30 the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great that I have built to be a royal residence by my vast power and for my majestic glory?” (A)

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19 The great city(A) split into three parts, and the cities of the nations[a] fell. Babylon the Great was remembered in God’s presence; he gave her the cup filled with the wine of his fierce anger.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 16:19 Or the Gentile cities

On her forehead was written a name, a mystery:(A) Babylon the Great, the Mother of Prostitutes and of the Detestable Things of the Earth.

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He called out in a mighty voice:

It has fallen,[a]
Babylon the Great has fallen!(A)
She has become a home for demons,
a haunt for every unclean spirit,
a haunt for every unclean bird,
and a haunt[b] for every unclean and despicable beast.[c](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 18:2 Other mss omit It has fallen
  2. 18:2 Or prison
  3. 18:2 Other mss omit the words and a haunt for every unclean beast. The words and despicable then refer to the bird of the previous line.

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