19 They threw dust on their heads and kept crying out, weeping, and mourning:(A)

Woe, woe, the great city,(B)
where all those who have ships on the sea
became rich from her wealth,
for in a single hour[a] she was destroyed.
20 Rejoice over her, heaven,
and you saints, apostles, and prophets,(C)
because God has executed your judgment on her![b]

The Finality of Babylon’s Fall

21 Then a mighty angel(D) picked up a stone like a large millstone and threw it into the sea, saying:

In this way, Babylon the great city
will be thrown down violently(E)
and never be found again.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 18:19 Suddenly
  2. Revelation 18:20 Or God pronounced on her the judgment she passed on you; see Rv 18:6

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