profligate luxury.

(4)And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come forth out of
her, my people, that ye have no share in her sins, and that so ye may
not receive of her plagues. (5)For her sins have reached unto heaven,
and God hath remembered her iniquities. (6)Render to her as she also
hath done to you, and repay her double according to her works; in the
cup which she hath mingled mingle for her double. (7)As much as she
hath glorified herself, and rioted in luxury, so much torment and
sorrow give her: because she hath said in her heart, I sit a queen, and
am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. (8)Therefore in one hour shall
all her plagues come, death, and mourning, and famine: and she shall be
consumed with fire; because mighty is the Lord God, who judgeth her.

(9)And the kings of the earth who have committed whoredom with her, and
shared in her luxuries, shall bewail her, and lament bitterly over her,
when they see the smoke of her burning, (10)standing afar off through
terror of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon,
that strong city! how in one hour is thy judgment come upon thee!

(11)And the merchants of the earth wept and wailed over her: because no
man buyeth their merchandise any more: (12)the merchandise of gold and
of silver, and of precious stones, and of pearl, and of fine linen, and
of purple, and of silk, and of scarlet, and every sweet scented wood,
and every ivory vessel, and every vessel of most precious wood, and of
gold, and of iron, and of marble, (13)and cinnamon, and perfumes, and
myrrh, and libanum, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and
cattle, and sheep, and of horses, and of chariots, and of bodies, and
the souls of men. (14)And the delicate autumnal fruit of thy soul's
earner longing is gone from thee, and all things that are dainty and
that are splendid are departed from thee, and never shalt thou find
them any more.

(15)The merchants of these things who enriched themselves by her, shall
stand afar off through terror of her torment, weeping and wailing,
(16)and saying, Alas, alas, the great city, which was clothed in fine
linen, and purple, and scarlet, and overlaid with gold, and precious
stones, and pearls! how in one hour is so great wealth laid waste!

(17)And every pilot, and all the crew in the ships, and the mariners,
and as many as exercise their labours on the sea, stood afar off,
(18)and cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, say