Revelation 18 - New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)

Babylon Is Fallen

18 After these things I saw another (A)angel (B)coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was (C)illumined with his glory. 2 And he cried out with a mighty voice, saying, “[a](D)Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She (E)has become a dwelling place of demons and a [b]prison of every (F)unclean spirit, and a [c]prison of every unclean and hateful bird. 3 For all the nations [d]have drunk of the (G)wine of the [e]passion of her immorality, and (H)the kings of the earth have committed acts of immorality with her, and the (I)merchants of the earth have become rich by the [f]wealth of her [g](J)sensuality.”

4 I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “(K)Come out of her, my people, so that you will not participate in her sins and receive of her plagues; 5 for her sins have [h](L)piled up as high as heaven, and God has (M)remembered her iniquities. 6 (N)Pay her back even as she has paid, and [i]give back to her double according to her deeds; in the (O)cup which she has mixed, mix twice as much for her. 7 (P)To the degree that she glorified herself and (Q)lived [j]sensuously, to the same degree give her torment and mourning; for she says in her heart, ‘(R)I sit as a queen and I am not a widow, and will never see mourning.’ 8 For this reason (S)in one day her plagues will come, [k]pestilence and mourning and famine, and she will be (T)burned up with fire; for the Lord God who judges her (U)is strong.

Lament for Babylon

9 “And (V)the kings of the earth, who committed acts of immorality and (W)lived [l]sensuously with her, will (X)weep and lament over her when they (Y)see the smoke of her burning, 10 (Z)standing at a distance because of the fear of her torment, saying, ‘(AA)Woe, woe, (AB)the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For in (AC)one hour your judgment has come.’

11 “And the (AD)merchants of the earth (AE)weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargoes any more— 12 cargoes of (AF)gold and silver and precious [m]stones and pearls and fine linen and purple and silk and scarlet, and every kind of citron wood and every article of ivory and every article made from very costly wood and [n]bronze and iron and marble, 13 and cinnamon and [o]spice and incense and perfume and frankincense and wine and olive oil and fine flour and wheat and cattle and sheep, and cargoes of horses and chariots and [p]slaves and [q](AG)human lives. 14 The fruit [r]you long for has gone from you, and all things that were luxurious and splendid have passed away from you and men will no longer find them. 15 The (AH)merchants of (AI)these things, who became rich from her, will (AJ)stand at a distance because of the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning, 16 saying, ‘(AK)Woe, woe, (AL)the great city, she who (AM)was clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and [s]adorned with gold and precious [t]stones and pearls; 17 for in (AN)one hour such great wealth has been laid (AO)waste!’ And (AP)every shipmaster and every [u]passenger and sailor, and as many as make their living by the sea, (AQ)stood at a distance, 18 and were (AR)crying out as they (AS)saw the smoke of her burning, saying, ‘(AT)What city is like (AU)the great city?’ 19 And they threw (AV)dust on their heads and were crying out, weeping and mourning, saying, ‘(AW)Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who had ships at sea (AX)became rich by her [v]wealth, for in (AY)one hour she has been laid (AZ)waste!’ 20 (BA)Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you [w]saints and (BB)apostles and prophets, because (BC)God has [x]pronounced judgment for you against her.”

21 Then [y]a (BD)strong angel (BE)took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “So will Babylon, (BF)the great city, be thrown down with violence, and (BG)will not be found any longer. 22 And (BH)the sound of harpists and musicians and flute-players and trumpeters will not be heard in you any longer; and no craftsman of any craft will be found in you any longer; and the (BI)sound of a mill will not be heard in you any longer; 23 and the light of a lamp will not shine in you any longer; and the (BJ)voice of the bridegroom and bride will not be heard in you any longer; for your (BK)merchants were the great men of the earth, because all the nations were deceived (BL)by your sorcery. 24 And in her was found the (BM)blood of prophets and of [z]saints and of (BN)all who have been slain on the earth.”

Footnotes

  1. Revelation 18:2 Lit Babylon...fell, fell
  2. Revelation 18:2 Or haunt
  3. Revelation 18:2 Or haunt
  4. Revelation 18:3 Two early ancient mss read have fallen by
  5. Revelation 18:3 Lit wrath
  6. Revelation 18:3 Lit power
  7. Revelation 18:3 Or luxury
  8. Revelation 18:5 Lit joined together
  9. Revelation 18:6 Lit double to her
  10. Revelation 18:7 Or luxuriously
  11. Revelation 18:8 Lit death
  12. Revelation 18:9 Or luxuriously
  13. Revelation 18:12 Lit stone
  14. Revelation 18:12 Or brass
  15. Revelation 18:13 Gr amomon
  16. Revelation 18:13 Lit bodies
  17. Revelation 18:13 Lit souls of people (Gr anthropoi)
  18. Revelation 18:14 Lit of your soul’s desire
  19. Revelation 18:16 Lit gilded
  20. Revelation 18:16 Lit stone and pearl
  21. Revelation 18:17 Lit one who sails to a place
  22. Revelation 18:19 Lit costliness
  23. Revelation 18:20 Or holy ones
  24. Revelation 18:20 Lit judged your judgment of her
  25. Revelation 18:21 Lit one
  26. Revelation 18:24 Or holy ones

