“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.”
'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 important people; by your magic spell all the nations were led astray' - the darkness that engulfs Babylon is both literal (no lamps) and spiritual: the joy of weddings (life and hope) and the light of human civilization are extinguished. Her magic (deceptive power) led nations astray but cannot save her.
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