Revelation 18:23-24

The Fall of Babylon

²³ and the light of a lamp
will shine in you no more,
and _i the voice of bridegroom and bride
will be heard in you no more,
for _j your merchants were the great ones of the earth,
and all nations were deceived _k by your sorcery.
²⁴ And _l in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints,
and of _m all who have been slain on earth."

1. Cross References
   Jeremiah 7:34
   And I will silence in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, for the land shall become a waste.
   Jeremiah 16:9
   For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will silence in this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.
   Jeremiah 33:11
   The voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who sing, as they bring thank offerings to the house of the Lord : "'Give thanks to the Lord of hosts, for the Lord is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!' For I will restore the fortunes of the land as at first, says the Lord.
   
2. Cross References
   Isaiah 23:8
   Who has purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?
   
3. Cross References
   Nahum 3:4
   And all for the countless whorings of the prostitute, graceful and of deadly charms, who betrays nations with her whorings, and peoples with her charms.
   
4. Cross References
   Revelation 17:6
   And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints, the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her, I marveled greatly.
   Matthew 23:35 - 36
   So that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of innocent Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.
   
5. Cross References
   Jeremiah 51:49
   Babylon must fall for the slain of Israel, just as for Babylon have fallen the slain of all the earth.