Cross references

  1. Revelation 18:1 : Rev 17:1, 7
  2. Revelation 18:1 : Rev 10:1
  3. Revelation 18:1 : Ezek 43:2
  4. Revelation 18:2 : Is 21:9; Jer 51:8; Rev 14:8
  5. Revelation 18:2 : Is 13:21f; 34:11, 13-15; Jer 50:39; 51:37; Zeph 2:14f
  6. Revelation 18:2 : Rev 16:13
  7. Revelation 18:3 : Jer 51:7; Rev 14:8
  8. Revelation 18:3 : Rev 17:2; 18:9
  9. Revelation 18:3 : Ezek 27:9-25; Rev 18:11, 15, 19, 23
  10. Revelation 18:3 : 1 Tim 5:11; Rev 18:7, 9
  11. Revelation 18:4 : Is 52:11; Jer 50:8; 51:6, 9, 45; 2 Cor 6:17
  12. Revelation 18:5 : Jer 51:9
  13. Revelation 18:5 : Rev 16:19
  14. Revelation 18:6 : Ps 137:8; Jer 50:15, 29
  15. Revelation 18:6 : Rev 17:4
  16. Revelation 18:7 : Ezek 28:2-8
  17. Revelation 18:7 : 1 Tim 5:11; Rev 18:3, 9
  18. Revelation 18:7 : Is 47:7f; Zeph 2:15
  19. Revelation 18:8 : Is 47:9; Jer 50:31f; Rev 18:10
  20. Revelation 18:8 : Rev 17:16
  21. Revelation 18:8 : Jer 50:34; Rev 11:17f
  22. Revelation 18:9 : Rev 17:2; 18:3
  23. Revelation 18:9 : 1 Tim 5:11; Rev 18:3, 7
  24. Revelation 18:9 : Ezek 26:16f; 27:35
  25. Revelation 18:9 : Rev 14:11; 18:18; 19:3
  26. Revelation 18:10 : Rev 18:15, 17
  27. Revelation 18:10 : Rev 18:16, 19
  28. Revelation 18:10 : Rev 11:8; 16:19; 18:16, 18, 19, 21
  29. Revelation 18:10 : Rev 17:12; 18:8, 17, 19
  30. Revelation 18:11 : Ezek 27:9-25; Rev 18:3, 15, 19, 23
  31. Revelation 18:11 : Ezek 27:27-34
  32. Revelation 18:12 : Ezek 27:12-22; Rev 17:4
  33. Revelation 18:13 : 1 Chr 5:21; Ezek 27:13; 1 Tim 1:10
  34. Revelation 18:15 : Rev 18:3
  35. Revelation 18:15 : Rev 18:12, 13
  36. Revelation 18:15 : Rev 18:10
  37. Revelation 18:16 : Rev 18:10, 19
  38. Revelation 18:16 : Rev 18:10, 18, 19, 21
  39. Revelation 18:16 : Rev 17:4
  40. Revelation 18:17 : Rev 18:10
  41. Revelation 18:17 : Rev 17:16; 18:19
  42. Revelation 18:17 : Ezek 27:28f
  43. Revelation 18:17 : Rev 18:10
  44. Revelation 18:18 : Ezek 27:30
  45. Revelation 18:18 : Rev 18:9
  46. Revelation 18:18 : Ezek 27:32; Rev 13:4
  47. Revelation 18:18 : Rev 18:10
  48. Revelation 18:19 : Josh 7:6; Job 2:12; Lam 2:10
  49. Revelation 18:19 : Rev 18:10
  50. Revelation 18:19 : Rev 18:3, 15
  51. Revelation 18:19 : Rev 18:10
  52. Revelation 18:19 : Rev 17:16; 18:17
  53. Revelation 18:20 : Jer 51:48; Rev 12:12
  54. Revelation 18:20 : Luke 11:49f
  55. Revelation 18:20 : Rev 6:10; 18:6ff; 19:2
  56. Revelation 18:21 : Rev 5:2; 10:1
  57. Revelation 18:21 : Jer 51:63f
  58. Revelation 18:21 : Rev 18:10
  59. Revelation 18:21 : Ezek 26:21
  60. Revelation 18:22 : Is 24:8; Ezek 26:13; Matt 9:23
  61. Revelation 18:22 : Eccl 12:4; Jer 25:10
  62. Revelation 18:23 : Jer 7:34; 16:9
  63. Revelation 18:23 : Is 23:8; Rev 6:15; 18:3
  64. Revelation 18:23 : Nah 3:4; Rev 9:21
  65. Revelation 18:24 : Rev 16:6; 17:6
  66. Revelation 18:24 : Matt 23:35

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