Revelation - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 1267

REVELATION. 18-3 IO II I2 A haunt for every maiigu spirit; And a hold for avery filthy and hateful bird! ' Because every nation has been made drunk by her with the fury of her forni- cation; and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her; and the merchants of the earth have been enriched by the power of her Then I heard another voice from the heaven, saying, ‘Come out of her, My people! that you may not be partakers with her sins, and that you may not become recipients of her plagues: for her sins are piled up as high as heaven ; and God has remembered her wicked- ness. Repay to her what she has given; and redouble it in accordance with her doings. The cup which she has poisoned, poison it double for her. As she has glorified herself, and luxu- riated, give her in the same way tor- ment and anguish; because in her heart she says, ‘ I sit a queen; I am not a widow, and shall never seesuf· fering! Because of this, in a single hour, her plagues have come l——death, anguish, and famine, and to be burnt in tire; because God her judge is mighty! ' And the kings of the earth who

committed fornication and luxuriated with her shall weep and wail over her, when they see the smoke of her burning. Standing afar in fear of her torment, they shall cry: ‘Alas! alas! the great city Babylon, the mighty city! How has your judg- ment come in a single hour l' I`he merchants of the earth shall

weep and grieve for her, because of their cargo none buys any more ; their cargo of goldl and of silver, and jewels, and pearls, and cotton, and purple, and silk, and scarlet ;. and all sweet wood, and ivory toys, and all Q pro- ducts of costly wood; and of brass, and of iron, and marble; and cinna mon, and cloves; and scents, and myrrh; and incense, and wine, and oil; andfine Hour, and wheat; and cattle, and sheep, and horses, and carriages; and bodies and souls of men l And the season for delighting in the lusts your soul desired is gone from you; and the dazzle and splendour are perished from you; nor shall they be found again. ‘The traders in them who were enriched by her will stand afar oh in terror of her torment, crying, grieving, and exclaiming : ' Alas! alas l the great city! she was clad in cotton, and purple, and scarlet, and adorned with gold, and jewels, and pearls! How, in a single hour, has all this wealth withered ! ’ And every shipowner, and pilot, and sailor, and trader by sea, stood at a distance, and cried, watch· ing the smoke of her burning, ex claiming: 'What could be compared to the great city l ' 'And they will throw dust upon their

heads, shouting, crying, and grieving, exclaiming, 'Alas! alas! the great city, in which all who had ships in the sea were enriched from her treasures! How in one hour has she become a desert l ' ‘ Rejoice over her, heaven, and the

saints, and the apostles, and the pro- phets! because God has decided to execute the judgment upon her for Then a single powerful angel took

up a stone, like a large millstone, and Thus with a crash shall Babylon, the great city, be dashed down, and never be found again! And the sound of the harpers, and musicians, and pipers, and trumpeters shall never again be heard in you : and any workman shall never again be found in you ; and the sound of a mill shall never again be heard in you. ‘And light of a lamp shall never

again shine in you; and voice of a bridegroom and bride shall never again be heard in you; although your merchants were the princes of the earth: because 'by your poisonous charm all nations were deluded. And in her was found blood of pro- phets, and saints, and of all those murdered upon the earth} After this, I heard the mighty voice,

as of a great throng in the heaven, exclaiming : Hallelujah! the salvation, the

majesty, and the might of our God! because His judgments are true and right; for I-Ie has convicted the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication; and He has avenged the blood of His servants by her own And again they shouted ' Hallelujah! for her smoke shall go up through the eternities of the eter- And the twenty·four elders and the r267 x6 18 21 22 19