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* After these things , I saw another messenger , coming down out of heaven , having great authority ; and , the earth , was illumined with his glory . * And he cried out , with a mighty voice , saying Fallen ! fallen ! is Babylon the Great , and hath become a habitation of demons , and a prison of every impure spirit , and a prison of every impure and hated bird ; * Because , by reason of the wine of the wrath of her lewdness , have all the nations fallen , and , the kings of the earth , with her , did commit lewdness , and , the merchants of the earth , by reason of the power of her wantonness , waxed rich . * And I heard another voice out of heaven , saying Come forth , my people , out of her , that ye may have no fellowship with her sins , and , of her plagues , that ye may not receive ; * because her sins were joined together as far as heaven , and God hath remembered her unrighteous deeds . * Render ye unto her , as , she also , rendered , and double the double , according to her works , in the cup wherein she mixed , mix , unto her , double , * As much as she glorified herself , and waxed wanton , so much give , unto her , torment and grief : because , in her heart , she saith I sit a Queen , and , widow , am I not , and , grief , in nowise shall I see ! * Therefore , in one day , shall have come her plagues , death and grief and famine ; and , with fire , shall she be burned up ; because , mighty , is the Lord God who hath judged her . * And they shall weep and wail over hershall the kings of the earth who , with her , committed lewdness and waxed wanton , as soon as they see the smoke of her burning , * afar off , standing , because of their fear of her torment , saying Alas ! alas ! the great city ! Babylon , the mighty city ! That , in one hour , hath come thy judgment . * And , the merchants of the earth , weep and grieve over her , because , their cargo , no one , buyeth any more : * cargo of gold , and silver , and precious stone , and pearls , and fine linen , and purple , and silk , and scarlet , and all thyine wood , and every article of ivory , and every article of wood most precious , and of copper , and of iron , and of marble , * and cinnamon , and spice , and incense , and unguent , and frankincense , and wine , and oil , and fine flour , and wheat , and cattle , and sheep , and of horses , and of chariots , and of bodies , and lives of men . * And , the fruit of the coveting of thy soul , hath departed from thee , and , all things rich and bright , have perished from thee ; and , no more , in anywise , for them , shall they seek . * The merchants of these things , who were enriched by her , afar off , shall stand , because of their fear of her torment , weeping , and grieving , * as they say Alas ! alas ! the great city ! She that was arrayed in fine linen , and purple , and scarlet , and decked with gold , and precious stone , and pearl , * That , in one hour , hath been laid waste , such great wealth as this ! And , every pilot , and every passenger , and mariners , and as many as , by the sea , carry on traffic , afar off did stand , * and they cried out , seeing the smoke of her burning , saying What city is like unto the great city ? * And they cast dust upon their heads , and cried out , weeping and grieving , saying Alas ! alas ! the great city ! Whereby were made rich all that had ships in the sea , by reason of her costliness , that , in one hour , she hath been laid waste ! * Be glad over her , thou heaven ! And ye saints , and ye apostles , and ye prophets ! For that God hath exacted your vindication from her . * And one mighty messenger lifted a stone , as it were a great millstone , and cast it into the sea , saying Thus , with main force , shall be cast down , Babylon the great city , and in nowise be found any more ; * And sound of harp-singers , and musicians , and flute-players , and trumpeters , in nowise be heard in thee any more ; and any artisan of any art , in nowise be found in thee any more ; and sound of millstone , in nowise be found in thee any more ; * And light of lamp , in nowise shine in thee any more ; and voice of bridegroom and bride , in nowise be heard in thee any more ; because , thy merchants , were the great ones of the earth , because , with thy sorcery , were all the nations deceived : * And , in her , blood of prophets and saints , was found , and of all who had been slain upon the earth .

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