All the peoples of the earth have drunk the wine of her sexual sin and of God’s anger. The rulers of the earth sinned sexually with her, and the merchants of the world grew rich from the great wealth of her luxury.”
The light of a lamp will never shine in you again. The voices of a bridegroom and bride will never be heard in you again. Your merchants were the world’s great people. All the nations were tricked by your magic.
“The merchants will be afraid of her suffering and will stand far away from her. They are the ones who became rich from selling those things to her. They will cry and be sad.
“The rulers of the earth who sinned sexually with her and shared her wealth will see the smoke from her burning. Then they will cry and be sad because of her death.
These false teachers only want your money. So they will use you by telling you things that are not true. But the judgment against these false teachers has been ready for a long time. And they will not escape God who will destroy them.
Their gold and silver will not help them! At that time the Lord will become very upset and angry. The Lord will destroy the whole world! He will completely destroy everyone on earth!”
That’s what will happen to those you have worked with, the people you did business with all your life. They will all go their own way. There will be no one left to save you.”
“But when the servants told the people to come, they refused to listen. They all went to do other things. One went to work in his field, and another went to his business.
Babylon will be destroyed like the time God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. “Babylon is the most beautiful of all kingdoms. The Babylonians are very proud of their city.
The elders and wise men from Byblos were on board to help put caulking between the boards on your ship. All the ships of the sea and their sailors came to trade and do business with you.