l the
words of God shall be fulfilled.

(18)And the woman which thou sawest is the great city, which has a
kingdom over the kings of the earth.

XVIII.

AFTER these things I saw another angel coming down out of heaven,
having great authority; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
(2)And he cried with a strong voice, saying: Babylon the great is
fallen, is fallen, and is become a habitation of demons, and a hold of
every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
(3)Because all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her
fornication, and the kings of the earth committed fornication with
her, and the merchants of the earth became rich out of the abundance
of her luxury.

(4)And I heard another voice out of heaven, saying: Come out of her,
my people, that ye partake not in her sins, and that ye receive not of
her plagues. (5)For her sins reached unto heaven, and God remembered
her iniquities. (6)Reward her as she also rewarded, and render twofold
according to her works; in the cup which she mixed, mix for her
twofold. (7)By as much as she glorified herself, and lived
luxuriously, so much torment and mourning give her; because in her
heart she says: I sit a queen, and not a widow, and shall not see
mourning. (8)Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and
mourning, and famine; and she shall be burned up with fire because
strong is the Lord God who judged her.

(9)And the kings of the earth, who committed fornication and lived
luxuriously with her, shall weep, and shall lament for her, when they
see the smoke of her burning; (10)standing afar off for the fear of
her torment, saying: Alas, alas, the great city Babylon, the mighty
city! Because in one hour thy judgment is come.

(11)And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her,
because no one buys their lading any more; (12)the lading of gold, and
of silver, and of precious stones, and of pearls, and of fine linen,
and of purple, and of silk, and of scarlet; and all citron wood, and
every vessel of ivory, and every vessel of most precious wood, and of
brass, and of iron and of marble, (13)and cinnamon, and amomum, and
odors, and ointment, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine
flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep; and [lading] of horses, and
of chariots, and of slaves; and souls of men. (14)And the fruit that
thy soul desired departed from thee, and all the dainty and goodly
things perished from