25 “Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain,
declares the Lord,
    which destroys the whole earth;
I will stretch out my hand against you,
    and roll you down from the crags,
    (A)and make you a burnt mountain.

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25 “I am against(A) you, you destroying mountain,
    you who destroy the whole earth,”(B)
declares the Lord.
“I will stretch out my hand(C) against you,
    roll you off the cliffs,
    and make you a burned-out mountain.(D)

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The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like (A)a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea (B)became blood.

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The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a huge mountain,(A) all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third(B) of the sea turned into blood,(C)

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Who are you, (A)O great mountain? Before (B)Zerubbabel (C)you shall become a plain. And he shall bring forward (D)the top stone amid shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’”

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“What are you, mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground.(A) Then he will bring out the capstone(B) to shouts(C) of ‘God bless it! God bless it!’”

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31 “Behold, I am against you, O (A)proud one,
    declares the Lord God of hosts,
(B)for your day has come,
    the time when I will punish you.

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31 “See, I am against(A) you, you arrogant one,”
    declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
“for your day(B) has come,
    the time for you to be punished.

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On a bare hill (A)raise a signal;
    cry aloud to them;
wave the hand for (B)them to enter
    the gates of the nobles.

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Raise a banner(A) on a bare hilltop,
    shout to them;
beckon to them
    to enter the gates(B) of the nobles.

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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,

“Alas! Alas! (E)You great city,
    you mighty city, Babylon!
For (F)in a single hour your judgment has come.”

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Threefold Woe Over Babylon’s Fall

“When the kings of the earth who committed adultery with her(A) and shared her luxury(B) see the smoke of her burning,(C) they will weep and mourn over her.(D) 10 Terrified at her torment, they will stand far off(E) and cry:

“‘Woe! Woe to you, great city,(F)
    you mighty city of Babylon!
In one hour(G) your doom has come!’

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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, (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.” 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. 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. And on her forehead was written a name of (P)mystery: (Q)“Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth's abominations.” And I saw the woman, drunk (R)with the blood of the saints, the blood of (S)the martyrs of Jesus.[a]

When I saw her, I marveled greatly.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 17:6 Greek the witnesses to Jesus

Babylon, the Prostitute on the Beast

17 One of the seven angels(A) who had the seven bowls(B) came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment(C) of the great prostitute,(D) who sits by many waters.(E) With her the kings of the earth committed adultery, and the inhabitants of the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her adulteries.”(F)

Then the angel carried me away in the Spirit(G) into a wilderness.(H) There I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet(I) beast that was covered with blasphemous names(J) and had seven heads and ten horns.(K) The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls.(L) She held a golden cup(M) in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries.(N) The name written on her forehead was a mystery:(O)

babylon the great(P)

the mother of prostitutes(Q)

and of the abominations of the earth.

I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God’s holy people,(R) the blood of those who bore testimony to Jesus.

When I saw her, I was greatly astonished.

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30 and the king answered and said, (A)“Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by (B)my mighty power as a royal residence and for (C)the glory of my majesty?”

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30 he said, “Is not this the great Babylon I have built as the royal residence, by my mighty power and for the glory(A) of my majesty?”(B)

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58 “Thus says the Lord of hosts:
The broad (A)wall of Babylon
    shall be leveled to the ground,
(B)and her high gates
    shall be burned with fire.
(C)The peoples labor for nothing,
    and (D)the nations weary themselves only for fire.”

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58 This is what the Lord Almighty says:

“Babylon’s thick wall(A) will be leveled
    and her high gates(B) set on fire;
the peoples(C) exhaust(D) themselves for nothing,
    the nations’ labor is only fuel for the flames.”(E)

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53 Though Babylon should (A)mount up to heaven,
    and though she should (B)fortify her strong height,
yet destroyers would come from me against her,
    declares the Lord.

