Revelation 18:2

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He cried with a mighty voice, saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and she has become a habitation of demons, a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful bird!

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“Babylon” in Revelation is the symbolic name for the corrupt world system opposed to God, drawing on the historical city of Babylon in Mesopotamia, east of Israel. Its announced fall signifies God’s final judgment on idolatrous power, luxury, oppression, and spiritual deception.

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Revelation 18:2 mentions Babylon.