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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.”

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  1. 18:24 Greek her.

20 (A)Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you [a]saints and (B)apostles and prophets, because (C)God has [b]pronounced judgment for you against her.”

21 Then [c]a (D)strong angel (E)picked 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 (G)will never be found again. 22 And (H)the sound of harpists, musicians, flute players, and trumpeters will never be heard in you again; and no craftsman of any craft will ever be found in you again; and the (I)sound of a mill will never be heard in you again; 23 and the light of a lamp will never shine in you again; and the (J)voice of the groom and bride will never be heard in you again; for your (K)merchants were the powerful people of the earth, because all the nations were deceived (L)by your witchcraft. 24 And in her was found the (M)blood of prophets and of [d]saints, and of (N)all who have been slaughtered on the earth.”

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 18:20 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
  2. Revelation 18:20 Lit judged your judgment of her
  3. Revelation 18:21 Lit one
  4. Revelation 18:24 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people