“After these things I
saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great
authority, and the earth was illuminated with his
glory. And he cried mightily with a loud voice, saying,
“Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a
dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and a
cage for every unclean and hated bird! For all the
nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her
fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication
with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich
through the abundance of her luxury.” And I heard
another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you
share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues. For her
sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.”
- Revelation 18:1-5 (NKJV)