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The Apocalypse of St. John the Apostle 1591

16 And the ten horns which thou sawest in give ye to her; because she saith in her heart: I
the beast: these shall hate the harlot, and shall sit a queen, and am no widow; and sorrow I shall
make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her not see.
flesh, and shall burn her with fire. 8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day,
17 For God hath given into their hearts to do death, and mourning, and famine, and she shall
that which pleaseth him: that they give their be burnt with the fire; because God is strong,
kingdom to the beast, till the words of God be who shall judge her.
fulfilled. 9 And the kings of the earth, who have com-
18 And the woman which thou sawest, is the mitted fornication, and lived in delicacies with
great city, which hath kingdom over the kings of her, shall weep, and bewail themselves over her,
the earth. when they shall see the smoke of her burning:
10 Standing afar off for fear of her torments,
saying: Alas! alas! that great city Babylon, that
Chapter 18 mighty city: for in one hour is thy judgment
come.
And after these things, I saw another angel come 11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep,
down from heaven, having great power: and the and mourn over her: for no man shall buy their
earth was enlightened with his glory. merchandise any more.
2 And he cried out with a strong voice, say- 12 Merchandise of gold and silver, and pre-
ing: Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen; and is cious stones; and of pearls, and fine linen, and
become the habitation of devils, and the hold of purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine
every unclean spirit, and the hold of every un- wood, and all manner of vessels of ivory, and
clean and hateful bird: all manner of vessels of precious stone, and of
3 Because all nations have drunk of the wine brass, and of iron, and of marble,
of the wrath of her fornication; and the kings of 13 And cinnamon, and odours, and ointment,
the earth have committed fornication with her; and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine
and the merchants of the earth have been made flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and
rich by the power of her delicacies. horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of
4 And I heard another voice from heaven, say- men.
ing: Go out from her, my people; that you be not 14 And the fruits of the desire of thy soul are
partakers of her sins, and that you receive not of departed from thee, and all fat and goodly things
her plagues. are perished from thee, and they shall find them
5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and no more at all.
the Lord hath remembered her iniquities. 15 The merchants of these things, who were
6 Render to her as she also hath rendered to made rich, shall stand afar off from her, for fear
you; and double unto her double according to of her torments, weeping and mourning.
her works: in the cup wherein she hath mingled, 16 And saying: Alas! alas! that great city,
mingle ye double unto her. which was clothed with fine linen, and purple,
7 As much as she hath glorified herself, and and scarlet, and was gilt with gold, and precious
lived in delicacies, so much torment and sorrow stones, and pearls.