Revelation 18:10
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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.”
Revelation 18:19
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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.
Revelation 18:8
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8 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.”
Revelation 18:15-17
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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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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
Amos 5:16
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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,
Joel 1:15
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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.
Footnotes
- Joel 1:15 Destruction sounds like the Hebrew for Almighty
Revelation 17:12
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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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Jeremiah 51:8-9
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8 (A)Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken;
(B)wail for her!
(C)Take balm for her pain;
perhaps she may be healed.
9 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.
Jeremiah 30:7
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7 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.
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.”
Numbers 16:34
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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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