Twentieth Century [1904], THE TWENTIETH CENTURY NEW TESTAMENT A TRANSLATION INTO MODERN ENGLISH Made from the Original Greek (Westcott & Hort's Text) (The Fleming H. Revell Company, NEW YORK & CHICAGO) [word count] [B14200].
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1 After this I saw another angel, descending from Heaven,
invested with great authority; and the earth was illuminated
by his splendour.
2 With a mighty voice he cried—‘She has
fallen! She has fallen—Babylon the Great! She has become
an abode of demons, a stronghold of every wicked spirit, a
stronghold of every foul and hateful bird. note
3 For, after drinking
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the maddening wine of her licentiousness, all the nations have
fallen; while all the kings of the earth have had licentious
intercourse with her, and the merchants of the earth have
grown rich through the excess of her luxury.’ note ⪆⪆
4 Then I
heard another voice from Heaven saying—‘Come out of her,
my People, that you may not participate in her sins, and that
you may not suffer from the Curses inflicted upon her.
5 For
her sins are heaped up to the heavens, and God has not forgotten
her misdeeds. note
6 Pay her back the treatment with which
she has treated you; yes, repay twice over what her actions
deserve; in the cup which she mixed for you, mix for her as
much again; note
7 for her self-glorification and her luxury, give her
now an equal measure of torture and misery. In her heart
she says ‘I sit here a queen; no widow am I; I shall never
know misery.’
8 Therefore in one day shall these Curses befall
her—death, misery, and famine, and she shall be utterly consumed
by fire; for mighty is the Lord God who condemned
her. note note
9 All the kings of the earth who had licentious intercourse
with her and shared her luxury will weep and lament over her,
when they see the smoke from the burning city, note
10 while they
stand at a distance, horrified at her torture, and cry—‘Alas!
Alas! Great City! O mighty City of Babylon! In a single
hour your judgement fell. note
11 And the merchants of the earth
weep and wail over her, because no longer does any one buy
their cargoes—their cargoes of gold, note
12 or silver, or precious
stones, or pearls, or fine linen, or purple robes, or silk, or scarlet
cloth; nor their many scented woods; nor their many articles
of ivory; nor their many articles of choicest wood, or brass,
or iron, or marble;
13 nor their cinnamon, or spice, or incense,
or perfumes, or frankincense, or wine, or oil, or fine flour, or
wheat, or cattle, or sheep; nor their horses, or chariots,
or slaves; nor the bodies and souls of men. note
14 The fruit
that your soul craved is no longer within your reach, and
all dainties and luxuries are lost to you, never to be found
again.’
15 The merchants who sold these things, and grew rich
by her, will stand at a distance weeping and wailing, horrified
at her torture, and crying—‘Alas! note
16 Alas! Great City! O City
clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet cloth! O City
adorned with gold ornaments, and precious stones, and pearls!
17 In a single hour your vast wealth vanished.’ Every ship's
captain and all who sail to any port, and sailors, and all who
get their living from the sea, note
18 stood at a distance, and seeing
the smoke from the burning city, cried—‘What city can compare
with the Great City?’ note
19 They threw dust on their heads,
and, as they wept and wailed, they cried—‘Alas! Alas! Great
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City! All who have ships on the sea grew rich through her
magnificence. note
20 In a single hour it has vanished.’ ⪆⪆Rejoice
over her, O Heaven, and People of Christ, and Apostles, and
Prophets, for God has avenged you on her! note
21 Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone,
and threw it into the sea, crying—‘So shall Babylon, the
Great City, be violently overthrown, never more to be seen. note
22 No
more shall the music of harpers, or minstrels, or fluteplayers, or
trumpeters be heard in you; no more shall any worker, skilled
in any art, be found in you; no more shall the sound of a mill
be heard in you; note
23 no more shall the light of a lamp shine in
you; no more shall the voices of bridegroom and bride be
heard in you. Your merchants were the great men of the
earth, for all the nations were deceived by your magical
charms. note note
24 Yes, and in her was to be found the blood of the
Prophets and of Christ's People, and of all who have been put
to death upon the earth.’ note
Twentieth Century [1904], THE TWENTIETH CENTURY NEW TESTAMENT A TRANSLATION INTO MODERN ENGLISH Made from the Original Greek (Westcott & Hort's Text) (The Fleming H. Revell Company, NEW YORK & CHICAGO) [word count] [B14200].
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