Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

A Strong Angel Says Babylon Will Never Be Seen Again

²¹ And one strong angel picked-up a stone like a large millstone and threw it into the sea, saying “In this manner, Babylon the great city will be thrown-down with violence and never found again. ²² And a sound of harpists and musicians and flute-players and trumpeters will never be heard in you again. And every craftsman of every craft will never be found in you again. And a sound of a mill will never be heard in you again. ²³ And a light of a lamp will never shine in you again. And a sound of a bridegroom and bride will never be heard in you again. Because your merchants were the princes of the earth. Because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery, ²⁴ and in her the blood of prophets and saints was found, even of all the ones having been slain upon the earth”.