Revelation 18:23
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23 (A)The light of a lamp shall not shine in you anymore, (B)and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall not be heard in you anymore. For (C)your merchants were the great men of the earth, (D)for by your sorcery all the nations were deceived.
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Revelation 18:3
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3 For all the nations (A)have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, (B)and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the [a]abundance of her luxury.”
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- Revelation 18:3 Lit. strengths
Isaiah 23:8
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8 Who has taken this counsel against Tyre, (A)the crowning city,
Whose merchants are princes,
Whose traders are the honorable of the earth?
Nahum 3:4
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4 Because of the multitude of [a]harlotries of the [b]seductive harlot,
(A)The mistress of sorceries,
Who sells nations through her harlotries,
And families through her sorceries.
Jeremiah 16:9
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9 For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, (A)I will cause to cease from this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of [a]mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.
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- Jeremiah 16:9 rejoicing
Jeremiah 7:34
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34 Then I will cause to (A)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 (B)the land shall be desolate.
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Revelation 22:15
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15 [a]But (A)outside are (B)dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie.
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- Revelation 22:15 NU, M omit But
Revelation 21:8
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8 (A)But the cowardly, [a]unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in (B)the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
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- Revelation 21:8 M adds and sinners,
Revelation 18:22
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22 (A)The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters shall not be heard in you anymore. No craftsman of any craft shall be found in you anymore, and the sound of a millstone shall not be heard in you anymore.
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Revelation 18:11-19
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11 “And (A)the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise anymore: 12 (B)merchandise of gold and silver, precious stones and pearls, fine linen and purple, silk and scarlet, every kind of citron wood, every kind of object of ivory, every kind of object of most precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble; 13 and cinnamon and incense, fragrant oil and frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour and wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and bodies and (C)souls of men. 14 The fruit that your soul longed for has gone from you, and all the things which are rich and splendid have [a]gone from you, and you shall find them no more at all. 15 The merchants of these things, who became rich by her, will stand at a distance for fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, 16 and saying, ‘Alas, alas, (D)that great city (E)that was clothed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls! 17 (F)For in one hour such great riches [b]came to nothing.’ (G)Every shipmaster, all who travel by ship, sailors, and as many as trade on the sea, stood at a distance 18 (H)and cried out when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, (I)‘What is like this great city?’
19 (J)“They threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and wailing, and saying, ‘Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth! (K)For in one hour she [c]is made desolate.’
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- Revelation 18:14 NU, M been lost to you
- Revelation 18:17 have been laid waste
- Revelation 18:19 have been laid waste
Revelation 18:9
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The World Mourns Babylon’s Fall
9 (A)“The kings of the earth who committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her (B)will weep and lament for her, (C)when they see the smoke of her burning,
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Revelation 17:5
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5 And on her forehead a name was written:
(A)MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT,
THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS
AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS
OF THE EARTH.
Revelation 17:2
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2 (A)with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and (B)the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.”
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Ezekiel 27:33-34
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33 ‘When(A) your wares went out by sea,
You satisfied many people;
You enriched the kings of the earth
With your many luxury goods and your merchandise.
34 But (B)you are broken by the seas in the depths of the waters;
(C)Your merchandise and the entire company will fall in your midst.
Proverbs 24:20
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20 For there will be no prospect for the evil man;
The lamp of the wicked will be put out.
Proverbs 4:18-19
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18 (A)But the path of the just (B)is like the shining [a]sun,
That shines ever brighter unto the perfect day.
19 (C)The way of the wicked is like darkness;
They do not know what makes them stumble.
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- Proverbs 4:18 Lit. light
Job 21:17
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17 “How often is the lamp of the wicked put out?
How often does their destruction come upon them,
The sorrows God (A)distributes in His anger?
2 Kings 9:22
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22 Now it happened, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, “Is it peace, Jehu?”
So he answered, “What peace, as long as the harlotries of your mother Jezebel and her witchcraft are so many?”
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Revelation 13:13-16
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13 (A)He performs great signs, (B)so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. 14 (C)And he deceives [a]those who dwell on the earth (D)by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword (E)and lived. 15 He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak (F)and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. 16 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, (G)to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads,
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- Revelation 13:14 M my own people
Revelation 12:9
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9 So (A)the great dragon was cast out, (B)that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, (C)who deceives the whole world; (D)he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
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Acts 8:11
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11 And they heeded him because he had astonished them with his [a]sorceries for a long time.
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- Acts 8:11 magic arts
Ezekiel 27:24-25
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24 These were your merchants in choice items—in purple clothes, in embroidered garments, in chests of multicolored apparel, in sturdy woven cords, which were in your marketplace.
25 “The (A)ships of Tarshish were carriers of your merchandise.
You were filled and very glorious (B)in the midst of the seas.
Isaiah 47:9
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9 But these two things shall come to you
(A)In a moment, in one day:
The loss of children, and widowhood.
They shall come upon you in their fullness
Because of the multitude of your sorceries,
For the great abundance of your enchantments.
Revelation 22:5
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5 (A)There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor (B)light of the sun, for (C)the Lord God gives them light. (D)And they shall reign forever and ever.
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