12 cargo of gold and silver and precious stones and pearls and fine linen and purple cloth and silk and scarlet cloth and all kinds of scented wood and all kinds of ivory goods and all kinds of goods of precious wood and bronze and iron and marble 13 and cinnamon and amomum[a] and incense and ointment and frankincense and wine and olive oil and fine wheat flour and wheat and domesticated animals and sheep and horses and carriages and slaves[b] and human lives.

14 “And the fruit your soul desires[c] has departed from you,
and all the luxury and the splendor has perished from you,
    and they will never find them any more.”

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 18:13 Or “spice”; the term can refer to “spice” in general, or specifically to amomum, a spice from India
  2. Revelation 18:13 Literally “bodies”
  3. Revelation 18:14 Literally “your fruit of desire”