2. He cried out in a mighty voice:“Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great.She has become a haunt for demons.She is a cage for every unclean spirit,a cage for every unclean bird,[a cage for every unclean] and disgusting [beast].
3. For all the nations have drunkthe wine of her licentious passion.The kings of the earth had intercourse with her,and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her drive for luxury.”
4. Then I heard another voice from heaven say:“Depart from her, my people,so as not to take part in her sinsand receive a share in her plagues,
5. for her sins are piled up to the sky,and God remembers her crimes.
6. Pay her back as she has paid others.Pay her back double for her deeds.Into her cup pour double what she poured.
7. To the measure of her boasting and wantonnessrepay her in torment and grief;for she said to herself,‘I sit enthroned as queen;I am no widow,and I will never know grief.’