“After this I saw another angel come down from heaven with great authority, and the earth grew bright with his splendor. He gave a mighty shout:
‘Babylon has fallen – that great city is fallen! She has become a home for demons. She is a hideout for every foul spirit, a hideout for every foul vulture and every foul and dreadful animal. For all the nations have fallen because of the wine of her passionate immorality. The kings of the world have committed adultery with her. Because of her desires for extravagant luxury, the merchants of the world have grown rich.’
Then I heard another voice calling from heaven,
‘Come away from her, My people. Do not take part in her sins, or you will be punished with her. For her sins are piled as high as heaven and God remembers her evil deeds. Do to her as she has done to others. Double her penalty for all her evil deeds. She brewed a cup of terror for others, so brew twice as much for her.
She glorified herself and lived in luxury, so match it now with torment and sorrow. She boasted in her heart, ‘I am the queen on my throne I am no helpless widow, and I have no reason to mourn.’
therefore, these plaques will overtake her in a single day – death and mourning and famine. she will be completely consumed by fire, for the Lord God who judges her is mighty.'” (Revelation 18, vv. 1-8, NLT)