New Testament · SCRIPTURE
Revelation 18:18
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and cry out at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her. “What city was ever like this great city?” they will exclaim.
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And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What [city is] like unto this great city!
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and cried out as they looked at the smoke of her burning, saying, ‘What is like the great city?’
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
and cried out as they looked upon the smoke of her burning, saying, What [city] is like the great city?
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and they were crying out, seeing the smoke of her burning, saying, “What [is] like the great city?”
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Revelation 18
16 saying: “Woe, woe to the great city, clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls!
17 For in a single hour such fabulous wealth has been destroyed!” Every shipmaster, passenger, and sailor, and all who make their living from the sea, will stand at a distance
18 and cry out at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her. “What city was ever like this great city?” they will exclaim.
19 Then they will throw dust on their heads as they weep and mourn and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, where all who had ships on the sea were enriched by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been destroyed.”
20 Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.
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