Revelation 18:1 - After these things happened I saw yet another angel coming from heaven wielding great power; the earth was bathed in his glory. [Turker's Comment: This last angel lit up the earth.]
Revelation 18:2 - And he shouted loudly, Babylon the great is down, is down, and is now filled with devils and every evil spirit, a container for every ugly and hateful bird.
Revelation 18:3 - All the nations did partake in the wine and wrath of her sex, and the earthly kings themselves laid down with her, and the merchants became rich through her delicacies. [Turker's Comment: I got this one. It's the Whore of Babylon. Duh; the other sentence was probably referring to her, too. Dumb of me not to catch it.]
Revelation 18:4 - A heavenly voice told us to leave the sinful place. [Turker's Comment: The people receive some divine advice about where to live.]
Revelation 18:5 - Word of her sins was heard in heaven, and God remembers them all.
Revelation 18:6 - Be kind to her as she has been kind to you, and reward her for the things she does: in fact give twice as much as you get. [Turker's Comment: do unto others as you would have others do unto you, but do it first!;]
Revelation 18:7 - She will be punished because she is both hedonistic and narcissistic: she says to herself that she is a queen and not a widow and will always be happy. [Turker's Comment: I think the she is referring to Babylon the whore?;]
Revelation 18:8 - She will be tormented all in one day with death, mourning and hunger; and she will be banished to Hell: for God will have his way. [Turker's Comment: Sin and go to hell, don't sin and be rewarded with the kingdom of heaven.]
Revelation 18:9 - The world’s rulers, that have slept with and lived in sin with her, will cry and feel sadness when they learn of her demise. [Turker's Comment: This sentence refers to a woman cavorting in sin with the world's rulers. The smoke of her burning refers to the demise or death of the sinful woman, and the world's rulers will regret her loss.]
Revelation 18:10 - Standing far away because of a fear of torture, she states that the powerful city of Babylon will face judgment in an hour’s time. [Turker's Comment: A statement that a city is about to be judged.]