A second angel[a] followed, saying: “It has fallen, Babylon the Great has fallen,[b] who made all nations drink the wine of her sexual immorality,[c] which brings wrath.”(A)

And a third angel[d] followed them and spoke with a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, 10 he will also drink the wine of God’s wrath, which is mixed full strength in the cup of His anger.(B) He will be tormented with fire and sulfur(C) in the sight of the holy angels and in the sight of the Lamb,

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 14:8 Lit Another angel, a second
  2. Revelation 14:8 Other mss omit the second has fallen
  3. Revelation 14:8 Or wine of her passionate immorality
  4. Revelation 14:9 Lit Another angel, a third

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

Because they poured out
the blood of the saints and the prophets,
You also gave them blood to drink;
they deserve it!(A)

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for they have shed the blood of your holy people and your prophets,(A)
    and you have given them blood to drink(B) as they deserve.”

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Then I saw that the woman was drunk on the blood of the saints and on the blood of the witnesses to Jesus. When I saw her, I was greatly astonished.

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I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God’s holy people,(A) the blood of those who bore testimony to Jesus.

When I saw her, I was greatly astonished.

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