10 (A)They will stand far off, in fear of her torment, and say,

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

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10 Terrified at her torment, they will stand far off(A) and cry:

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

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19 And they threw (A)dust on their heads as they wept and mourned, crying out,

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

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19 They will throw dust on their heads,(A) and with weeping and mourning(B) cry out:

“‘Woe! Woe to you, great city,(C)
    where all who had ships on the sea
    became rich through her wealth!
In one hour she has been brought to ruin!’(D)

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For this reason her plagues will come (A)in a single day,
    death and mourning and famine,
and (B)she will be burned up with fire;
    for (C)mighty is the Lord God who has judged her.”

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Therefore in one day(A) her plagues will overtake her:
    death, mourning and famine.
She will be consumed by fire,(B)
    for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.

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15 (A)The merchants of these wares, who gained wealth from her, (B)will stand far off, in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning aloud,

16 “Alas, alas, for the great city
    (C)that was clothed in fine linen,
        in purple and scarlet,
    adorned with gold,
        with jewels, and with pearls!
17 For (D)in a single hour all this wealth (E)has been laid waste.”

And (F)all shipmasters and seafaring men, sailors and all whose trade is on the sea, stood far off

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15 The merchants who sold these things and gained their wealth from her(A) will stand far off,(B) terrified at her torment. They will weep and mourn(C) 16 and cry out:

“‘Woe! Woe to you, great city,(D)
    dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet,
    and glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls!(E)
17 In one hour(F) such great wealth has been brought to ruin!’(G)

“Every sea captain, and all who travel by ship, the sailors, and all who earn their living from the sea,(H) will stand far off.(I)

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Another angel, a second, followed, saying, (A)“Fallen, fallen is (B)Babylon the great, (C)she who made all nations drink (D)the wine of the passion[a] of her sexual immorality.”

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 14:8 Or wrath

A second angel followed and said, “‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great,’[a](A) which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries.”(B)

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  1. Revelation 14:8 Isaiah 21:9

16 Therefore thus says the Lord, (A)the God of hosts, the Lord:

“In all the squares (B)there shall be wailing,
    and in all the streets they shall say, ‘Alas! Alas!’
They shall call the farmers to mourning
    and (C)to wailing those who are skilled in lamentation,

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16 Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord God Almighty, says:

“There will be wailing(A) in all the streets(B)
    and cries of anguish in every public square.
The farmers(C) will be summoned to weep
    and the mourners to wail.

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15 Alas for the day!
(A)For the day of the Lord is near,
    and as destruction from the Almighty[a] it comes.

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  1. Joel 1:15 Destruction sounds like the Hebrew for Almighty

15 Alas for that(A) day!
    For the day of the Lord(B) is near;
    it will come like destruction from the Almighty.[a](C)

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  1. Joel 1:15 Hebrew Shaddai

12 And (A)the ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received royal power, but they are to receive authority as kings (B)for one hour, together with the beast.

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12 “The ten horns(A) you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but who for one hour(B) will receive authority as kings along with the beast.

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(A)Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken;
    (B)wail for her!
(C)Take balm for her pain;
    perhaps she may be healed.
We would have healed Babylon,
    but she was not healed.
(D)Forsake her, and (E)let us go
    each to his own country,
for (F)her judgment has reached up to heaven
    and has been lifted up even to the skies.

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Babylon will suddenly fall(A) and be broken.
    Wail over her!
Get balm(B) for her pain;
    perhaps she can be healed.

“‘We would have healed Babylon,
    but she cannot be healed;
let us leave(C) her and each go to our own land,
    for her judgment(D) reaches to the skies,
    it rises as high as the heavens.’

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Alas! (A)That day is so great
    (B)there is none like it;
it is a time of distress for Jacob;
    yet he shall be saved out of it.

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How awful that day(A) will be!
    No other will be like it.
It will be a time of trouble(B) for Jacob,
    but he will be saved(C) out of it.

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And behold, here come riders,
    horsemen in pairs!”
(A)And he answered,
    (B)“Fallen, fallen is Babylon;
(C)and all the carved images of her gods
    he has shattered to the ground.”

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Look, here comes a man in a chariot(A)
    with a team of horses.
And he gives back the answer:
    ‘Babylon(B) has fallen,(C) has fallen!
All the images of its gods(D)
    lie shattered(E) on the ground!’”

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34 And all Israel who were around them fled at their cry, for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up!”

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34 At their cries, all the Israelites around them fled, shouting, “The earth is going to swallow us too!”

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