Revelation 18:22-24
The Message
21-24 A strong Angel reached for a boulder—huge, like a millstone—and heaved it into the sea, saying,
Heaved and sunk, the great city Babylon,
sunk in the sea, not a sign of her ever again.
Silent the music of harpists and singers—
you’ll never hear flutes and trumpets again.
Artisans of every kind—gone;
you’ll never see their likes again.
The voice of a millstone grinding falls dumb;
you’ll never hear that sound again.
The light from lamps, never again;
never again laughter of bride and groom.
Her traders robbed the whole earth blind,
and by black-magic arts deceived the nations.
The only thing left of Babylon is blood—
the blood of saints and prophets,
the murdered and the martyred.
Revelation 18:22-24
New International Version
22 The music of harpists and musicians, pipers and trumpeters,
will never be heard in you again.(A)
No worker of any trade
will ever be found in you again.
The sound of a millstone
will never be heard in you again.(B)
23 The light of a lamp
will never shine in you again.
The voice of bridegroom and bride
will never be heard in you again.(C)
Your merchants were the world’s important people.(D)
By your magic spell(E) all the nations were led astray.
24 In her was found the blood of prophets and of God’s holy people,(F)
of all who have been slaughtered on the earth.”(G)
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