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.’
8. Therefore, her plagues will come in one day,pestilence, grief, and famine;she will be consumed by fire.For mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”
9. The kings of the earth who had intercourse with her in their wantonness will weep and mourn over her when they see the smoke of her pyre.
10. They will keep their distance for fear of the torment inflicted on her, and they will say:“Alas, alas, great city,Babylon, mighty city.In one hour your judgment has come.”
11. The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn for her, because there will be no more markets for their cargo:
12. their cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; fine linen, purple silk, and scarlet cloth; fragrant wood of every kind, all articles of ivory and all articles of the most expensive wood, bronze, iron, and marble;
13. cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and slaves, that is, human beings.
14. “The fruit you cravedhas left you.All your luxury and splendor are gone,never again will one find them.”
15. The merchants who deal in these goods, who grew rich from her, will keep their distance for fear of the torment inflicted on her. Weeping and mourning,
16. they cry out:“Alas, alas, great city,wearing fine linen, purple and scarlet,adorned [in] gold, precious stones, and pearls.
17. In one hour this great wealth has been ruined.” Every captain of a ship, every traveler at sea, sailors, and seafaring merchants stood at a distance