IN ONE HOUR YOUR DOOM HAS COME

 

9 When the Kings of the Earth

WHO HAD COMMITTED ADULTERY WITH HER

AND SHARED IN HER LUXURY

See the Smoke of her Burning,

THEY WILL WEEP AND MOURN OVER HER.

10 TERRIFIED, AT HER TORMENT,

They will Stand Far Off and Cry:

“WOE TO YOU, GREAT CITY,

YOU MIGHTY CITY OF BABYLON!

IN ONE HOUR YOUR DOOM HAS COME!

11 The Merchants of the Earth

WILL WEEP AND MOURN OVER HER

Because No One Buys their Cargoes Anymore--

12 Cargoes of Gold, Silver,

Precious Stones and Pearls;

Fine Linen, Purple, Silk

And Scarlet Cloth;

Every sort of Citron Wood,

And Articles of every kind made

Of Ivory, Costly Wood,

Bronze, Iron and Marble;

13 Cargoes of Cinnamon and Spice,

Of Incense, Myrrh and Frankincense,

Of Wine and Olive oil, of Fine Flour

And Wheat, Cattle and Sheep;

Horses and Carriages;

AND HUMAN BEINGS SOLD AS SLAVES.

14 They will say,

“THE FRUIT YOU LONGED FOR

IS GONE FROM YOU.

ALL YOUR LUXURY AND SPLENDOR

HAVE VANISHED,

NEVER TO BE RECOVERED.

15 The Merchants who Sold these things

And Gathered their Wealth from her

Will Stand Far Off,

TERRIFIED AT HER TORMENT.

THEY WILL WEEP AND MOURN

16 AND CRY OUT:

“WOE! WOE TO YOU GREAT CITY,

DRESSED IN FINE LINE,

PURPLE AND SCARLET,

AND GLITTERING WITH GOLD,

PRECIOUS STONES AND PEARLS!

17 IN ONE HOUR

SUCH GREAT WEALTH HAS BEEN

BROUGHT TO RUIN!

(Revelation 18:9-17, NIV)