After these things I saw  ¹another Angel  ²coming down out of heaven, having great authority; and the earth was illumined with His glory.

And He cried with a strong voice, saying,  ¹Fallen, fallen is Babylon the Great! And she has become a dwelling place of demons and a  ²hold of every unclean spirit and a  ²hold of every unclean and hateful bird;

For all the nations  ¹have  ²drunk of the wine of the fury of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich by the power of her luxury.

And I heard another voice out of heaven, saying,  ¹Come out of her, My people, that you do not participate in her sins and that you do not receive her plagues;

For her sins have  ¹accumulated up to heaven, and God has remembered her  ²unrighteousnesses.

Pay her back even as she has paid, and  ¹double to her double according to her works; in the cup which she has mixed, mix to her double.

As much as she has glorified herself and lived luxuriously, as much torment and sorrow give to her; for she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and I am not a widow, and I shall by no means see sorrow.

Therefore in one day her plagues will come, death and sorrow and famine, and she will be utterly  ¹burned with fire; for the Lord God who judges her is strong.

And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her, will weep and lament over her when they see the smoke of her burning,

Standing afar off because of fear of her torment, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city, for in one hour your judgment has come!

And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her because no one buys their cargo anymore:

 ¹Cargo of gold and silver and precious stone and pearls and fine linen and purple and silk and scarlet, and every kind of  ²thyine wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel of most precious wood and brass and iron and marble,

And cinnamon and  ¹amomum and incense and ointment and frankincense and wine and oil and fine flour and wheat and cattle and sheep, and cargo of horses and chariots and  ²slaves and  ³souls of men.

And the ripe fruits of your soul's lust have gone away from you, and all the sumptuous and splendid things have perished from you; and men will find them no more at all.

The merchants of these things, who became rich by her, will stand afar off because of the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning,

Saying, Woe, woe, the great city, which was clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and gilded with gold and precious stone and pearl;

For in one hour such great wealth has become desolate! And every ship captain and everyone sailing to a place and sailors and all who work on the sea stood afar off

And cried out, seeing the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like the great city?

And they cast dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and mourning, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, by which all those who have ships on the sea became rich from her  ¹wealth, for in  ²one hour she has become desolate!

Be glad over her, O heaven and saints and apostles and prophets, because God has  ¹judged judgment for you upon her.

And a strong angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, Thus will Babylon, the great city, be  ¹thrown down with violence and shall be found no more at all.

And the sound of harp-singers and musicians and flutists and trumpeters shall be heard no more at all in you, and no craftsman of any craft shall be found anymore at all in you, and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in you,

And the light of a lamp shall shine no more at all in you, and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall be heard no more at all in you; for your merchants were the great ones of the earth, for by your  ¹sorcery all the nations were deceived.

And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints and of all who have been slain on the earth.

In the second year of  ¹Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of Jehovah came through  ²Haggai the prophet unto  ³Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, the governor of Judah, and unto Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,

Thus says Jehovah of hosts, saying, This people says, The time has not come, the time for the house of Jehovah to be built.

Then the word of Jehovah came through Haggai the prophet, saying,

Is it time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled-up houses, while this house lies waste?

Now therefore thus says Jehovah of hosts,  ¹Consider your ways.

You have sown much, but you bring in  ¹little; you eat, but there is no satisfaction; you drink, but there is no being filled with drink; you dress yourselves, but there is no warmth in doing so; and he who earns wages, earns wages to put them into a bag with holes.

Thus says Jehovah of hosts, Consider your ways.

Go up to the mountain and  ¹bring wood and build the house, and I will take pleasure in it and will be glorified, says Jehovah.

You looked for much, and yet it amounted to little; and when you brought it home, I blew on it. Why? declares Jehovah of hosts. Because of My house that lies waste while you each  ¹run to your own house.

Therefore over you the heavens withhold their dew, and the earth withholds its yield.

Indeed I called for a drought upon the land and upon the mountains and upon the grain and upon the new wine and upon the fresh oil and upon that which the ground brings forth and upon man and upon beast and upon all the toil of the hands.

And Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all the remnant of the people listened to the voice of Jehovah their God and to the words of Haggai the prophet, as Jehovah their God had sent him; and the people were in fear before Jehovah.

Then Haggai, Jehovah's messenger, spoke in Jehovah's message to the people, saying, I am with you, declares Jehovah.

And Jehovah stirred up the  ¹spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, the governor of Judah, and the  ¹spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the  ¹spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did  ²work in the house of Jehovah of hosts their God,

On the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.

In the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word of Jehovah came through Haggai the prophet, saying,

Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, the governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people, saying,

Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? And how do you see it now? Is it not as nothing in your eyes?

Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, declares Jehovah; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all you people of the land, declares Jehovah, and work; for I am with you, declares Jehovah of hosts.

Both the word which I covenanted with you when you came forth from Egypt and My Spirit endure among you; do not fear.

For thus says Jehovah of hosts,  ¹Yet once more — it is but a little while — I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land;

And I will shake all the nations, and the  ¹Desire of all the nations will come; and I will fill this house with glory, says Jehovah of hosts.

The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, declares Jehovah of hosts.

The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former, says Jehovah of hosts; and in this place I will give peace, declares Jehovah of hosts.

In the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of Jehovah came to Haggai the prophet, saying,

Thus says Jehovah of hosts, Ask now the priests for instruction, saying,

If one carries holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt he touches bread or boiled food or wine or oil or any other food, will it become holy? And the priests answered and said, No.

Then Haggai said, If one who is unclean because of a corpse touches any of these, will it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It will be unclean.

Then Haggai answered and said, So is this people and so is this nation before Me, declares Jehovah, and so is all the work of their hands. Thus what they offer there is  ¹unclean.

And now, consider from this day and previously, before a stone was set upon a stone in the temple of Jehovah,

Before these days were, someone would come to a grain heap for twenty measures, and there would be only ten; someone would come to a vat to draw fifty troughfuls, and there would be only twenty.

I struck you with blight and with mildew and with hail on all the work of your hands; but on your part, none turned to Me, declares Jehovah.

Consider from this day and previously, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the day when the foundation of the temple of Jehovah was laid; consider.

Is there yet seed in the barn? Indeed even the vine and the fig tree and the pomegranate and the olive tree have not borne fruit; from this day I will bless you.

And the word of Jehovah came a second time to Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of the month, saying,

Speak to  ¹Zerubbabel the governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth.

And I will overthrow the throne of the kingdoms and will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations; and I will overthrow the chariots and their riders, and the horses and their riders will go down, each by the sword of his brother.

In that day, declares Jehovah of hosts, I will take you, O Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, My servant, declares Jehovah, and make you as a signet; for I have chosen you, declares Jehovah of hosts.