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the habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, 3 and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird, because all the nations have drunk of the poison of her fornication and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have been enriched by the abun4 dance of her luxury. And I heard another voice out of heaven saying, Come out of her, my people, that you may not partake of her sins and that you may not receive of her punish5 ments. Because her sins have reached to heaven and God hath remembered her acts of injustice, render to her as she hath rendered to you and requite her double according to her works. 6 In the cup in which she mingled, mingle for her a double por7 tion. In proportion to her ostentation and luxury inflict on her

torment and grief. Because she saith in her heart, I am en8 throned a queen and am not a widow, and shall not see sorrow; therefore in one day these calamities shall come upon her, pestilence and sorrow and famine; and she shall be consumed with fire; for the Lord God who judgeth her is mighty. And 9 the kings of the earth who have committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her will wail and beat their breasts for 10 her, when they see the smoke of her burning-standing afar off for fear of her torment, saying, Alas! Alas! that great city Babylon! that mighty city! for in one hour thy judgment is 11 come. The merchants of the earth also will weep and mourn

for her; because no one any more buyeth their merchandize— 12 the merchandize of gold and silver and precious stones and pearls; and of cotton and purple and silk and scarlet; and every sort of odoriferous wood and the various wares of ivory and of most precious wood and of brass and iron and marble, and cinnamon and frankincense and myrrh and incense and 13 wine and oil and fine flour and wheat and cattle and sheep and

horses and chariots and the bodies and souls of men. Even the 14 autumnal fruits, thy soul's desire are gone from thee; and all

these delicious and all those splendid things are gone from thee 15 and thou shalt find them no more. The venders of these things

who have been enriched by her will stand far off for fear of 16 her torment, weeping and wailing and saying, Alas! Alas! the great city! she that was clothed with cotton and purple and

scarlet and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls! 17 for in one hour what a mass of wealth is laid waste! And every

one sailing to the place,* both mariners and traffickers by sea 18 stood afar off and screamed when they saw the smoke of her 19 burning, saying, What city was like this great city! and they put dust on their heads and cried weeping and wailing and saying, Alas! alas! the great city by which all who have ships at sea were enriched by means of her wealth; for in one hour she is desolated.

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Rejoice over her, O! heaven! and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.

Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and cast it into the sea saying, Thus with violence shall Babylon that great city be dashed down and shall be found no 22 more. And the sound of harpers and of musicians and of pipers and of trumpeters shall no more be heard in thee. And no artist of any kind shall ever be found in thee again. And 23 the sound of a millstone shall never be heard in thee again; nor shall the light of a lamp ever shine in thee any more, nor the voice of a bridegroom and bride ever be heard in thee; for thy merchants were the nobles of the earth-for by thy 24 bewitching arts all the nations were led astray. And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints and of all who were slain on the earth.

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And after this I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, Alleluia! the salvation and the glory and 2 the honour and the power be to the Lord our God; for true

and righteous are his judgments; for he hath passed sentence on the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication; and hath avenged the blood of his servants, at her hand. 3 (And again they said, alleluia !) and the smoke of her goeth 4 up for the ages of the ages. And the four and twenty elders

and the four animate beings fell down and worshipped God 5 who sat on the throne, saying, AMEN. ALLELUIA. And there came out from the throne a voice, saying, Praise our God,

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all ye his servants and ye who fear him, both small and great. 6 And I heard as it were a voice of a great multitude and as a sound of many waters, and as it were a peal of mighty thunder 7 saying, Alleluia. Because the Lord God the Omnipotent reign

eth, let us rejoice and exult with joy and ascribe to him the 8 glory; for the marriage of the lamb is come and his spouse hath made herself ready and it hath been granted her, that she should be arrayed in a cotton [robe] clean and white for this cotton is the righteous acts of the saints.

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Then [the angel] saith to me, Write, Happy they who are invited to the marriage supper of the lamb! then he saith 10 to me, These are the true words of God. Whereupon I fell down at his feet to worship him. And he saith to me, See thou do not. I am the fellow servant of thee and of thy brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God. For the spirit of this prophecy is the testimony of Jesus.

