will tremble
    every moment for his life.^(C)