Revelation 18:20-24
New Living Translation
20 Rejoice over her fate, O heaven
and people of God and apostles and prophets!
For at last God has judged her
for your sakes.
21 Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder the size of a huge millstone. He threw it into the ocean and shouted,
“Just like this, the great city Babylon
will be thrown down with violence
and will never be found again.
22 The sound of harps, singers, flutes, and trumpets
will never be heard in you again.
No craftsmen and no trades
will ever be found in you again.
The sound of the mill
will never be heard in you again.
23 The light of a lamp
will never shine in you again.
The happy voices of brides and grooms
will never be heard in you again.
For your merchants were the greatest in the world,
and you deceived the nations with your sorceries.
24 In your[a] streets flowed the blood of the prophets and of God’s holy people
and the blood of people slaughtered all over the world.”
Footnotes
- 18:24 Greek her.
Revelation 18:20-24
English Standard Version
20 (A)Rejoice over her, O heaven,
and you saints and (B)apostles and prophets,
for (C)God has given judgment for you against her!”
21 Then (D)a mighty angel (E)took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying,
“So will Babylon (F)the great city be thrown down with violence,
and will be found no more;
22 and (G)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 (H)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 (I)the voice of bridegroom and bride
will be heard in you no more,
for (J)your merchants were the great ones of the earth,
and all nations were deceived (K)by your sorcery.
24 And (L)in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints,
and of (M)all who have been slain on earth.”
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