Revelation 18:10-20

10 They'll keep their distance for fear they'll get burned, and they'll cry their lament: Doom, doom, the great city doomed! City of Babylon, strong city! In one hour it's over, your judgment come!
11 "The traders will cry and carry on because the bottom dropped out of business, no more market for their goods:
12 gold, silver, precious gems, pearls; fabrics of fine linen, purple, silk, scarlet; perfumed wood and vessels of ivory, precious woods, bronze, iron, and marble;
13 cinnamon and spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; wine and oil, flour and wheat; cattle, sheep, horses, and chariots. And slaves - their terrible traffic in human lives.
14 Everything you've lived for, gone! All delicate and delectable luxury, lost! Not a scrap, not a thread to be found!
15 "The traders who made millions off her kept their distance for fear of getting burned, and cried and carried on all the more:
16 Doom, doom, the great city doomed! Dressed in the latest fashions, adorned with the finest jewels,
17 in one hour such wealth wiped out!
18 and cried their lament when they saw the smoke from her burning: 'Oh, what a city! There was never a city like her!'
19 They threw dust on their heads and cried as if the world had come to an end: Doom, doom, the great city doomed! All who owned ships or did business by sea Got rich on her getting and spending. And now it's over - wiped out in one hour!
20 "O Heaven, celebrate! And join in, saints, apostles, and prophets! God has judged her; every wrong you suffered from her has been judged."
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