21 And one powerful angel picked up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying,

“In this way Babylon the great city will be thrown down with violence,
    and will never be found again!
22 And the sound of harpists and musicians and flute players and trumpeters
    will never be heard in you again!
And every craftsman of every trade
    will never be found in you again!
And the sound of a mill
    will never be heard in you again!
23 And the light of a lamp
    will never shine in you again!
And the sound of a bridegroom and bride
    will never be heard in you again!
For your merchants were the most important people of the earth,
    because with your sorcery they deceived all the nations.

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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.
22 The music of harpists and musicians, pipers and trumpeters,
    will never be heard in you again.(D)
No worker of any trade
    will ever be found in you again.
The sound of a millstone
    will never be heard in you again.(E)
23 The light of a lamp
    will never shine in you again.
The voice of bridegroom and bride
    will never be heard in you again.(F)
Your merchants were the world’s important people.(G)
    By your magic spell(H) all the nations were led astray.

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