^9 (A)Suddenly, here they come! Riders on horseback, two by two. The sentry gives the news, “Babylon has fallen! All the idols they worshiped lie shattered on the ground.”

⁸ Babylonia has suddenly fallen and is destroyed! Mourn over it! Get medicine for its wounds, and maybe it can be healed.

^8 (A)A second angel followed the first one, saying, “She has fallen! Great Babylon has fallen! She made all peoples drink her wine—the strong wine of her immoral lust!”

^2 (A)He cried out in a loud voice: “She has fallen! Great Babylon has fallen! She is now haunted by demons and unclean spirits; all kinds of filthy and hateful birds live in her.

^21 (A)It will be a place where desert animals live and where owls build their nests. Ostriches will live there, and wild goats will prance through the ruins.

^39 (A)“And so Babylon will be haunted by demons and evil spirits,^[a] and by unclean birds. Never again will people live there, not for all time to come.