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Revelation 18:1-8 GW
After these things I saw another angel come from heaven. He had tremendous power, and his glory lit up the earth. (2) He cried out in a powerful voice, "Fallen! Babylon the Great has fallen! (Religion [being very different from those who are actually following Christ] has been exposed as being servants of the Devil.) She has become a home for demons. She is a prison for every evil spirit, every unclean bird, and every unclean and hated beast. (3) All the nations fell because of the wine of her sexual sins. The kings of the earth had sex with her (combining politics with religion - like the so called "Holy Roman Empire"). Her luxurious wealth has made the merchants of the earth rich." (4) I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out of Babylon, my people, so that you do not participate in her sins and suffer from any of her plagues. (5) Her sins are piled as high as heaven, and God has remembered her crimes. (6) Do to her what she has done. Give her twice as much as she gave. Serve her a drink in her own cup twice as large as the drink she served others. (7) She gave herself glory and luxury. Now give her just as much torture and misery. She says to herself, 'I'm a queen on a throne, not a widow. I'll never be miserable.' (8) For this reason her plagues of death, misery, and starvation will come in a single day. She will be burned up in a fire, because the Lord God, who judges her, is powerful.

These verses (note verse four) warn you about the danger of remaining part of any one of the religious sects of this world (or other groups promising you need to join them to please   יהוה   [sounds like Yea•Vah to English speakers] or help others). The world is being illuminated by the words of Christ, and religion has been exposed. (John 15:22) Taken way back in World War II, there are photos of Catholic priests sprinkling holy water on German tanks, just like they did in other nations. Most members of the other religions groups also aligned themselves with the nation in which they lived. The nations have become drunk with the desire to go to war and do other bad things, because of having such religious support. The churches helped them imagine their wars to be supported by God. The Roman Catholic Church helped even Hitler to believe that (hence he imagined he was setting up the 1000 year reign of Christ). Now, the religions of this world are all being paid back for their war mongering, and for their abuse of the innocents and the children, and all the other harm they heaped on the people they have claimed to serve. If you want life, get clear of them all.

Revelation 18:1-8 NWT
18 After these things I saw another angel descending from heaven, with great authority; and the earth was lighted up from his glory. 2 And he cried out with a strong voice, saying: "She has fallen! Babylon the Great has fallen, (Religion [being very different from those who are actually following Christ] has been exposed as servants of the Devil.) and she has become a dwelling place of demons and a lurking place of every unclean exhalation and a lurking place of every unclean and hated bird! 3 For because of the wine of the anger of her fornication all the nations have fallen [victim], and the kings of the earth committed fornication with her, and the traveling merchants of the earth became rich due to the power of her shameless luxury." 4 And I heard another voice out of heaven say: "Get out of her, my people, if you do not want to share with her in her sins, and if you do not want to receive part of her plagues. 5 For her sins have massed together clear up to heaven, and God has called her acts of injustice to mind. 6 Render to her even as she herself rendered, and do to her twice as much, yes, twice the number of the things she did; in the cup in which she put a mixture put twice as much of the mixture for her. 7 To the extent that she glorified herself and lived in shameless luxury, to that extent give her torment and mourning. For in her heart she keeps saying, 'I sit a queen, and I am no widow, and I shall never see mourning.' 8 That is why in one day her plagues will come, death and mourning and famine, and she will be completely burned with fire, because Jehovah God, who judged her, is strong.

Revelation 18:1-8 GNB
(1) After this I saw another angel coming down out of heaven. He had great authority, and his splendor brightened the whole earth. (2) He cried out in a loud voice: "She has fallen! Great Babylon has fallen! (Religion [being very different from those who are actually following Christ] has been exposed as servants of the Devil.) She is now haunted by demons and unclean spirits; all kinds of filthy and hateful birds live in her. (3) For all the nations have drunk her wine---the strong wine of her immoral lust. The kings of the earth practiced sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the world grew rich from her unrestrained lust." (4) Then I heard another voice from heaven, saying, "Come out, my people! Come out from her! You must not take part in her sins; you must not share in her punishment! (5) For her sins are piled up as high as heaven, and God remembers her wicked ways. (6) Treat her exactly as she has treated you; pay her back double for all she has done. Fill her cup with a drink twice as strong as the drink she prepared for you. (7) Give her as much suffering and grief as the glory and luxury she gave herself. For she keeps telling herself: 'Here I sit, a queen! I am no widow, I will never know grief !' (8) Because of this, in one day she will be struck with plagues--- disease, grief, and famine. And she will be burned with fire, because the Lord God, who judges her, is mighty."

Revelation 18:1-8 ESV
(1) After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was made bright with his glory. (2) And he called out with a mighty voice, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! (Religion [being very different from those who are actually following Christ] has been exposed as servants of the Devil.) She has become a dwelling place for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detestable beast. (3) For all nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxurious living." (4) Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues; (5) for her sins are heaped high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. (6) Pay her back as she herself has paid back others, and repay her double for her deeds; mix a double portion for her in the cup she mixed. (7) As she glorified herself and lived in luxury, so give her a like measure of torment and mourning, since in her heart she says, 'I sit as a queen, I am no widow, and mourning I shall never see.' (8) For this reason her plagues will come in a single day, death and mourning and famine, and she will be burned up with fire; for mighty is the Lord God who has judged her."

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ALT - Analytical Literal Translation

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Darby - 1889 Darby Bible

DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible

BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English

LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

KJV - King James Version

MKJV - Modern King James Version

NWT - New World Translation

Webster - 1833 Webster Bible

RV - Revised Version

YLT - Young's Literal Translation