The Fall of Babylon

After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven. He had great authority, & the earth was illuminated by his splendor. With a mighty voice he shouted:

“Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great! 
She has become a home for demons & a haunt for every evil a spirit, 
a haunt for every unclean & detestable bird.
For all the nations have drunk the maddening wine of her adulteries.
The kings of the earth committed adultery with her, 
& the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries.”

Then I heard another voice from heaven say:
“Come out of her, my people, 
so that you will not share in her sins, 
so that you will not receive any of her plagues; 
for her sins are piled up to heaven, 
& God has remembered her crimes.
Give back to her as she has given; 
pay her back double for what she has done.
Mix her a double portion from her own cup.
Give her as much torture and grief as the glory & luxury she gave herself.
In her heart she boasts, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow, & I will never mourn.’
Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her:
death, mourning & famine.
She will be consumed by fire, 
for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.

The kings of the earth, the merchants, every sea captain, all who travel by ship, the sailors & all who earn a living from the sea will weep & morn the ruin of the city.

Rejoice over her, O heaven!
Rejoice, saints and apostles & prophets!
God has judged her for the way she treated you.’"
Revelation 18:1-24 summary