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“And (A)the kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality and (B)lived [a]sensuously with her, will (C)cry and lament over her when they (D)see the smoke of her burning, 10 (E)standing at a distance because of the fear of her torment, saying, ‘(F)Woe, woe, (G)the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For in (H)one hour your judgment has come.’

11 “And the (I)merchants of the earth (J)cry and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargo anymore— 12 cargo of (K)gold and silver and precious [b]stones and pearls and fine linen and purple and silk and scarlet, and every kind of citron wood and every article of ivory and every article made from precious wood and [c]bronze and iron and marble, 13 and cinnamon and amomum and incense and perfume and frankincense and wine and olive oil and fine flour and wheat and cattle and sheep, and cargo of horses and carriages and [d]human beings and [e](L)human lives. 14 And the fruit [f]you long for has gone from you, and all things that were splendid and shining have passed away from you and men will no longer find them. 15 The (M)merchants of (N)these things, who became rich from her, will (O)stand at a distance because of the fear of her torment, crying and mourning, 16 saying, ‘(P)Woe, woe, (Q)the great city, she who (R)was clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and [g]adorned with gold and precious [h]stones and pearls; 17 for in (S)one hour such great wealth has been laid (T)waste!’ And (U)every shipmaster and every [i]passenger and sailor, and as many as make their living by the sea, (V)stood at a distance, 18 and were (W)crying out as they (X)saw the smoke of her burning, saying, ‘(Y)What is like (Z)the great city?’ 19 And they threw (AA)dust on their heads and were crying out, crying and mourning, saying, ‘(AB)Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who have ships at sea (AC)became rich by her [j]wealth, for in (AD)one hour she has been laid (AE)waste!’

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 18:9 Or luxuriously
  2. Revelation 18:12 Lit stone
  3. Revelation 18:12 Or brass
  4. Revelation 18:13 Lit bodies
  5. Revelation 18:13 Lit souls of people
  6. Revelation 18:14 Lit of your soul’s desire
  7. Revelation 18:16 Lit gilded
  8. Revelation 18:16 Lit stone and pearl
  9. Revelation 18:17 Lit one who sails to a place
  10. Revelation 18:19 Lit costliness

And the kings of the earth will weep and mourn over her, those who committed sexual immorality and lived sensually with her, when they see the smoke of her burning, 10 standing far off[a] because of the fear of her torment, saying,

“Woe, woe, the great city,
    Babylon the powerful city,
because in one hour your judgment has come!”

11 And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargo any more— 12 cargo of gold and silver and precious stones and pearls and fine linen and purple cloth and silk and scarlet cloth and all kinds of scented wood and all kinds of ivory goods and all kinds of goods of precious wood and bronze and iron and marble 13 and cinnamon and amomum[b] and incense and ointment and frankincense and wine and olive oil and fine wheat flour and wheat and domesticated animals and sheep and horses and carriages and slaves[c] and human lives.

14 “And the fruit your soul desires[d] has departed from you,
and all the luxury and the splendor has perished from you,
    and they will never find them any more.”

15 The merchants of these things, who became rich from them, will stand far off[e], weeping and mourning because of the fear of her torment, 16 saying,

“Woe, woe, the great city,
    dressed in fine linen and purple cloth and scarlet cloth,
    and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls,
17 because in one hour such great wealth has been laid waste!”

And every shipmaster and every seafarer[f] and sailors and all those who labor on the sea stood far off[g] 18 and began to cry out when they[h] saw the smoke of her burning, saying, “Who is like the great city?” 19 And they threw dust on their heads and were crying out, weeping and mourning, saying,

“Woe, woe, the great city,
    in which all those who had ships on the sea
        became rich from her prosperity,
because in one hour she has been laid waste!”

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 18:10 Literally “from afar”
  2. Revelation 18:13 Or “spice”; the term can refer to “spice” in general, or specifically to amomum, a spice from India
  3. Revelation 18:13 Literally “bodies”
  4. Revelation 18:14 Literally “your fruit of desire”
  5. Revelation 18:15 Literally “from afar”
  6. Revelation 18:17 Literally “everyone who sails to a place”
  7. Revelation 18:17 Literally “from afar”
  8. Revelation 18:18 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal