Revelation 18:16-18

Good News Translation

¹⁶ and say, “How terrible! How awful for the great city! She used to dress herself in linen, purple, and scarlet, and cover herself with gold ornaments, precious stones, and pearls! ^17 (A)And in one hour she has lost all this wealth!”

All the ships' captains and passengers, the sailors and all others who earn their living on the sea, stood a long way off, ^18 (B)and cried out as they saw the smoke from the flames that consumed her: “There never has been another city like this great city!”