Revelation 18:17-24

17But in one single hour God has destroyed all those valuable things.’ All the sailors and the people who travel on ships will also be sad. They include every ship's captain, and everyone who works on ships on the sea. They will stand a long way from the city.

18They will see the smoke from the fire that burns the city. Then they will shout, ‘There is no other city like this great city!’

19They will throw dirt from the ground on their heads because they are so sad. They will weep and they will shout, ‘Bad trouble has come to you, Babylon! Great city! It is very bad for you! Everyone who had ships on the sea became rich because of you. You used your money to buy their expensive things. But in one single hour God has destroyed that city.’

20Yes, you who live in heaven, be happy! Be happy because God has punished Babylon! God's people and his apostles and his prophets, be happy! God has punished the city because of what she did to you.

21Then a powerful angel picked up a very big, heavy stone. He threw it into the sea. He said, ‘God will throw you down, Babylon! You are a great city, but God will throw you down like this stone. Nobody will ever see you again!

22Nobody will ever hear music in the city again. Nobody will sing there. Nobody will make music with harps, or with flutes, or with trumpets. There will never be workers who make things in the city. Nobody will ever hear the sound of people who make flour again.

23No light from people's lamps will ever shine in the city again. Nobody will ever hear the happy voices of a man and a woman when they marry. Your traders were the most powerful people on the earth. You used your magic to deceive people from all nations.

24Your people killed God's people and his prophets. Their blood lies on the ground in the city. The blood of everyone on earth that people have killed is also there. This shows that you are guilty of their murder.’