138Then I [John] heard what sounded like a huge crowd shouting in heaven. "Praise to our Lord! Glory and power and salvation belong to our God. Only God's judgments are true and just. He has punished the great prostitute [false religion] who corrupted the people on earth with her ungodliness and immorality. He has avenged the murders of His servants."

       And again I heard the shouting crowd, "Praise our Holy Lord! The smoke will ascend from that ungodly city forever and ever!"