Revelation 18:2-4

International Standard Version

²He cried out in a powerful voice,

“Fallen! Babylon the Great has fallen!
    She has become a home for demons.
She is a prison for every unclean spirit,
    a prison for every unclean bird,
    and a prison for every unclean
        and hated beast.
³For all the nations have drunk
    from the wine of her sexual immorality,
and the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality with her.
The world’s businesses have become rich
    from her luxurious excesses.”

The Warning to Leave Babylon

⁴Then I heard another voice from heaven saying,

“Come out of her, my people,
so that you don’t participate in her sins
and also suffer from her diseases.

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Revelation 18:2-4

American Standard Version

²And he cried with a mighty voice, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and is become a habitation of demons, and a ^[a]hold of every unclean spirit, and a ^[b]hold of every unclean and hateful bird. ³For ^[c]by ^[d]the wine of the wrath of her fornication all the nations are fallen; and the kings of the earth committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth waxed rich by the power of her ^[e]wantonness.

⁴And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come forth, my people, out of her, that ye have no fellowship with her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues:

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Footnotes

Revelation 18:2 Or, prison
Revelation 18:2 Or, prison
Revelation 18:3 Some authorities read of the wine . . . have drunk.
Revelation 18:3 Some ancient authorities omit the wine of.
Revelation 18:3 Or, luxury

Revelation 18:2-4

King James Version

²And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.

³For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.

⁴And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

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Revelation 18:2-4

New King James Version

²And he cried ^[a]mightily with a loud voice, saying, ^(A)“Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and ^(B)has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and ^(C)a cage for every unclean and hated bird! ³For all the nations ^(D)have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, ^(E)and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the ^[b]abundance of her luxury.”