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Revelation 18

¹ And I saw an angel come down from heaven, ² saying: Babylon the great is fallen, ³ for all nations, and their kings, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. ⁷ She hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, for she saith in her heart: I sit a queen, and shall see no sorrow.

⁸ Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her, ⁵ for her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. ⁶ Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled, fill to her double.

G20. UN. BRICS. Oligarchs.⁹ And the kings of the earth, who lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, ¹⁰ saying: Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.


Energy Exports¹¹ And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more. ¹⁵ The merchants which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off, weeping and wailing, ¹⁶ and saying: Alas, alas that great city, ¹⁷ for in one hour so great riches is come to nought.

Shadow Fleet¹⁷ And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, ¹⁸ and cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying: What city is like unto this great city! ¹⁹ And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying: Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

²¹ Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more, ²³ for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. ²⁴ And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.