^{20 Ref} `Be glad over her, O heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets, because God did judge your judgment of her!'

^{21 Ref} And one strong messenger did take up a stone as a great millstone, and did cast `it' to the sea, saying, `Thus with violence shall Babylon be cast, the great city, and may not be found any more at all;

^{22 Ref} and voice of harpers, and musicians, and pipers, and trumpeters, may not be heard at all in thee any more; and any artizan of any art may not be found at all in thee any more; and noise of a millstone may not be heard at all in thee any more;

^{23 Ref} and light of a lamp may not shine at all in thee any more; and voice of bridegroom and of bride may not be heard at all in thee any more; because thy merchants were the great ones of the earth, because in thy sorcery were all the nations led astray,

^{24 Ref} and in her blood of prophets and of saints was found, and of all those who have been slain on the earth.'