10. Her sufferings will frighten them, and they will stand at a distance and say,“Pity that greatand powerful city!Pity Babylon!In a single hourher judgment has come.”
11. Every merchant on earth will mourn, because there is no one to buy their goods.
12. There won't be anyone to buy their gold, silver, jewels, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, silk, scarlet cloth, sweet-smelling wood, fancy carvings of ivory and wood, as well as things made of bronze, iron, or marble.
13. No one will buy their cinnamon, spices, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle, sheep, horses, chariots, slaves, and other humans.
14. Babylon, the thingsyour heart desiredhave all escapedfrom you.Every luxuryand all your glorywill be lost for ever.You will neverget them back.
15. The merchants had become rich because of her. But when they saw her sufferings, they were terrified. They stood at a distance, crying and mourning.
16. Then they shouted,“Pity the great cityof Babylon!She dressed in fine linenand wore purpleand scarlet cloth.She had jewellerymade of goldand precious stonesand pearls.
17. Yet in a single hourher riches disappeared.”Every ship's captain and passenger and sailor stood at a distance, together with everyone who does business by travelling on the sea.
18. When they saw the smoke from her fire, they shouted, “This was the greatest city ever!”