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Then I saw the heaven opened and behold a white horse! and he who was mounted on him was called, FAITHFUL AND TRUE, and with righteousness he judgeth and maketh war. 12 His eyes are like a flame of fire; and on his head are many

crowns and he hath a name written which no one but himself 13 knoweth ; and he was clothed with a mantle dipped in blood; 14 and his name is THE WORD OF GOD. And the armies in

heaven clad in cotton robes white and clean followed him on 15 white horses. And out of his mouth issueth a sharp sword that with it he may smite the nations. And he himself tendeth them with an iron crook; and he himself treadeth the press of the ve16 nemous and raging wine of God Almighty. And he hath on his mantle and on his thigh this name written KING OF KINGS 17 AND LORD OF LORDS. And I saw an angel standing in the sun and he cried with a loud voice to all the birds which fly 18 in mid-heaven saying, Come and gather yourselves together to the supper of the great God; that you may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of generals, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and of them mounted on them and the flesh of all both freemen and slaves, both small and great. 19 And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their

armies assembled to come to a battle with him who was

20 mounted on the horse and with his army. And the beast was taken and with him the false prophet who did these signs before him by which he led astray them who had received the mark of the beast, and them who worshipped his image. Both these 21 were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone; and the rest were slain with the sword of him who was mounted on the horse-with that which issueth out of his mouth; and all the birds were glutted with their flesh.

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Then I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the bottomless gulf and a great chain in his hand; and he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent which is the Devil and Satan and bound him a thousand years and cast 3 him into the bottomless gulf and shut him up, and sealed it on him that he might not lead the nations astray any more until the thousand years were ended. And after that he must 4 be loosed for a short time. And I saw thrones and to them who sat on them judgment was given, and [I saw] the souls of them who had been slain for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God and who had not worshipped the beast nor its image, nor received the mark on their forehead or on 5 their hand. And they lived and reigned with the Christ the thousand years; but the rest of the dead did not revive until the thousand years were completed.

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This is the first resurrection. Happy and holy is he who hath a portion in this first resurrection. Over them the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and the 7 Christ and shall reign with him a thousand years. And when 8 the thousand years are ended Satan will be let loose from his prison and will go forth to seduce the nations which are in the four corners of the earth Gog and Magog to assemble them 9 for battle; the number of whom will be as the sand of the sea. And they came up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, and fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured 10 them. And the Devil who was seducing them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are; and they shall be tormented day and night for the ages of the ages.

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Then I saw a great white throne and him who sat thereon from whose presence the earth and the heaven fled away and 12 there was no place found for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God. And books were opened; and another book was opened namely that of LIFE. And the dead were judged by the writings in those books according to 13 their works. And the sea delivered up the dead in it; and death and the mansion of the dead delivered up the dead in them; and 14 they were judged, every one according to his works. And death and the mansion of the dead were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whoever was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire. XXI. Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the 2 former heaven and the former earth were passed away and the sea is no more. And I John saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem coming down from God out of heaven, prepared like 3 a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice

from heaven saying, Behold the tabernacle of God with men! and he will dwell with them; and they will be his people; and 4 God himself will be with them their God. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. And there shall no more be death; nor shall grief, nor screaming, nor pain be any more; 5 for the former things are gone. And he who sat on the throne said, Behold I make all things new. Then he saith to me, 6 Write that these words are true and faithful; and he said to me, It is done; I am the Alpha and the Omega-the beginning and the end; to him who thirsteth I will give without 7 cost from the fountain of the water of life. He who overcom

eth shall inherit all things; and I will be his God and he shall 8 be my son: but the cowards and the unbelieving and abominable and murderers and prostitutes, and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars shall have their portion in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone. This is the second death.

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Then one of the angels who had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues came to me and spoke to me saying, Come 10 let me shew thee the bride the Lamb's wife. And he carried me away in spirit to a great and high mountain and shewed me the great city-the holy Jerusalem coming down out of 11 heaven from God, having the glory of God. And its lustre

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