Revelation 18:1-3

Holman Christian Standard Bible

The Fall of Babylon the Great

18 After this I saw another angel with great authority coming down from heaven, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor. ²He cried in a mighty voice:

It has fallen,^[a]
Babylon the Great has fallen!^(A)
She has become a dwelling for demons,
a haunt for every unclean spirit,
a haunt for every unclean bird,
and a haunt^[b] for every unclean and despicable beast.^[c]^(B)
³For all the nations have drunk^[d]
the wine of her sexual immorality,
which brings wrath.^(C)
The kings of the earth
have committed sexual immorality with her,
and the merchants of the earth
have grown wealthy from her excessive luxury.

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Footnotes

Revelation 18:2 Other mss omit It has fallen
Revelation 18:2 Or prison
Revelation 18:2 Other mss omit the words and a haunt for every unclean beast. The words and despicable then refer to the bird of the previous line.
Revelation 18:3 Some mss read have collapsed; other mss read have fallen