21. Then a powerful angel picked up a stone that was like a large millstone. He threw it into the sea and said,“The important city Babylon will be thrown down with the same force.It will never be found again.
22. The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeterswill never be heard in it again.A skilled craftsman—regardless of the type of craft—will never be found in it again.The sound of a millstonewill never be heard in it again.
23. Light from lampswill never shine in it again.Voices of brides and groomswill never be heard in it again.Its merchants were the important people of the world,because all the nations were deceived by its witchcraft.
24. “The blood of prophets, God’s people, and everyone who had been murdered on earth was found in it.”