Revelation 18:1-5
New King James Version
The Fall of Babylon the Great
18 After(A) these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, (B)and the earth was illuminated with his glory. 2 And he cried [a]mightily with a loud voice, saying, (C)“Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and (D)has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and (E)a cage for every unclean and hated bird! 3 For all the nations (F)have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, (G)and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the [b]abundance of her luxury.”
4 And I heard another voice from heaven saying, (H)“Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues. 5 (I)For her sins [c]have reached to heaven, and (J)God has remembered her iniquities.
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- Revelation 18:2 NU, M omit mightily
- Revelation 18:3 Lit. strengths
- Revelation 18:5 NU, M have been heaped up
Isaiah 52:11-12
New King James Version
11 (A)Depart! Depart! Go out from there,
Touch no unclean thing;
Go out from the midst of her,
(B)Be clean,
You who bear the vessels of the Lord.
12 For (C)you shall not go out with haste,
Nor go by flight;
(D)For the Lord will go before you,
(E)And the God of Israel will be your rear guard.
Jeremiah 50:8-10
New King James Version
8 “Move(A) from the midst of Babylon,
Go out of the land of the Chaldeans;
And be like the [a]rams before the flocks.
9 (B)For behold, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon
An assembly of great nations from the north country,
And they shall array themselves against her;
From there she shall be captured.
Their arrows shall be like those of [b]an expert warrior;
(C)None shall return in vain.
10 And Chaldea shall become plunder;
(D)All who plunder her shall be satisfied,” says the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 50:8 male goats
- Jeremiah 50:9 So with some Heb. mss., LXX, Syr.; MT, Tg., Vg. a warrior who makes childless
Jeremiah 51:6-9
New King James Version
6 (A)Flee from the midst of Babylon,
And every one save his life!
Do not be cut off in her iniquity,
For (B)this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance;
(C)He shall recompense her.
7 (D)Babylon was a golden cup in the Lord’s hand,
That made all the earth drunk.
(E)The nations drank her wine;
Therefore the nations (F)are deranged.
8 Babylon has suddenly (G)fallen and been destroyed.
(H)Wail for her!
(I)Take balm for her pain;
Perhaps she may be healed.
9 We would have healed Babylon,
But she is not healed.
Forsake her, and (J)let us go everyone to his own country;
(K)For her judgment reaches to heaven and is lifted up to the skies.
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