Then I heard another voice from heaven saying,

(A)“Come out of her, my people,
    lest you take part in her sins,
lest you share in her plagues;
for (B)her sins are heaped high as heaven,
    and (C)God has remembered her iniquities.
(D)Pay her back as she herself has paid back others,
    and repay her (E)double for her deeds;
    mix a double portion for her (F)in the cup she mixed.
(G)As she glorified herself and lived in luxury,
    so give her a like measure of torment and mourning,
since in her heart she says,
    (H)‘I sit as a queen,
I am no widow,
    and mourning I shall never see.’
For this reason her plagues will come (I)in a single day,
    death and mourning and famine,
and (J)she will be burned up with fire;
    for (K)mighty is the Lord God who has judged her.”

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The Warning to Leave Babylon

Then 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.
For her sins are piled as high as heaven,
    and God has remembered her crimes.
Do to her as she herself has done,
    and give her double for her deeds.
Mix a double drink for her in the cup she mixed.
Just as she glorified herself and lived in luxury,
    inflict on her just as much torture and misery.

In her heart she says,
    ‘I am a queen on a throne, not a widow.
        I will never see misery.’
For this reason, her diseases that result in death, misery, and famine
    will come in a single day.
She will be burned up in a fire,
    because powerful is the Lord God who judges her.”

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