5 Her sins are piled up to heaven. God has remembered her crimes.
6 Do to her as she has done to others. Pay her back double for what she has done. Mix her a double dose of what she has mixed for others.
7 Give her as much pain and suffering as the glory and wealth she gave herself. She brags to herself, 'I rule like a queen. I am not a widow. I will never be sad.'
8 But she will be plagued by death, sadness and hunger. In a single day they will all catch up with her. She will be burned up by fire. The Lord God who judges her is mighty.
9 "The kings of the earth who committed terrible sins with her will sob. They will be sad because they used to share her riches. They will see the smoke rising as she burns.
10 They will be terrified by her suffering. Standing far away, they will exclaim, " 'How terrible! How terrible it is for you, great city! How terrible for you, Babylon, city of power! In just one hour you have been destroyed!'
11 "The traders of the world will cry and be sad over her. No one buys what they sell anymore.