^(C)“Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great!
    She has become ^(D)a dwelling place for demons,
a haunt ^(E)for every unclean spirit,
    a haunt ^(F)for every unclean bird,
    a haunt for every unclean and detestable beast.
³ For all nations have drunk^{[a]
    (G)}the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality,
and ^(H)the kings of the earth have committed immorality with her,
    and ^(I)the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxurious living.”

^(J)“Come out of her, my people,
    lest you take part in her sins,
lest you share in her plagues;
⁵ for ^(K)her sins are heaped high as heaven,
    and ^(L)God has remembered her iniquities.
^6 (M)Pay her back as she herself has paid back others,
    and repay her ^(N)double for her deeds;
    mix a double portion for her ^(O)in the cup she mixed.
^7 (P)As she glorified herself and lived in luxury,
    so give her a like measure of torment and mourning,
since in her heart she says,
    ^(Q)‘I sit as a queen,
I am no widow,
    and mourning I shall never see.’
⁸ For this reason her plagues will come ^(R)in a single day,
    death and mourning and famine,
and ^(S)she will be burned up with fire;
    for ^(T)mighty is the Lord God who has judged her.”

“Alas! Alas! ^(Y)You great city,
    you mighty city, Babylon!
For ^(Z)in a single hour your judgment has come.”

¹⁴ “The fruit for which your soul longed
    has gone from you,
and all your delicacies and your splendors
    are lost to you,
    never to be found again!”

¹⁶ “Alas, alas, for the great city
    ^(AD)that was clothed in fine linen,
        in purple and scarlet,
    adorned with gold,
        with jewels, and with pearls!
¹⁷ For ^(AE)in a single hour all this wealth ^(AF)has been laid waste.”

^(AJ)“What city was like the great city?”

“Alas, alas, for the great city
    ^(AL)where all who had ships at sea
    grew rich by her wealth!
For ^(AM)in a single hour she has been laid waste.
^20 (AN)Rejoice over her, O heaven,
    and you saints and ^(AO)apostles and prophets,
for ^(AP)God has given judgment for you against her!”

“So will Babylon ^(AS)the great city be thrown down with violence,
    and will be found no more;
²² and ^(AT)the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters,
    will be heard in you no more,
and a craftsman of any craft
    will be found in you no more,
and ^(AU)the sound of the mill
    will be heard in you no more,
²³ and the light of a lamp
    will shine in you no more,
and ^(AV)the voice of bridegroom and bride
    will be heard in you no more,
for ^(AW)your merchants were the great ones of the earth,
    and all nations were deceived ^(AX)by your sorcery.
²⁴ And ^(AY)in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints,
    and of ^(AZ)all who have been slain on earth.”

“Hallelujah!
^(BB)Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,
²     for ^(BC)his judgments are true and just;
for he has judged ^(BD)the great prostitute
    who corrupted the earth with her immorality,
and ^(BE)has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”

“How the oppressor has ceased,
    ^(I)the insolent fury^[b] ceased!
⁵ The Lord has broken the ^(J)staff of the wicked,
    the ^(K)scepter of rulers,
^6 (L)that struck the peoples in wrath
    with unceasing blows,
that ruled the nations in anger
    with unrelenting persecution.
⁷ The whole earth is at rest and quiet;
    ^(M)they break forth into singing.
^8 (N)(O)The cypresses rejoice at you,
    ^(P)the cedars of Lebanon, saying,
‘Since you were laid low,
    no woodcutter comes up against us.’
⁹ Sheol beneath is stirred up
    to meet you when you come;
it rouses the shades to greet you,
    all who were leaders of the earth;
it raises from their thrones
    all who were kings of the nations.
^10 (Q)All of them will answer
    and say to you:
‘You too have become as weak as we!
    You have become like us!’
¹¹ Your pomp is brought down to Sheol,
    the sound of your harps;
maggots are laid as a bed beneath you,
    and worms are your covers.

¹² “How ^(R)you are fallen from heaven,
    O Day Star, ^(S)son of Dawn!
How you are cut down to the ground,
    you who laid the nations low!
¹³ You said in your heart,
    ^(T)‘I will ascend to heaven;
above the stars of God
    ^(U)I will set my throne on high;
I will sit on the mount of assembly
    in the far reaches of the north;^[c]
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
    I will make myself like the Most High.’
^15 (V)But you are brought down to Sheol,
    to the far reaches of the pit.
¹⁶ Those who see you will stare at you
    and ponder over you:
‘Is this ^(W)the man who made the earth tremble,
    who shook kingdoms,
¹⁷ who made the world like a desert
    and overthrew its cities,
    ^(X)who did not let his prisoners go home?’
¹⁸ All the kings of the nations lie in glory,
    each in his own tomb;^[d]
19 but you are cast out, away from your grave,
    like a loathed branch,
^(Y)clothed with the slain, those pierced by the sword,
    who go down to the stones of the pit,
    like a dead body trampled underfoot.
²⁰ You will not be joined with them in burial,
    because you have destroyed your land,
    you have slain your people.

“May ^(Z)the offspring of evildoers
    nevermore be named!
²¹ Prepare slaughter for his sons
    ^(AA)because of the guilt of their fathers,
lest they rise and possess the earth,
    and fill the face of the world with cities.”

²⁶ This is the purpose that is purposed
    concerning the whole earth,
and this is ^(AI)the hand that is stretched out
    over all the nations.
^27 (AJ)For the Lord of hosts has purposed,
    and who will annul it?
^(AK)His hand is stretched out,
    and who will turn it back?

²⁹ Rejoice not, ^(AN)O Philistia, all of you,
    that ^(AO)the rod that struck you is broken,
for from the serpent's root will come forth an adder,
    and its fruit will be a ^(AP)flying fiery serpent.
³⁰ And the firstborn of ^(AQ)the poor will graze,
    and ^(AR)the needy lie down in safety;
but I will kill your root with famine,
    and your remnant it will slay.
^31 (AS)Wail, O ^(AT)gate; cry out, O city;
    melt in fear, ^(AU)O Philistia, all of you!
^(AV)For smoke comes out of the north,
    and there is no straggler in his ranks.

³² What will one answer the messengers of the nation?
^(AW)“The Lord has founded Zion,
    and in her the afflicted of his people find refuge.”