²¹ Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder shaped like a millstone and threw it into the ocean and shouted, “Babylon, that great city, shall be thrown away as I have thrown away this stone, and she shall disappear forever. ²² Never again will the sound of music be there—no more pianos, saxophones, and trumpets.^[a] No industry of any kind will ever again exist there, and there will be no more milling of the grain. ²³ Dark, dark will be her nights; not even a lamp in a window will ever be seen again. No more joyous wedding bells and happy voices of the bridegrooms and the brides. Her businessmen were known around the world, and she deceived all nations with her sorceries.