1 After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven. He had great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor.2 With a mighty voice he shouted: "'Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!' "She has become a dwelling for demons and a haunt for every impure spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal.3 For all the nations have drunk the maddening wine of her adulteries. The kings of the earth committed adultery with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries."4 Then I heard another voice from heaven say: "'Come out of her, my people,' "so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of her plagues;5 for her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes.6 Give back to her as she has given; pay her back double for what she has done. Pour her a double portion from her own cup.7 Give her as much torment and grief as the glory and luxury she gave herself. In her heart she boasts, 'I sit enthroned as queen. I am not a widow; "I will never mourn.'8 Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her: death, mourning and famine. She will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.9 "When the kings of the earth who committed adultery with her and shared her luxury see the smoke of her burning, they will weep and mourn over her.10 Terrified at her torment, they will stand far off and cry: "'Woe! Woe to you, great city, you mighty city of Babylon! In one hour your doom has come!'11 "The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her because no one buys their cargoes anymore —12 cargoes of gold, silver, precious stones and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet cloth; every sort of citron wood, and articles of every kind made of ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron and marble;13 cargoes of cinnamon and spice, of incense, myrrh and frankincense, of wine and olive oil, of fine flour and wheat; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and human beings sold as slaves.14 "They will say, 'The fruit you longed for is gone from you. All your luxury and splendor have vanished, never to be recovered.'15 The merchants who sold these things and gained their wealth from her will stand far off, terrified at her torment. They will weep and mourn16 and cry out: "'Woe! Woe to you, great city, dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet, and glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls!17 In one hour such great wealth has been brought to ruin!' "Every sea captain, and all who travel by ship, the sailors, and all who earn their living from the sea, will stand far off.18 When they see the smoke of her burning, they will exclaim, 'Was there ever a city like this great city?'19 They will throw dust on their heads, and with weeping and mourning cry out: "'Woe! Woe to you, great city, where all who had ships on the sea became rich through her wealth! In one hour she has been brought to ruin!'20 "Rejoice over her, you heavens! Rejoice, you people of God! Rejoice, apostles and prophets! For God has judged her with the judgment she imposed on you."21 Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea, and said: "With such violence the great city of Babylon will be thrown down, never to be found again.22 The music of harpists and musicians, pipers and trumpeters, will never be heard in you again. No worker of any trade will ever be found in you again. The sound of a millstone will never be heard in you again.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. Your merchants were the world's important people. By your magic spell all the nations were led astray.24 In her was found the blood of prophets and of God's holy people, of all who have been slaughtered on the earth."

1 Et post hc vidi alium angelum descendentem de clo, habentem potestatem magnam : et terra illuminata est a gloria ejus. 2 Et exclamavit in fortitudine, dicens : Cecidit, cecidit Babylon magna : et facta est habitatio dmoniorum, et custodia omnis spiritus immundi, et custodia omnis volucris immund, et odibilis : 3 quia de vino ir fornicationis ejus biberunt omnes gentes : et reges terr cum illa fornicati sunt : et mercatores terr de virtute deliciarum ejus divites facti sunt. 4 Et audivi aliam vocem de clo, dicentem : Exite de illa populus meus : ut ne participes sitis delictorum ejus, et de plagis ejus non accipiatis. 5 Quoniam pervenerunt peccata ejus usque ad clum, et recordatus est Dominus iniquitatum ejus. 6 Reddite illi sicut et ipsa reddidit vobis : et duplicate duplicia secundum opera ejus : in poculo, quo miscuit, miscete illi duplum. 7 Quantum glorificavit se, et in deliciis fuit, tantum date illi tormentum et luctum : quia in corde suo dicit : Sedeo regina : et vidua non sum, et luctum non videbo. 8 Ideo in una die venient plag ejus, mors, et luctus, et fames, et igne comburetur : quia fortis est Deus, qui judicabit illam. 9 Et flebunt, et plangent se super illam reges terr, qui cum illa fornicati sunt, et in deliciis vixerunt, cum viderint fumum incendii ejus : 10 longe stantes propter timorem tormentorum ejus, dicentes : V, v civitas illa magna Babylon, civitas illa fortis : quoniam una hora venit judicium tuum. 11 Et negotiatores terr flebunt, et lugebunt super illam : quoniam merces eorum nemo emet amplius : 12 merces auri, et argenti, et lapidis pretiosi, et margarit, et byssi, et purpur, et serici, et cocci (et omne lignum thyinum, et omnia vasa eboris, et omnia vasa de lapide pretioso, et ramento, et ferro, et marmore, 13 et cinnamomum) et odoramentorum, et unguenti, et thuris, et vini, et olei, et simil, et tritici, et jumentorum, et ovium, et equorum, et rhedarum, et mancipiorum, et animarum hominum. 14 Et poma desiderii anim tu discesserunt a te, et omnia pinguia et prclara perierunt a te, et amplius illa jam non invenient. 15 Mercatores horum, qui divites facti sunt, ab ea longe stabunt propter timorem tormentorum ejus, flentes, ac lugentes, 16 et dicentes : V, v civitas illa magna, qu amicta erat bysso, et purpura, et cocco, et deaurata erat auro, et lapide pretioso, et margaritis : 17 quoniam una hora destitut sunt tant diviti, et omnis gubernator, et omnis qui in lacum navigat, et naut, et qui in mari operantur, longe steterunt, 18 et clamaverunt videntes locum incendii ejus, dicentes : Qu similis civitati huic magn ? 19 et miserunt pulverem super capita sua, et clamaverunt flentes, et lugentes, dicentes : V, v civitas illa magna, in qua divites facti sunt omnes, qui habebant naves in mari de pretiis ejus : quoniam una hora desolata est. 20 Exsulta super eam clum, et sancti apostoli, et prophet : quoniam judicavit Deus judicium vestrum de illa. 21 Et sustulit unus angelus fortis lapidem quasi molarem magnum, et misit in mare, dicens : Hoc impetu mittetur Babylon civitas illa magna, et ultra jam non invenietur. 22 Et vox cithardorum, et musicorum, et tibia canentium, et tuba non audietur in te amplius : et omnis artifex omnis artis non invenietur in te amplius : et vox mol non audietur in te amplius : 23 et lux lucern non lucebit in te amplius : et vox sponsi et spons non audietur adhuc in te : quia mercatores tui erant principes terr, quia in veneficiis tuis erraverunt omnes gentes. 24 Et in ea sanguis prophetarum et sanctorum inventus est : et omnium qui interfecti sunt in terra.