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Revelation 18:2
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Revelation 18:2
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2 He called out with a mighty voice,
“Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great!
It has become a dwelling place of demons,
a haunt of every foul spirit,
a haunt of every foul bird,
a haunt of every foul and hateful beast.[a](A)
Footnotes
- 18.2 Other ancient authorities read a haunt of every foul and hateful bird
Revelation 18:2
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Revelation 18:2
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Revelation 14:8
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Revelation 14:8
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8 Then another angel, a second, followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her prostitution.”(A)
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Revelation 14:8
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Revelation 14:8
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8 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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- Revelation 14:8 Isaiah 21:9
Jeremiah 51:37
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Jeremiah 51:37
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37 and Babylon shall become a heap of ruins,
a den of jackals,
an object of horror and of hissing,
without inhabitant.(A)
Jeremiah 51:37
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Jeremiah 51:37
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Jeremiah 51:8
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Jeremiah 51:8
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8 Suddenly Babylon has fallen and is shattered;
wail for her!
Bring balm for her wound;
perhaps she may be healed.(A)
Jeremiah 51:8
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Jeremiah 51:8
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Jeremiah 50:39-40
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Jeremiah 50:39-40
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39 Therefore wild animals shall live with hyenas in Babylon,[a] and ostriches shall inhabit her; she shall never again be peopled or inhabited for all generations.(A) 40 As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors, says the Lord, so no one shall live there, nor shall anyone settle in her.(B)
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- 50.39 Heb lacks in Babylon
Jeremiah 50:39-40
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Jeremiah 50:39-40
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39 “So desert creatures(A) and hyenas will live there,
and there the owl will dwell.
It will never again be inhabited
or lived in from generation to generation.(B)
40 As I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah(C)
along with their neighboring towns,”
declares the Lord,
“so no one will live there;
no people will dwell in it.(D)
Revelation 18:21
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Revelation 18:21
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21 Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying,
“With such violence Babylon the great city
will be thrown down
and will be found no more;(A)
Revelation 18:21
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Revelation 18:21
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The Finality of Babylon’s Doom
21 Then a mighty angel(A) picked up a boulder the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea,(B) and said:
“With such violence
the great city(C) of Babylon will be thrown down,
never to be found again.
Jeremiah 51:60-64
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Jeremiah 51:60-64
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60 Jeremiah wrote in a[a] scroll all the disasters that would come on Babylon, all these words that are written concerning Babylon.(A) 61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah: “When you come to Babylon, see that you read all these words, 62 and say, ‘O Lord, you yourself threatened to destroy this place so that neither humans nor animals shall live in it, and it shall be desolate forever.’(B) 63 When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it, and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates,(C) 64 and say, ‘Thus shall Babylon sink, to rise no more, because of the disasters that I am bringing on her.’ ”[b]
Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.(D)
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Jeremiah 51:60-64
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Jeremiah 51:60-64
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60 Jeremiah had written on a scroll(A) about all the disasters that would come upon Babylon—all that had been recorded concerning Babylon. 61 He said to Seraiah, “When you get to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud. 62 Then say, ‘Lord, you have said you will destroy this place, so that neither people nor animals will live in it; it will be desolate(B) forever.’ 63 When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and throw it into the Euphrates.(C) 64 Then say, ‘So will Babylon sink to rise no more(D) because of the disaster I will bring on her. And her people(E) will fall.’”(F)
The words of Jeremiah end(G) here.
Isaiah 21:8-9
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Isaiah 21:8-9
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8 Then the watcher[a] called out:
“Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord,
continually by day,
and at my post I am stationed
throughout the night.(A)
9 Look, there they come, riders,
horsemen in pairs!”
Then he responded,
“Fallen, fallen is Babylon,
and all the images of her gods
lie shattered on the ground.”(B)
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- 21.8 Q ms Syr Vg: MT a lion
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Revelation 18:10
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Revelation 18:10
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10 they will stand far off, in fear of her torment, and say,
“Alas, alas, the great city,
Babylon, the mighty city!
For in one hour your judgment has come.”(A)
Revelation 18:10
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Revelation 18:10
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10 Terrified at her torment, they will stand far off(A) and cry:
Revelation 17:18
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Revelation 17:18
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18 The woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.”(A)
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Revelation 17:18
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Revelation 17:18
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18 The woman you saw is the great city(A) that rules over the kings of the earth.”
Revelation 17:5
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Revelation 17:5
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5 The name written on her forehead was a mystery:(A)
Revelation 16:19
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Revelation 16:19
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19 The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. God remembered great Babylon and gave her the wine cup of the fury of his wrath.(A)
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Revelation 16:19
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Revelation 16:19
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19 The great city(A) split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. God remembered(B) Babylon the Great(C) and gave her the cup filled with the wine of the fury of his wrath.(D)
Isaiah 13:19-22
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Isaiah 13:19-22
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19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms,
the splendor and pride of the Chaldeans,
will be like Sodom and Gomorrah
when God overthrew them.(A)
20 It will never be inhabited
or lived in for all generations;
Arabs will not pitch their tents there;
shepherds will not make their flocks lie down there.(B)
21 But wild animals will lie down there,
and its houses will be full of howling creatures;
there ostriches will live,
and there goat-demons will dance.(C)
22 Hyenas will cry in its towers
and jackals in the pleasant palaces;
its time is close at hand;
and its days will not be prolonged.(D)
Isaiah 13:19-22
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Isaiah 13:19-22
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19 Babylon,(A) the jewel of kingdoms,(B)
the pride and glory(C) of the Babylonians,[a]
will be overthrown(D) by God
like Sodom and Gomorrah.(E)
20 She will never be inhabited(F)
or lived in through all generations;
there no nomads(G) will pitch their tents,
there no shepherds will rest their flocks.
21 But desert creatures(H) will lie there,
jackals(I) will fill her houses;
there the owls(J) will dwell,
and there the wild goats(K) will leap about.
22 Hyenas(L) will inhabit her strongholds,(M)
jackals(N) her luxurious palaces.
Her time is at hand,(O)
and her days will not be prolonged.(P)
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- Isaiah 13:19 Or Chaldeans
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