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53 Even if Babylon ascends to the heavens(A)
    and fortifies her lofty stronghold,
    I will send destroyers(B) against her,”
declares the Lord.

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20 “You are my hammer and weapon of war:
with you I (A)break nations in pieces;
    with you I destroy kingdoms;
21 with you I break in pieces the horse and his rider;
    with you I break in pieces the chariot and the charioteer;
22 with you I break in pieces man and woman;
    with you I break in pieces (B)the old man and the youth;
with you I break in pieces (C)the young man and the young woman;
23     with you I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock;
with you I break in pieces the farmer and his team;
    with you I break in pieces (D)governors and commanders.

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20 “You are my war club,(A)
    my weapon for battle—
with you I shatter(B) nations,(C)
    with you I destroy kingdoms,
21 with you I shatter horse and rider,(D)
    with you I shatter chariot(E) and driver,
22 with you I shatter man and woman,
    with you I shatter old man and youth,
    with you I shatter young man and young woman,(F)
23 with you I shatter shepherd and flock,
    with you I shatter farmer and oxen,
    with you I shatter governors and officials.(G)

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Babylon was (A)a golden cup in the Lord's hand,
    (B)making all the earth drunken;
(C)the nations drank of her wine;
    therefore the nations went mad.

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Babylon was a gold cup(A) in the Lord’s hand;
    she made the whole earth drunk.
The nations drank her wine;
    therefore they have now gone mad.

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18 (A)Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials, (B)to make them a desolation and a waste, a hissing and a curse, as at this day; 19 (C)Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his officials, all his people, 20 and (D)all the mixed tribes among them; all the kings of (E)the land of Uz and all the kings of (F)the land of the Philistines ((G)Ashkelon, (H)Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of (I)Ashdod); 21 (J)Edom, (K)Moab, and the sons of (L)Ammon; 22 all the kings of (M)Tyre, all the kings of (N)Sidon, and the kings of the coastland across (O)the sea; 23 (P)Dedan, (Q)Tema, (R)Buz, and all who cut (S)the corners of their hair; 24 all the (T)kings of Arabia and all the kings of (U)the mixed tribes who dwell in the desert; 25 all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of (V)Elam, and all the kings of (W)Media; 26 all the kings of (X)the north, far and near, one after another, and all the kingdoms of the world that are on the face of the earth. And after them the king of (Y)Babylon[a] shall drink.

27 “Then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: (Z)Drink, be drunk and vomit, fall and rise no more, because of (AA)the sword that I am sending among you.’

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  1. Jeremiah 25:26 Hebrew Sheshach, a code name for Babylon

18 Jerusalem(A) and the towns of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a ruin(B) and an object of horror and scorn,(C) a curse[a](D)—as they are today;(E) 19 Pharaoh king(F) of Egypt,(G) his attendants, his officials and all his people, 20 and all the foreign people there; all the kings of Uz;(H) all the kings of the Philistines(I) (those of Ashkelon,(J) Gaza,(K) Ekron, and the people left at Ashdod); 21 Edom,(L) Moab(M) and Ammon;(N) 22 all the kings of Tyre(O) and Sidon;(P) the kings of the coastlands(Q) across the sea; 23 Dedan,(R) Tema,(S) Buz(T) and all who are in distant places[b];(U) 24 all the kings of Arabia(V) and all the kings of the foreign people(W) who live in the wilderness; 25 all the kings of Zimri,(X) Elam(Y) and Media;(Z) 26 and all the kings of the north,(AA) near and far, one after the other—all the kingdoms(AB) on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshak[c](AC) will drink it too.

27 “Then tell them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Drink, get drunk(AD) and vomit, and fall to rise no more because of the sword(AE) I will send among you.’

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  1. Jeremiah 25:18 That is, their names to be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, to be seen by others as cursed
  2. Jeremiah 25:23 Or who clip the hair by their foreheads
  3. Jeremiah 25:26 Sheshak is a cryptogram for Babylon.