Into the Fire

Then I heard another voice from heaven say: 

          "Come out of her, my people,

             so that you will not share in her sins,

             so that you will not receive any of her plagues;

          for her sins are piled up to heaven,

             and God has remembered her crimes. 

          Give back to her as she has given;

             pay her back double for what she has done.

             Mix her a double portion from her own cup.

          Give her as much torture and grief

             as the glory and luxury she gave herself.

          In her heart she boasts,

             'I sit as a queen; I am not a widow,

            and I will never mourn.'

          Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her:

            death, mourning and famine. 

          She will be consumed with fire,

            for mighty is the Lord God who judges her."

Revelation 18:4-8 (NIV)