It shall never be inhabited, neither shall any enter into it for many generations; neither shall the Arabians pass through it; nor shall shepherds at all rest in it.

And I will make the region of Babylon a desert, so that hedgehogs shall dwell [there], and it shall come to nothing; and I will make it a pit of clay for destruction.

granting his petition to him that prays; and He blesses the years of the righteous, for by strength cannot man prevail.

O Lord, let me not be ashamed, for I have called upon You; let the ungodly be ashamed, and brought down to Hades.

Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.

And I will destroy from [among] them the voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the scent of ointment, and the light of a candle.

And it came to pass, after Israel was taken captive, and Jerusalem made desolate, [that] Jeremiah sat weeping, and lamented with this lamentation over Jerusalem, and said: ALEPH. How does the city that was filled with people sit solitary! She has become as a widow: she that was magnified among the nations, and princess among the provinces, has become tributary.

But the Lord is in His holy temple: let all the earth fear before Him.

Let all flesh fear before the Lord, for He has risen up from His holy clouds.

So he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here not having wedding clothes?' And he was speechless.

Then the king said to the servants, 'Tie him up hands and feet, take him away, and cast [him] into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

raging waves on the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars for whom the darkness of the netherworld has been reserved forever.

Then a mighty angel picked up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, "Thus with violence Babylon the great city shall be cast down, and shall by no means be found anymore.

And the light of a lamp shall by no means shine in you anymore, and the voice of bridegroom and of a bride shall by no means be heard in you anymore. Your merchants were the magnates of the earth, for by your sorcery all the nations were deceived.

and said, I shall be a princess forever; you did not perceive these things in your heart, nor did you remember the latter end.

And Babylon, which is called glorious by the king of the Chaldeans, shall be as [when] God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

And you shall take up this lamentation against the king of Babylon, How has the extortioner ceased, and the taskmaster ceased!

You, O king, are a king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given a powerful and strong and honorable kingdom,

in every place where the children of men dwell: and He has given into your hand the wild beasts of the field, and the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea, and He has made you ruler over them all.

And he led me away in [the] Spirit, into a deserted [place]. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast being filled with names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

And on her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

In as many things as she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, in the same measure give to her torment and sorrow; because she says in her heart, 'I sit as queen, and am not a widow, and I shall by no means see sorrow.'

and saying, 'Alas, alas, that great city, she who was clothed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and having been gilded with gold and precious stones and pearls!

and were crying out, seeing the smoke of her burning, saying, 'Who is like this great city?'