And another, a second angel, followed, saying, “It has fallen, Babylon the Great(A) has fallen.[a] She made all the nations drink the wine of her sexual immorality,[b] which brings wrath.”(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 14:8 Other mss omit the second has fallen
  2. 14:8 Or wine of her passionate immorality

19 The great city(A) split into three parts, and the cities of the nations[a] fell. Babylon the Great was remembered in God’s presence; he gave her the cup filled with the wine of his fierce anger.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 16:19 Or the Gentile cities

On her forehead was written a name, a mystery:(A) Babylon the Great, the Mother of Prostitutes and of the Detestable Things of the Earth.

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18 And the woman you saw is the great city that has royal power over the kings of the earth.”

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He called out in a mighty voice:

It has fallen,[a]
Babylon the Great has fallen!(A)
She has become a home for demons,
a haunt for every unclean spirit,
a haunt for every unclean bird,
and a haunt[b] for every unclean and despicable beast.[c](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 18:2 Other mss omit It has fallen
  2. 18:2 Or prison
  3. 18:2 Other mss omit the words and a haunt for every unclean beast. The words and despicable then refer to the bird of the previous line.

10 They will stand far off in fear of her torment,(A) saying,

Woe, woe, the great city,(B)
Babylon, the mighty city!
For in a single hour
your judgment has come.

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The Finality of Babylon’s Fall

21 Then a mighty angel(A) 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(B)
and never be found again.(C)

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