The king spoke and said, “Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling place by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”
They will stand far away in fear of her torment, saying, ‘Woe! Woe to the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For your judgment has come in single hour.’
Speak and say, ‘This is what Lord YHWH says: “Look! I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lies in the middle of his rivers, that has said, ‘My river is my own, and I have made it for myself.’
The great city became divided into three parts, and the cities of the ethnic groups fell. Babylon the Great was remembered in the presence of God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the fury of ʜɪꜱ wrath.
Likewise, y’all who are younger, be subject to the elders. All y’all should clothe yourselves in humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
A strong angel picked up a stone like a massive millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “The great city of Babylon, will be thrown down with this kind of violence, and will never be found again.
Another, a second angel, followed, saying, “Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great, she who made all the ethnic groups drink the wine of her immoral sexual passion.”
While the word was in the king’s mouth, a voice came from the sky, saying, “O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: ‘The kingdom has departed from you.
Then the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, ‘Give this person your seat.’ In disgrace, you would then go take the least important place.