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“For her sins have come up into Heaven. And God has remembered her iniquities.

“Reward her, even as she has rewarded you. And give her double according to her works. And in the cup that she has filled to you, fill her double.

“Inasmuch as she glorified herself, and lived in pleasure, give her the same in torment and sorrow. For she says in her heart, ‘I sit, being a queen, and am no widow. And I shall see no mourning.’

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for her sins are piled up to heaven,(A)
    and God has remembered(B) her crimes.
Give back to her as she has given;
    pay her back(C) double(D) for what she has done.
    Pour her a double portion from her own cup.(E)
Give her as much torment and grief
    as the glory and luxury she gave herself.(F)
In her heart she boasts,
    ‘I sit enthroned as queen.
I am not a widow;[a]
    I will never mourn.’(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 18:7 See Isaiah 47:7,8.