Into the Fire

     Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea, and said:

          "With such violence

           the great city of Babylon will be thrown down,

           never to be seen again.

          The music of harpists and musicians, flute players

                     and trumpeters,

            will never be heard in you again.

          No workman of any trade

           will ever be found in you again.

          The sound of a millstone

           will never be heard in you again.

          The light of a lamp

            will never shine in you again. 

           The voice of bridegroom and bride

             will never be heard in you again. 

            Your merchants were the world's great men.

              By your magic spell all the nations were led astray.

            In her was found the blood of prophets and of the saints,

              and of all who have been killed on the earth." 

Revelation 18:21-24 (NIV)