\q2 and so that you may not receive any of her plagues.
\q
\v 5 Her sins have piled up as high as heaven,
\q2 and God has remembered her evil actions.
\q
\v 6 Pay her back as she has paid others back,
\q2 and repay her double for what she has done;
\q2 in the cup she mixed, mix double the amount for her.
\s5
\q
\v 7 As she glorified herself and lived in luxury,
\q2 give her just as much torture and grief.
\q For she says in her heart,
\q2 'I am seated like a queen;
\q I am not a widow,
\q2 and I will never see mourning.'
\q
\v 8 Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her:
\q2 death, mourning, and famine.
\q She will be consumed by fire,
\q2 for the Lord God is mighty, and he is her judge."
\s5
\m
\v 9 The kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and went out of control with her will weep and wail over her when they see the smoke of her burning.
\v 10 They will stand off at a distance, afraid of her torment, saying,
\q "Woe, woe to the great city,
\q2 Babylon, the powerful city!
\q For in a single hour your punishment has come."
\s5
\v 11 The merchants of the earth weep and mourn for her, since no one buys her merchandise anymore—
\v 12 merchandise of gold, silver, precious stone, pearls, fine linen, purple, silk, scarlet, all kinds of scented wood, every vessel of ivory, every vessel made of most precious wood, bronze, iron, marble,
\v 13 cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and slaves and human souls.
\s5
\q
\v 14 The fruit that you longed for with all your might is gone from you.
\q All your luxury and splendor have vanished,
\q never to be found again.
\s5
\v 15 The merchants of these goods who became rich by her will stand away from her at a distance because of the fear of her torment, weeping and loud mourning.
\v 16 They will say,
\q "Woe, woe to the great city
\q2 that was dressed in fine linen,
\q3 in purple, and in scarlet,
\q2 and was adorned with gold,
\q3 precious jewels, and pearls!"
\q
\v 17 In a single hour all that wealth has been wasted.
\m
Every ship's captain, every seafaring man, sailors, and all whose living is made from the sea, stood off at a distance.
\s5
\v 18 They cried out as they saw the smoke of her burning. They said, "What city is like the great city?"
\v 19 They threw dust on their heads, and cried out, weeping and mourning,
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