Revelation 18:4-8

Expanded Bible

“Come out of that city, my people,
    so that you will not share in her sins,
    so that you will not receive ·the disasters that will come to her [^Lher plagues; Gen. 19:15, 17].
  ⁵ [^LBecause] Her sins have ·piled up [heaped; reached] as high as ·the sky [heaven],
    and God has ·not forgotten [remembered] ·the wrongs she has done [her crimes; her sins].
  ⁶ ·Give [Pay back] that city the same as she ·gave to [paid] others.
    Pay her back ·twice as much as [double what] she did.
·Prepare wine for her that is twice as strong
    as the wine she prepared for others [^LIn the cup she mixed, mix double for her; 14:8].
  ⁷ She gave herself much glory and ·rich living [sensual luxury].
    Give her that much ·suffering [torment; torture] and ·sadness [grief; mourning].
She says ·to herself [^Lin her heart], ‘I am a queen sitting on my throne.
    I am not a widow; I will never ·be sad [know grief; mourn].’
  ⁸ So these ·disasters [plagues] will come to her in one day:
    death, and ·crying [sadness; grief; mourning], and ·great hunger [famine],
and she will be ·destroyed [consumed; burned up] by fire,
    because the Lord God who judges her is ·powerful [strong].”