Then a powerful angel picked up a stone that was like a large millstone. He threw it into the sea and said,
    “The important city Babylon 

will be thrown down with the same 

force.
   It will never be found again.
   The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters 
will never be heard in it again.

   A skilled craftsman—regardless of 

the type of craft 
will never be found in it again.

   The sound of a millstone
will never be heard in it again.
   Light from lamps
will never shine in it again.
   Voices of brides and grooms
will never be heard in it again.
   Its merchants were the important 

people of the world, because all the 

nations were deceived by its witchcraft.

“The blood of prophets, God’s people, and everyone who had been murdered on earth was found in it.”