4. Then I heard another voice from heaven say:“Come out of that city, my people,so that you will not share in her sins.Then you will not receive the terrible things that will happen to her.
5. The city’s sins are piled up as high as the sky.God has not forgotten the wrongs she has done.
6. Give that city the same as she gave to others.Pay her back twice as much as she did.Prepare wine for her that is twice as strongas the wine she prepared for others.
7. She gave herself much glory and rich living.Give her that much suffering and sadness.She says to herself, ‘I am a queen sitting on my throne.I am not a widow; I will never be sad.’
8. So these terrible things will come to her in one day:death, crying, and great hunger.She will be destroyed by fire,because the Lord God who judges her is powerful.”
9. The kings of the earth who sinned sexually with her and shared her wealth will see the smoke from her burning. Then they will cry and weep because of her death.
10. They will be afraid of her suffering and stand far away. They will say:“Terrible! How terrible, great city,powerful city of Babylon!Your punishment has come in one hour!”