Revelation 14:8
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
8 And another, a second angel, followed, saying, ‘It has fallen, Babylon the Great(A) has fallen.[a] She made all the nations drink the wine of her sexual immorality,[b] which brings wrath.’(B)
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Revelation 14:8
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]
Footnotes
- 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.
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