Revelation 18:10
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10 standing at a distance for fear of her torment, saying, (A)‘Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! (B)For in one hour your judgment has come.’
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Revelation 18:19
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19 (A)“They threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and wailing, and saying, ‘Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth! (B)For in one hour she [a]is made desolate.’
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- Revelation 18:19 have been laid waste
Revelation 18:8
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8 Therefore her plagues will come (A)in one day—death and mourning and famine. And (B)she will be utterly burned with fire, (C)for strong is the Lord God who [a]judges her.
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- Revelation 18:8 NU, M has judged
Revelation 18:15-17
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15 The merchants of these things, who became rich by her, will stand at a distance for fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, 16 and saying, ‘Alas, alas, (A)that great city (B)that was clothed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls! 17 (C)For in one hour such great riches [a]came to nothing.’ (D)Every shipmaster, all who travel by ship, sailors, and as many as trade on the sea, stood at a distance
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- Revelation 18:17 have been laid waste
Revelation 14:8
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8 And another angel followed, saying, (A)“Babylon[a] is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because (B)she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.”
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- Revelation 14:8 NU Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, which has made; M Babylon the great is fallen. She has made
Amos 5:16
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The Day of the Lord
16 Therefore the Lord God of hosts, the Lord, says this:
“There shall be wailing in all streets,
And they shall say in all the highways,
‘Alas! Alas!’
They shall call the farmer to mourning,
(A)And skillful lamenters to wailing.
Joel 1:15
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15 (A)Alas for the day!
For (B)the day of the Lord is at hand;
It shall come as destruction from the Almighty.
Revelation 17:12
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12 (A)“The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast.
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Jeremiah 51:8-9
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8 Babylon has suddenly (A)fallen and been destroyed.
(B)Wail for her!
(C)Take balm for her pain;
Perhaps she may be healed.
9 We would have healed Babylon,
But she is not healed.
Forsake her, and (D)let us go everyone to his own country;
(E)For her judgment reaches to heaven and is lifted up to the skies.
Jeremiah 30:7
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7 (A)Alas! For that day is great,
(B)So that none is like it;
And it is the time of Jacob’s trouble,
But he shall be saved out of it.
Isaiah 21:9
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9 And look, here comes a chariot of men with a pair of horsemen!”
Then he answered and said,
(A)“Babylon is fallen, is fallen!
And (B)all the carved images of her gods
He has broken to the ground.”
Numbers 16:34
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34 Then all Israel who were around them fled at their cry, for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up also!”
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