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those who sold its wares and those who sponsored the religion.

[20] Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets; for God has avenged you on her.
[21] And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

[22] And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
[23] And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
[24] And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.

Rejoice that you have been freed from the shackle of a religion that held you bound in captivity, because just like a stone being cast on the floor so this 'Babylon' as been cast down. And no longer will the songs they sing in their temples be heard; no longer will craftsman work in their temples; no light will sine there, nor will marriages be conducted there.

The merchants were 'the great men of the earth,' and they deceived all nations by manipulating the actions of the prophets and saints for their own benefit.

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