And he criedmightilywith a strongvoice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of everyfoulspirit, and a cage of everyunclean and hatefulbird.
For all nationshavedrunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earthhavecommittedfornicationwith her, and the merchants of the earth are waxedrichthrough the abundance of her delicacies.
How much she hathglorifiedherself, and liveddeliciously, so muchtorment and sorrowgive her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
Thereforeshall her plaguescome in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterlyburnedwithfire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
And the kings of the earth, who havecommittedfornication and liveddeliciouslywith her, shallbewail her, and lament for her, whentheyshall see the smoke of her burning,
The merchandise of gold, and silver, and preciousstones, and of pearls, and finelinen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyinewood, and all mannervessels of ivory, and all mannervessels of mostpreciouswood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fineflour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
And the fruitsthat thy soullustedafter are departedfromthee, and all thingswhichweredainty and goodly are departedfromthee, and thoushaltfindthem no more at all.
For in one hour so greatriches is come to nought. And everyshipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stoodafar off,
And theycastdust on theirheads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, thatgreatcity, whereinweremaderich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she madedesolate.
And a mightyangeltook up a stonelike a greatmillstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, ThuswithviolenceshallthatgreatcityBabylon be throwndown, and shall be found no more at all.
And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoevercraft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstoneshall be heard no more at all in thee;
And the light of a candleshallshine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the brideshall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchantswere the great men of the earth; for by thy sorcerieswere all nationsdeceived.