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18 After meta this houtos I saw another allos angel angelos coming down katabainō from ek · ho heaven ouranos, having echō great megas authority exousia, and kai the ho earth was made bright phōtizō with ek · ho his autos glory doxa. And kai he called out krazō with en a powerful ischuros voice phōnē, saying legō, “ Fallen piptō, fallen piptō is Babylon Babylōn the ho great megas! · kai She has become ginomai a dwelling place katoikētērion for demons daimonion and kai a haunt phylakē for every pas unclean akathartos spirit pneuma, · kai a haunt phylakē for every pas unclean akathartos bird orneon, · kai a haunt phylakē for every pas unclean akathartos and kai detestable miseō beast thērion. For hoti all pas the ho nations ethnos have drunk pinō the ho wine oinos of ho her autos passionate thumos · ho immorality porneia, and kai the ho kings basileus of the ho earth have committed acts of immorality porneuō with meta her autos, and kai the ho merchants emporos of the ho earth have grown rich plouteō from ek the ho power dynamis of ho her autos excessive luxury strēnos.”

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Babylon Is Fallen

18 After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, possessing great authority, and the earth was illuminated with his splendor and radiance.(A) And he shouted with a mighty voice, saying, “Fallen, fallen [certainly to be destroyed] is [a]Babylon the great! She has become a dwelling place for demons, a dungeon haunted by every unclean spirit, and a prison for every unclean and loathsome bird. For all the nations have drunk from the wine of the passion of her [sexual] immorality, and the kings and political leaders of the earth have committed immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich by the wealth and economic power of her sensuous luxury.”(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 18:2 Whatever the exact city, Babylon here indicates human civilization arrayed in opposition to God and ready to be judged.