And he cried [a]mightily with a loud voice, saying, (A)“Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and (B)has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and (C)a cage for every unclean and hated bird! For all the nations (D)have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, (E)and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the [b]abundance of her luxury.”

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  1. Revelation 18:2 NU, M omit mightily
  2. Revelation 18:3 Lit. strengths

And he cried out with a mighty voice, saying, “[a](A)Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She (B)has become a dwelling place of demons and a [b]prison of every (C)unclean spirit, and a [c]prison of every unclean and hateful bird. For all the nations have fallen because of the (D)wine of the passion of her sexual immorality, and (E)the kings of the earth have committed acts of sexual immorality with her, and the (F)merchants of the earth have become rich from the [d]excessive wealth of her [e](G)luxury.”

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  1. Revelation 18:2 Lit Babylon...fell, fell
  2. Revelation 18:2 Or haunt
  3. Revelation 18:2 Or haunt
  4. Revelation 18:3 Lit power
  5. Revelation 18:3 Or sensuality

And he shouted with a mighty voice, saying, “Fallen, fallen [certainly to be destroyed] is [a]Babylon the great! She has become a dwelling place for demons, a dungeon haunted by every unclean spirit, and a prison for every unclean and loathsome bird. For all the nations have drunk from the wine of the passion of her [sexual] immorality, and the kings and political leaders of the earth have committed immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich by the wealth and economic power of her sensuous luxury.”(A)

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  1. Revelation 18:2 Whatever the exact city, Babylon here indicates human civilization arrayed in opposition to God and ready to be judged.

With a mighty voice he shouted:

“‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!’[a](A)
    She has become a dwelling for demons
and a haunt for every impure spirit,(B)
    a haunt for every unclean bird,
    a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal.(C)
For all the nations have drunk
    the maddening wine of her adulteries.(D)
The kings of the earth committed adultery with her,(E)
    and the merchants of the earth grew rich(F) from her excessive luxuries.”(G)

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  1. Revelation 18:2 Isaiah 21:9

And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.

For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.

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