¹⁷ At the end of ^(A)seventy years, the Lord will visit Tyre, and she will return to her wages and ^(B)will prostitute herself with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.

^10 (I)“Persia and ^(J)Lud and ^(K)Put were in your army as your men of war. ^(L)They hung the shield and helmet in you; they gave you splendor. ¹¹ Men of ^(M)Arvad and Helech were on your walls all around, and men of Gamad were in your towers. They hung their shields on your walls all around; they made ^(N)perfect your beauty.

^12 (O)“Tarshish did ^(P)business with you because of your great wealth of every kind; silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your ^(Q)wares. ^13 (R)Javan, ^(S)Tubal, and ^(T)Meshech traded with you; they exchanged human beings and vessels of bronze for your merchandise. ¹⁴ From ^(U)Beth-togarmah they exchanged horses, war horses, and mules ^(V)for your wares. ¹⁵ The men of ^(W)Dedan^[a] traded with you. Many coastlands were your own special markets; they brought you in payment ivory tusks and ebony. ¹⁶ Syria ^(X)did business with you because of your abundant goods; they exchanged for your wares ^(Y)emeralds, ^(Z)purple, ^(AA)embroidered work, ^(AB)fine linen, coral, and ^(AC)ruby. ¹⁷ Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged for your merchandise ^(AD)wheat of ^(AE)Minnith, meal,^[b] honey, oil, and ^(AF)balm. ^18 (AG)Damascus did business with you for your abundant goods, because of your great wealth of every kind; wine of Helbon and ^(AH)wool of Sahar ¹⁹ and casks of wine^[c] from Uzal they exchanged for your wares; wrought iron, ^(AI)cassia, and ^(AJ)calamus were bartered for your merchandise. ²⁰ Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding. ²¹ Arabia and all the princes of ^(AK)Kedar were your favored dealers ^(AL)in lambs, rams, and goats; in these they did business with you. ²² The traders of ^(AM)Sheba and ^(AN)Raamah traded with you; they exchanged ^(AO)for your wares ^(AP)the best of all kinds of spices and all precious stones and gold. ^23 (AQ)Haran, Canneh, ^(AR)Eden, traders of Sheba, ^(AS)Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you. ²⁴ In your market these traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of ^(AT)blue and ^(AU)embroidered work, and in carpets of colored material, bound with cords and made secure. ^25 (AV)The ships of ^(AW)Tarshish traveled for you with your merchandise. So you were filled and heavily laden ^(AX)in the heart of the seas.

⁹ And ^(A)the kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her, ^(B)will weep and wail over her ^(C)when they see the smoke of her burning. ^10 (D)They will stand far off, in fear of her torment, and say,

¹¹ And ^(G)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]

The Great Prostitute and the Beast

17 Then ^(A)one of the seven angels who had ^(B)the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of ^(C)the great prostitute ^(D)who is seated on many waters, ^2 (E)with whom the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality, and ^(F)with the wine of whose sexual immorality ^(G)the dwellers on earth have become drunk.” ³ And ^(H)he carried me away in the Spirit ^(I)into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on ^(J)a scarlet beast that was full of ^(K)blasphemous names, and ^(L)it had seven heads and ten horns. ⁴ The woman ^(M)was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned ^(N)with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand ^(O)a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality. ⁵ And on her forehead was written a name of ^(P)mystery: ^(Q)“Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth's abominations.”

^2 (A)shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight,^{[a] (B)}not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you;^{[b] (C)}not for shameful gain, but eagerly;

Qualifications for Deacons

^8 (A)Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued,^{[a] (B)}not addicted to much wine, ^(C)not greedy for dishonest gain.

³ not a drunkard, not violent but ^(A)gentle, not quarrelsome, ^(B)not a lover of money.