3 For all the nations have drunkthe maddening wine of her adulteries.The kings of the earth committed adultery with her,and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries.’
4 Then I heard another voice from heaven say:‘ “Come out of her, my people,”so that you will not share in her sins,so that you will not receive any of her plagues;
5 for her sins are piled up to heaven,and God has remembered her crimes.
6 Give back to her as she has given;pay her back double for what she has done.Pour her a double portion from her own cup.
7 Give her as much torment and griefas the glory and luxury she gave herself.In her heart she boasts,“I sit enthroned as queen.I am not a widow;I will never mourn.”
8 Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her:death, mourning and famine.She will be consumed by fire,for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.
9 ‘When the kings of the earth who committed adultery with her and shared her luxury see the smoke of her burning, they will weep and mourn over her.