Revelation 14:8-10
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
8 A second angel followed, saying:
“Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great,(A)
that made all the nations drink
the wine of her licentious passion.”[a]
9 A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice, “Anyone who worships the beast or its image, or accepts its mark on forehead or hand, 10 will also drink the wine of God’s fury,[b] poured full strength into the cup of his wrath, and will be tormented in burning sulfur before the holy angels and before the Lamb.
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- 14:8 This verse anticipates the lengthy dirge over Babylon (Rome) in Rev 18:1–19:4. The oracle of Is 21:9 to Babylon is applied here.
- 14:10–11 The wine of God’s fury: image taken from Is 51:17; Jer 25:15–16; 49:12; 51:7; Ez 23:31–34. Eternal punishment in the fiery pool of burning sulfur (or “fire and brimstone”; cf. Gn 19:24) is also reserved for the Devil, the beast, and the false prophet (Rev 19:20; 20:10; 21:8).
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