1After these things I saw another angel coming down out of heaven, having great authority; and the earth was illuminated with his glory. 2And he cried with a mighty voice, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and has become a habitation of demons, and a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful bird. 3For by the wine of the wrath of her fornication all the nations have fallen; and the kings of the earth committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich by the power of her wantonness. 4And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come forth, my people, out of her, that you may have no fellowship with her sins, and that you may not receive of her plagues: 5for her sins have reached even to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. 6Render to her even as she rendered, and double to her the double according to her works: in the cup which she mingled, mingle to her double. 7However much she glorified herself, and grew wanton, so much give her of torment and mourning: for she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall by no means see mourning. 8Therefore in one day her plagues shall come, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire; for strong is the Lord God who judged her. 9And the kings of the earth, who committed fornication and lived wantonly with her, shall weep and wail over her, when they look upon the smoke of her burning, 10standing far off for the fear of her torment, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! for in one hour your judgment has come. 11And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, for no man buys their merchandise any more; 12merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stone, and pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet; and all citron wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel made of most precious wood, and of bronze, and iron, and marble; 13and cinnamon, and spice, and incense, and ointment, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep; and merchandise of horses and chariots and slaves; and souls of men. 14And the fruits which your soul lusted after have gone from you, and all things that were dainty and sumptuous have perished from you, and men shall find them no more at all. 15The merchants of these things, who were made rich by her, shall stand far off for the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning; 16saying, Woe, woe, the great city, she who was arrayed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stone and pearl! 17for in one hour so great riches is made desolate. And every shipmaster, and everyone who sails anywhere, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood far off, 18and cried out as they looked upon the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like the great city? 19And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and mourning, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who had their ships in the sea were made rich by reason of her costliness! for in one hour she is made desolate. 20Rejoice over her, you heaven, and you saints, and you apostles, and you prophets; for God has judged your judgment on her. 21And a strong angel took up a stone as it were a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with a mighty fall shall Babylon, the great city, be cast down, and shall be found no more at all. 22And the voice of harpers and minstrels and flute-players and trumpeters shall be heard no more at all in you; and no craftsman, of whatever craft, shall be found any more at all in you; and the voice of a mill shall be heard no more at all in you; 23and the light of a lamp shall shine no more at all in you; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in you: for your merchants were the princes of the earth; for with your sorcery all the nations were deceived. 24And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain upon the earth.