Revelation 18:23

New International Version

²³The light of a lamp
    will never shine in you again.
The voice of bridegroom and bride
    will never be heard in you again.^(A)
Your merchants were the world’s important people.^(B)
    By your magic spell^(C) all the nations were led astray.

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Revelation 18:23

King James Version

²³And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.

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Revelation 18:3

New International Version

³For all the nations have drunk
the maddening wine of her adulteries.^(A)
The kings of the earth committed adultery with her,^(B)
and the merchants of the earth grew rich^(C) from her excessive luxuries.”^(D)

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Revelation 18:3

King James Version

³For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.

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Isaiah 23:8

New International Version

⁸Who planned this against Tyre,
the bestower of crowns,
whose merchants^(A) are princes,
whose traders^(B) are renowned in the earth?

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Isaiah 23:8

King James Version

⁸Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?

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Nahum 3:4

New International Version

⁴all because of the wanton lust of a prostitute,
alluring, the mistress of sorceries,^(A)
who enslaved nations by her prostitution^(B)
and peoples by her witchcraft.

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Nahum 3:4

King James Version

⁴Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.

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Jeremiah 16:9

New International Version

⁹For this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Before your eyes and in your days I will bring an end to the sounds^(A) of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride^(B) and bridegroom in this place.^(C)

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Jeremiah 16:9

King James Version

⁹For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.

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Jeremiah 7:34

New International Version

³⁴I will bring an end to the sounds^(A) of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride and bridegroom^(B) in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem,^(C) for the land will become desolate.^(D)

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Jeremiah 7:34

King James Version

³⁴Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.

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Revelation 22:15

New International Version

¹⁵Outside^(A) are the dogs,^(B) those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

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Revelation 22:15

King James Version

¹⁵For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

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Revelation 21:8

New International Version

⁸But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars^(A)—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur.^(B) This is the second death.”^(C)

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Revelation 21:8

King James Version

⁸But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

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Revelation 18:22

New International Version

²²The music of harpists and musicians, pipers and trumpeters,
    will never be heard in you again.^(A)
No worker of any trade
    will ever be found in you again.
The sound of a millstone
    will never be heard in you again.^(B)

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Revelation 18:22

King James Version

²²And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;

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Revelation 18:11-19

New International Version

¹¹“The merchants^(A) of the earth will weep and mourn^(B) over her because no one buys their cargoes anymore^(C)— ¹²cargoes of gold, silver, precious stones and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet cloth; every sort of citron wood, and articles of every kind made of ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron and marble;^(D) ¹³cargoes of cinnamon and spice, of incense, myrrh and frankincense, of wine and olive oil, of fine flour and wheat; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and human beings sold as slaves.^(E)

¹⁴“They will say, ‘The fruit you longed for is gone from you. All your luxury and splendor have vanished, never to be recovered.’ ¹⁵The merchants who sold these things and gained their wealth from her^(F) will stand far off,^(G) terrified at her torment. They will weep and mourn^(H) ¹⁶and cry out:

“‘Woe! Woe to you, great city,^(I)
dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet,
and glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls!^(J)
¹⁷In one hour^(K) such great wealth has been brought to ruin!’^(L)

“Every sea captain, and all who travel by ship, the sailors, and all who earn their living from the sea,^(M) will stand far off.^(N) ¹⁸When they see the smoke of her burning,^(O) they will exclaim, ‘Was there ever a city like this great city^(P)?’^(Q) ¹⁹They will throw dust on their heads,^(R) and with weeping and mourning^(S) cry out:

“‘Woe! Woe to you, great city,^(T)
where all who had ships on the sea
became rich through her wealth!
In one hour she has been brought to ruin!’^(U)

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Revelation 18:11-19

King James Version

¹¹And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:

¹²The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,

¹³And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.

¹⁴And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.

¹⁵The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,

¹⁶And saying, Alas, alas that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!

¹⁷For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,

¹⁸And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!

¹⁹And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

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Revelation 18:9

New International Version

Threefold Woe Over Babylon’s Fall

⁹“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)

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Revelation 18:9

King James Version

⁹And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,

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Revelation 17:5

New International Version

⁵The name written on her forehead was a mystery:^(A)

babylon the great^(B)

the mother of prostitutes^(C)

and of the abominations of the earth.

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Revelation 17:5

King James Version

⁵And upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon The Great, The Mother Of Harlots And Abominations Of The Earth.

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Revelation 17:2

New International Version

²With her the kings of the earth committed adultery, and the inhabitants of the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her adulteries.”^(A)

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Revelation 17:2

King James Version

²With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

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