Chapter 18

The fall of Babylon, her judgement, plagues and revenges: for the which, ℣.9 the kings, ℣.16 and merchants of the earth that sometime did cleave unto her, shall mourn bitterly: ℣.20 but heaven, and the Apostles and Prophets shall rejoice.

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   And after these things I saw another Angel coming down from heaven, having great power: and the earth was illuminated of his glory.

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   And he cried out in force, saying: Fallen fallen is Babylon the great: and it is become the habitation of devils, and the custody of every unclean spirit, & the custody of every unclean & hateful bird:

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   because all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication: and the kings of the earth have fornicated with her: and the merchants of the earth were made rich by the virtue of her delicacies.

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   And I heard another voice from heaven, saying: Go out from her my people: that you be not partakers of her sins, and receive not of her plagues.

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   Because her sins are come even to heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.

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   Render to her as she also hath rendered to you: and double ye double according to her works: In the cup wherein she hath mingled, mingle ye double unto her.

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   As much as she hath glorified her self, & hath been in delicacies, so much give her torment and mourning: because she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and widow I am not, and mourning I shall not see.

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   Therefore in one day shall her plagues come, death, and mourning, and famine, & with fire she shall be burnt: because God is strong that shall judge her.

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   And the kings of the earth, which have fornicated with her, & have lived in delicacies, shall weep, and bewail themselves upon her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning:

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    standing far off for the fear of her torments, saying: Woe, woe, that great city Babylon, that strong city: because in one hour is thy judgement come.

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    And the merchants of the earth shall weep, & mourn upon her: because no man shall buy their merchandise any more,

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    merchandise of gold and silver and precious stone: and of pearl, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, & scarlet and all Thyine wood, and all vessels of ivory, and all vessels of precious stone and of brass and iron and marble,

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    and cinnamon, and of odours, and ointment, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and flour, & wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, & slaves, and souls of men.

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    And the apples of the desire of thy soul are departed from thee, and all fat and goodly things are perished from thee, and they shall no more find them.

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    The merchants of these things which are made rich, shall stand far from her for fear of her torments, weeping and mourning,

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    & saying: Woe, woe, that great city, which was clothed with silk, and purple, and scarlet, and was gilted with gold, and precious stone, and pearls:

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    because in one hour are so great riches made desolate: and every governor, & every one that saileth into the lake, and the ship-men, and they that work in the sea, stood a far off,

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    and cried seeing the place of her burning, saying: What other is like to this great city?

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    And they threw dust upon their heads, and cried weeping and mourning, saying: Woe, woe, that great city, in the which all were made rich that had ships in the sea, of her prices: because in one hour she is desolate.

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    Rejoice over her, heaven, and ye holy Apostles and Prophets: because God hath judged your judgement of her.

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    And one strong Angel took up as it were a great millstone, and threw it into the sea, saying: With this violence shall Babylon that great city be thrown, and shall now be found no more.

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    And the voice of harpers, and of Musicians, and of them that sing on shalm and trumpet, shall no more be heard in thee, & every artificer of every art shall be found no more in thee, and the noise of the mill shall no more be heard in thee,

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    and the light of the lamp shall no more shine in thee, & the voice of the bridegroom and the bride shall no more be heard in thee: because thy merchants were the princes of the earth, because all nations have erred in thine enchantments.

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    And in her is found the blood of the Prophets and Saints, and of all that were slain in the earth.