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

“Alas, alas, the great city,
    where all who had ships at sea
    grew rich by her wealth!
For in one hour she has been laid waste.”^(C)

“With such violence Babylon the great city
    will be thrown down
    and will be found no more;^(E)
22 and the sound of harpists and entertainers and of flutists and trumpeters
    will be heard in you no more,
and an artisan of any trade
    will be found in you no more,
and the sound of the millstone
    will be heard in you no more,^(F)
23 and the light of a lamp
    will shine in you no more,
and the voice of bridegroom and bride
    will be heard in you no more,
for your merchants were the magnates of the earth,
    and all nations were deceived by your sorcery.^(G)
24 And in you^[a] was found the blood of prophets and of saints
    and of all who have been slaughtered on earth.”^(H)