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)

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for her sins are piled up to heaven,(A)
    and God has remembered(B) her crimes.

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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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18 The woman you saw is the great city(A) that rules over the kings of the earth.”

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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.

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16 and cry out:

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

“Every sea captain, and all who travel by ship, the sailors, and all who earn their living from the sea,(E) will stand far off.(F) 18 When they see the smoke of her burning,(G) they will exclaim, ‘Was there ever a city like this great city(H)?’(I) 19 They will throw dust on their heads,(J) and with weeping and mourning(K) cry out:

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

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With a mighty voice he shouted:

“‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!’[a](A)
    She has become a dwelling for demons
and a haunt for every impure spirit,(B)
    a haunt for every unclean bird,
    a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 18:2 Isaiah 21:9

The 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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30 he said, “Is not this the great Babylon I have built as the royal residence, by my mighty power and for the glory(A) of my majesty?”(B)

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26 and all the kings of the north,(A) near and far, one after the other—all the kingdoms(B) on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshak[a](C) will drink it too.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 25:26 Sheshak is a cryptogram for Babylon.

The Cup of God’s Wrath

15 This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from my hand this cup(A) filled with the wine of my wrath and make all the nations to whom I send(B) you drink it. 16 When they drink(C) it, they will stagger(D) and go mad(E) because of the sword(F) I will send among them.”

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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)

A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast(C) and its image(D) and receives its mark on their forehead(E) or on their hand, 10 they, too, will drink the wine of God’s fury,(F) which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath.(G) They will be tormented with burning sulfur(H) in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 14:8 Isaiah 21:9

Their bodies will lie in the public square of the great city(A)—which is figuratively called Sodom(B) and Egypt—where also their Lord was crucified.(C)

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The Cup of the Lord’s Wrath

17 Awake, awake!(A)
    Rise up, Jerusalem,
you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord
    the cup(B) of his wrath,(C)
you who have drained to its dregs(D)
    the goblet that makes people stagger.(E)
18 Among all the children(F) she bore
    there was none to guide her;(G)
among all the children she reared
    there was none to take her by the hand.(H)
19 These double calamities(I) have come upon you—
    who can comfort you?(J)
ruin and destruction,(K) famine(L) and sword(M)
    who can[a] console you?
20 Your children have fainted;
    they lie at every street corner,(N)
    like antelope caught in a net.(O)
They are filled with the wrath(P) of the Lord,
    with the rebuke(Q) of your God.

21 Therefore hear this, you afflicted(R) one,
    made drunk,(S) but not with wine.
22 This is what your Sovereign Lord says,
    your God, who defends(T) his people:
“See, I have taken out of your hand
    the cup(U) that made you stagger;
from that cup, the goblet of my wrath,
    you will never drink again.
23 I will put it into the hands of your tormentors,(V)
    who said to you,
    ‘Fall prostrate(W) that we may walk(X) on you.’
And you made your back like the ground,
    like a street to be walked on.”(Y)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 51:19 Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Masoretic Text / how can I

26 I will make your oppressors(A) eat(B) their own flesh;
    they will be drunk on their own blood,(C) as with wine.
Then all mankind will know(D)
    that I, the Lord, am your Savior,(E)
    your Redeemer,(F) the Mighty One of Jacob.(G)

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