“‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!’^[a](T)
    She has become a dwelling for demons
and a haunt for every impure spirit,^(U)
    a haunt for every unclean bird,
    a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal.^(V)
3 For all the nations have drunk
    the maddening wine of her adulteries.^(W)
The kings of the earth committed adultery with her,^(X)
    and the merchants of the earth grew rich^(Y) from her excessive luxuries.”^(Z)

“‘Come out of her, my people,’^[b](AA)
    so that you will not share in her sins,
    so that you will not receive any of her plagues;^(AB)
5 for her sins are piled up to heaven,^(AC)
    and God has remembered^(AD) her crimes.
⁶ Give back to her as she has given;
    pay her back^(AE) double^(AF) for what she has done.
    Pour her a double portion from her own cup.^(AG)
7 Give her as much torment and grief
    as the glory and luxury she gave herself.^(AH)
In her heart she boasts,
    ‘I sit enthroned as queen.
I am not a widow;^[c]
    I will never mourn.’^(AI)
8 Therefore in one day^(AJ) her plagues will overtake her:
    death, mourning and famine.
She will be consumed by fire,^(AK)
    for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.

“‘Woe! Woe to you, great city,^(AQ)
    you mighty city of Babylon!
In one hour^(AR) your doom has come!’

“‘Woe! Woe to you, great city,^(BA)
    dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet,
    and glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls!^(BB)
17 In one hour^(BC) such great wealth has been brought to ruin!’^(BD)

“‘Woe! Woe to you, great city,^(BL)
    where all who had ships on the sea
    became rich through her wealth!
In one hour she has been brought to ruin!’^(BM)

²⁰ “Rejoice over her, you heavens!^(BN)
    Rejoice, you people of God!
    Rejoice, apostles and prophets!
For God has judged her
    with the judgment she imposed on you.”^(BO)

“With such violence
    the great city^(BR) 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.^(BS)
No worker of any trade
    will ever be found in you again.
The sound of a millstone
    will never be heard in you again.^(BT)
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.^(BU)
Your merchants were the world’s important people.^(BV)
    By your magic spell^(BW) all the nations were led astray.
²⁴ In her was found the blood of prophets and of God’s holy people,^(BX)
    of all who have been slaughtered on the earth.”^(BY)

This man’s utterance to Ithiel:

“I am weary, God,
    but I can prevail.^[a]
2 Surely I am only a brute, not a man;
    I do not have human understanding.
³ I have not learned wisdom,
    nor have I attained to the knowledge of the Holy One.^(B)
4 Who has gone up^(C) to heaven and come down?
    Whose hands^(D) have gathered up the wind?
Who has wrapped up the waters^(E) in a cloak?^(F)
    Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is his name,^(G) and what is the name of his son?
    Surely you know!

⁵ “Every word of God is flawless;^(H)
    he is a shield^(I) to those who take refuge in him.
⁶ Do not add^(J) to his words,
    or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar.

⁷ “Two things I ask of you, Lord;
    do not refuse me before I die:
⁸ Keep falsehood and lies far from me;
    give me neither poverty nor riches,
    but give me only my daily bread.^(K)
9 Otherwise, I may have too much and disown^(L) you
    and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’^(M)
Or I may become poor and steal,
    and so dishonor the name of my God.^(N)

¹⁰ “Do not slander a servant to their master,
    or they will curse you, and you will pay for it.

¹¹ “There are those who curse their fathers
    and do not bless their mothers;^(O)
12 those who are pure in their own eyes^(P)
    and yet are not cleansed of their filth;^(Q)
13 those whose eyes are ever so haughty,^(R)
    whose glances are so disdainful;
¹⁴ those whose teeth^(S) are swords
    and whose jaws are set with knives^(T)
to devour^(U) the poor^(V) from the earth
    and the needy from among mankind.^(W)

¹⁵ “The leech has two daughters.
    ‘Give! Give!’ they cry.

“There are three things that are never satisfied,^(X)
    four that never say, ‘Enough!’:
¹⁶ the grave,^(Y) the barren womb,
    land, which is never satisfied with water,
    and fire, which never says, ‘Enough!’

¹⁷ “The eye that mocks^(Z) a father,
    that scorns an aged mother,
will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley,
    will be eaten by the vultures.^(AA)