Revelation 18:4-20 - LSB - Legacy Standard Bible

Revelation 18:4-20

4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “^aCome out of her, my people, so that you will not participate in her sins and receive of her plagues; 5 for her sins have ¹^apiled up as high as heaven, and God has ^bremembered her iniquities. 6 ^aPay her back even as she paid, and ¹give her back double according to her deeds; in the ^bcup which she has mixed, mix double for her. 7 ^aTo the degree that she glorified herself and ^blived ¹sensuously, to the same degree give her torment and mourning, for she says in her heart, ‘^cI sit as a queen and I am not a widow, and will never see mourning.’ 8 For this reason ^ain one day her plagues will come, ¹pestilence and mourning and famine, and she will be ^bburned up with fire; for the Lord God who judges her ^cis strong.
9 “And ^athe kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality and ^blived ¹sensuously with her, will ^ccry and lament over her when they ^dsee the smoke of her burning, 10 ^astanding at a distance because of the fear of her torment, saying, ‘^bWoe, woe, ^cthe great city, Babylon, the strong city! For in ^done hour your judgment has come.’
11 “And the ^amerchants of the earth ^bcry and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargo anymore— 12 cargo of ^agold and silver and precious ¹stones and pearls and fine linen and purple and silk and scarlet, and every kind of citron wood and every article of ivory and every article made from precious wood and ²bronze and iron and marble, 13 and cinnamon and amomum and incense and perfume and frankincense and wine and olive oil and fine flour and wheat and cattle and sheep, and cargo of horses and carriages and ¹human beings and ²^ahuman lives. 14 And the fruit ¹you long for has gone from you, and all things that were splendid and shining have passed away from you and men will no longer find them. 15 The ^amerchants of ^bthese things, who became rich from her, will ^cstand at a distance because of the fear of her torment, crying and mourning, 16 saying, ‘^aWoe, woe, ^bthe great city, she who ^cwas clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and ¹adorned with gold and precious ²stones and pearls; 17 for in ^aone hour such great wealth has been laid ^bwaste!’ And ^cevery shipmaster and every ¹passenger and sailor, and as many as make their living by the sea, ^astood at a distance, 18 and were ^acrying out as they ^bsaw the smoke of her burning, saying, ‘^cWhat is like ^dthe great city?’ 19 And they threw ^adust on their heads and were crying out, crying and mourning, saying, ‘^bWoe, woe, the great city, in which all who have ships at sea ^cbecame rich by her ¹wealth, for in ^bone hour she has been laid ^dwaste!’ 20 ^aRejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and ^bapostles and prophets, because ^cGod has ¹pronounced judgment for you against her.”