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Revelation 14:8

Babylon

6 Then I saw another angel flying overhead, with the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation and tribe and tongue and people.

7 And he said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the One who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and the springs of waters.”

Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”

9 And a third angel followed them, calling out in a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and its image, and receives its mark on his forehead or on his hand,

10 he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.

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BSB
Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”
KJV
And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
WEB
Another, a second angel, followed, saying, “Babylon the great has fallen, which has made all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her sexual immorality.”
ASV
And another, a second angel, followed, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, that hath made all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
DARBY
And another, a second, angel followed, saying, Great Babylon has fallen, has fallen, which of the wine of the fury of her fornication has made all nations drink.
BLB
And another, a second angel, followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has given all the nations to drink of the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality.”
ÅB
Og en annen engel fulgte etter og sa: Falt, falt er Babylon, den store, som har gitt alle folk å drikke av sitt horelevnets vredesvin.
OTB
Og en annen engel, en annen, fulgte etter og sa: “Falt, falt er Babylon den store, hun som fikk alle nasjonene til å drikke av vinen av hennes utuktige lidenskap.”
B1930
Og atter en annen engel fulgte efter og sa: Falt, falt er Babylon, den store, som har gitt alle folk å drikke av sitt horelevnets vredesvin.

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 21:9

    Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”

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  • Jeremiah 51:7–8

    Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad.

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  • Revelation 18:2–3

    And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.

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  • Revelation 16:19

    The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.

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  • Revelation 11:8

    Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified.

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  • Revelation 17:2–6

    The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.”

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  • Revelation 17:18

    And the woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.”

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  • Revelation 19:2

    For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”

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