Revelation 14:8
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8 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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- Revelation 14:8 Or wrath
Isaiah 21:9
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9 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.”
Revelation 18:2-3
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2 And he called out with a mighty voice,
(A)“Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great!
She has become (B)a dwelling place for demons,
a haunt (C)for every unclean spirit,
a haunt (D)for every unclean bird,
a haunt for every unclean and detestable beast.
3 For all nations have drunk[a]
(E)the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality,
and (F)the kings of the earth have committed immorality with her,
and (G)the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxurious living.”
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- Revelation 18:3 Some manuscripts fallen by
Jeremiah 51:7-8
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Revelation 11:8
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8 and their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city that symbolically[a] is called (A)Sodom and (B)Egypt, where their Lord was crucified.
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- Revelation 11:8 Greek spiritually
Revelation 19:2
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2 for (A)his judgments are true and just;
for he has judged (B)the great prostitute
who corrupted the earth with her immorality,
and (C)has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”
Revelation 18:18-21
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18 and (A)cried out (B)as they saw the smoke of her burning,
(C)“What city was like the great city?”
19 And they threw (D)dust on their heads as they wept and mourned, crying out,
“Alas, alas, for the great city
(E)where all who had ships at sea
grew rich by her wealth!
For (F)in a single hour she has been laid waste.
20 (G)Rejoice over her, O heaven,
and you saints and (H)apostles and prophets,
for (I)God has given judgment for you against her!”
21 Then (J)a mighty angel (K)took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying,
“So will Babylon (L)the great city be thrown down with violence,
and will be found no more;
Revelation 18:10-11
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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.”
11 And (D)the merchants of the earth weep and mourn for her, since no one buys their cargo anymore,
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Revelation 17:18
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18 And the woman that you saw is (A)the great city that has dominion over the kings of the earth.”
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Revelation 17:2-6
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2 (A)with whom the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality, and (B)with the wine of whose sexual immorality (C)the dwellers on earth have become drunk.” 3 And (D)he carried me away in the Spirit (E)into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on (F)a scarlet beast that was full of (G)blasphemous names, and (H)it had seven heads and ten horns. 4 The woman (I)was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned (J)with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand (K)a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality. 5 And on her forehead was written a name of (L)mystery: (M)“Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth's abominations.” 6 And I saw the woman, drunk (N)with the blood of the saints, the blood of (O)the martyrs of Jesus.[a]
When I saw her, I marveled greatly.
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- Revelation 17:6 Greek the witnesses to Jesus
Revelation 13:15-17
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15 And it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak and might cause those who would not (A)worship the image of the beast (B)to be slain. 16 Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave,[a] (C)to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, 17 so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, (D)the name of the beast or (E)the number of its name.
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- Revelation 13:16 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
Nahum 3:19
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19 There is no easing your hurt;
(A)your wound is grievous.
All who hear the news about you
(B)clap their hands over you.
For (C)upon whom has not come
your unceasing evil?
Daniel 4:30
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30 and the king answered and said, (A)“Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by (B)my mighty power as a royal residence and for (C)the glory of my majesty?”
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Ezekiel 16:15-22
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15 (A)“But you trusted in your beauty (B)and played the whore[a] because of your renown (C)and lavished your whorings[b] on any passerby; your beauty[c] became his. 16 You took some of your garments and made for yourself colorful shrines, and on them played the whore. The like has never been, nor ever shall be.[d] 17 You also took (D)your beautiful jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given you, and (E)made for yourself images of men, and with them played the whore. 18 And you took your embroidered garments to cover them, (F)and set my oil and my incense before them. 19 (G)Also my bread that I gave you—(H)I fed you with fine flour and oil and honey—you set before them for (I)a pleasing aroma; and so it was, declares the Lord God. 20 (J)And you took your sons and your daughters, whom you had borne to me, and (K)these you sacrificed to them to be devoured. Were your whorings so small a matter 21 that you slaughtered my children and delivered them up as an offering by fire to them? 22 And in all your abominations and your whorings you did not remember (L)the days of your youth, (M)when you were naked and bare, wallowing in your blood.
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- Ezekiel 16:15 Or were unfaithful; also verses 16, 17, 26, 28
- Ezekiel 16:15 Or unfaithfulness; also verses 20, 22, 25, 26, 29, 33, 34, 36
- Ezekiel 16:15 Hebrew it
- Ezekiel 16:16 The meaning of this Hebrew sentence is uncertain
Jeremiah 51:64
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64 and say, (A)‘Thus shall Babylon sink, to rise no more, because of the disaster that I am bringing upon her, (B)and they shall become exhausted.’”
Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
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