12 merchandise of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; fine fabrics of linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; all kinds of fragrant wood products; objects of ivory; objects of expensive wood, brass,[a] iron, and marble; 13 cinnamon, spice,[b][c] incense, myrrh,[d] and frankincense; wine, olive oil, fine wheat flour, and grain; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and slaves[e] and human lives.[f](A)

14 The fruit you craved has left you.
All your splendid and glamorous things are gone;
they will never find them again.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 18:12 Or bronze, or copper
  2. Revelation 18:13 Other mss omit spice
  3. Revelation 18:13 Or amomum, an aromatic plant
  4. Revelation 18:13 Or perfume
  5. Revelation 18:13 Or bodies
  6. Revelation 18:13 Slaves; “bodies” was the Gk way of referring to slaves; “souls of men” was the Hb way.

12 cargoes of gold, silver, precious stones and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet cloth; every sort of citron wood, and articles of every kind made of ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron and marble;(A) 13 cargoes of cinnamon and spice, of incense, myrrh and frankincense, of wine and olive oil, of fine flour and wheat; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and human beings sold as slaves.(B)

14 “They will say, ‘The fruit you longed for is gone from you. All your luxury and splendor have vanished, never to be recovered.’

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