⁹ Look, riders come—
horsemen in pairs.”
And he answered, saying,
“Babylon has fallen,^(A) has fallen.
All the images of her gods
have been shattered on the ground.”^(B)

⁷ Babylon was a gold cup in the Lord’s hand,^(A)
making the whole earth drunk.
The nations drank her wine;^(B)
therefore, the nations go mad.^(C)
8 Suddenly Babylon fell and was shattered.
Wail for her;
get balm^(D) for her wound—
perhaps she can be healed.

It has fallen,^[a]
Babylon the Great has fallen!^(A)
She has become a home for demons,
a haunt for every unclean spirit,
a haunt for every unclean bird,
and a haunt^[b] for every unclean and despicable beast.^[c](B)
3 For all the nations have drunk^[d]
the wine of her sexual immorality,
which brings wrath.^(C)
The kings of the earth
have committed sexual immorality with her,
and the merchants of the earth
have grown wealthy from her sensuality and excess.^(D)