⁵⁰ that the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation,

^20 (A)“Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you ^[a]holy apostles and prophets, for ^(B)God has avenged you on her!”

Finality of Babylon’s Fall

²¹ Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, ^(C)“Thus with violence the great city Babylon shall be thrown down, and ^(D)shall not be found anymore. ^22 (E)The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters shall not be heard in you anymore. No craftsman of any craft shall be found in you anymore, and the sound of a millstone shall not be heard in you anymore. ^23 (F)The light of a lamp shall not shine in you anymore, ^(G)and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall not be heard in you anymore. For ^(H)your merchants were the great men of the earth, ^(I)for by your sorcery all the nations were deceived. ²⁴ And ^(J)in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who ^(K)were slain on the earth.”

⁵ Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; ^(A)from the hand of every beast I will require it, and ^(B)from the hand of man. From the hand of every ^(C)man’s brother I will require the life of man.

^4 (A)and also because of the innocent blood that he had shed; for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the Lord would not pardon.

^29 (A)Cut off your hair and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the desolate heights; for the Lord has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.’

³³ So you shall not pollute the land where you are; for blood ^(A)defiles the land, and no ^[a]atonement can be made for the land, for the blood that is shed on it, except ^(B)by the blood of him who shed it.