Revelation 18:3-9
American Standard Version
3 For [a]by [b]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 [c]wantonness.
4 And 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: 5 for her sins [d]have reached even unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. 6 Render unto her even as she rendered, and double unto her the double according to her works: in the cup which she mingled, mingle unto her double. 7 How much soever she glorified herself, and waxed [e]wanton, so much give her of torment and mourning: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall in no wise see mourning. 8 Therefore in one day shall her plagues come, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire; for strong is [f]the Lord God who judged her. 9 And the kings of the earth, who committed fornication and lived [g]wantonly with her, shall weep and wail over her, when they look upon the smoke of her burning,
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- 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 18:5 Or, clave together
- Revelation 18:7 Or, luxurious
- Revelation 18:8 Some ancient authorities omit the Lord.
- Revelation 18:9 Or, luxuriously
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