☦Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism ➕ Revelation 22:11-19

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.."In one hour your judgment has come.”

11 The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn for her, because there will be no more markets for their cargo:

12 their cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; fine linen, purple silk, and scarlet cloth; fragrant wood of every kind, all articles of ivory and all articles of the most expensive wood, bronze, iron, and marble;

13 cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and slaves, that is, human beings.

14 “The fruit you craved has left you. All your luxury and splendor are gone, never again will one find them.”

15 The merchants who deal in these goods, who grew rich from her, will keep their distance for fear of the torment inflicted on her. Weeping and mourning,

16 they cry out: “Alas, alas, great city, wearing fine linen, purple and scarlet,
adorned [in] gold, precious stones, and pearls.

17 In one hour this great wealth has been ruined.” Every captain of a ship, every traveler at sea, sailors, and seafaring merchants stood at a distance

18 and cried out when they saw the smoke of her pyre, “What city could compare with the great city?”

19 They threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and mourning:

“Alas, alas, great city, in which all who had ships at sea grew rich from her wealth. In one hour she has been ruined."


"No melodies of harpist or musicians,
flutists and trumpeters,
will ever be heard in you again.

No craftsmen in any trade
will ever be found in you again.

No sound of the millstone
will ever be heard in you again.

23 No light from a lamp
will ever be seen in you again.

No voices of bride and groom will ever be heard in you again.

Because your merchants were the great ones of the world, all nations were led astray by your magic potion."