Revelation 18:2

New American Bible - revised edition

He cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great. She has become a haunt for demons. She is a cage for every unclean spirit, a cage for every unclean bird, [a cage for every unclean] and disgusting [beast].

Cross References

Isaiah 14:23

I will make it a haunt of hoot owls and a marshland; I will sweep it with the broom of destruction, oracle of the Lord of hosts.

Jeremiah 25:30

As for you, prophesy against them all these words and say to them: The Lord roars from on high, from his holy dwelling he raises his voice; Mightily he roars over his sheepfold, a shout like that of vintagers echoes over all the inhabitants of the earth.

Jeremiah 51:37

Babylon shall become a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals; A place of horror and hissing, without inhabitants.

Jeremiah 51:8

Babylon suddenly falls and is broken: wail over her! Bring balm for her wounds, in case she can be healed.

Zephaniah 2:14

In her midst flocks shall lie down, all the wild life of the hollows; The screech owl and the desert owl shall roost in her columns; The owl shall hoot from the window, the raven croak from the doorway.

Revelation 1:15

His feet were like polished brass refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing water.

Revelation 10:3

and then he cried out in a loud voice as a lion roars. When he cried out, the seven thunders raised their voices, too.

Revelation 11:8

Their corpses will lie in the main street of the great city, which has the symbolic names “Sodom” and “Egypt,” where indeed their Lord was crucified.

Revelation 14:15

Another angel came out of the temple, crying out in a loud voice to the one sitting on the cloud, “Use your sickle and reap the harvest, for the time to reap has come, because the earth’s harvest is fully ripe.”

Revelation 14:8

A second angel followed, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, that made all the nations drink the wine of her licentious passion.”

Revelation 16:13

I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come from the mouth of the dragon, from the mouth of the beast, and from the mouth of the false prophet.

Revelation 16:19

The great city was split into three parts, and the gentile cities fell. But God remembered great Babylon, giving it the cup filled with the wine of his fury and wrath.

Revelation 17:18

The woman whom you saw represents the great city that has sovereignty over the kings of the earth.”

Revelation 17:5

On her forehead was written a name, which is a mystery, “Babylon the great, the mother of harlots and of the abominations of the earth.”

Revelation 18:10

They will keep their distance for fear of the torment inflicted on her, and they will say: “Alas, alas, great city, Babylon, mighty city. In one hour your judgment has come.”

Revelation 18:21

A mighty angel picked up a stone like a huge millstone and threw it into the sea and said: “With such force will Babylon the great city be thrown down, and will never be found again.

Revelation 5:2

Then I saw a mighty angel who proclaimed in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?”