Revelation 18:18-20

The Voice

¹⁸Strong men were reduced to tears as they gazed on the smoke that rose from her ruins. “Was there ever any city like her?” they asked. ¹⁹They threw dust in the air covering their heads. They wept bitterly and mourned their loss.

    Woe to you, our great city;
        all who had ships at sea
        became rich off your wealth!
    In a single hour, you have been utterly ruined.

²⁰Rejoice over her torment, O heaven. Join in the celebration, you saints, emissaries,^[a] and prophets because God has judged in your favor and against her.

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