³ While they are saying, “^(A)Peace and safety!” then ^[a](B)destruction ^[b]will come upon them suddenly like ^(C)labor pains upon a woman who is pregnant, and they will never escape.

⁸ For this reason ^(A)in one day her plagues will come, ^[a]pestilence and mourning and famine, and she will be ^(B)burned up with fire; for the Lord God who judges her ^(C)is strong.

^10 (A)standing at a distance because of the fear of her torment, saying, ‘^(B)Woe, woe, ^(C)the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For in ^(D)one hour your judgment has come.’