Fall of Babylon
The same words as 2 hymnals printed them. Pick two versions to see every change between them: words added, dropped or altered, and verses left out.
24 words changed
Verse 1
HAIL the day so long expected,
Hail, the year of full release;
Zion's walls are now erected,
And her watchmen publish peace;
Throughout Shiloh's wide dominion
Hear the trumpet loudly roar
Babylon is fallen, is fallen, is fallen,
Babylon is fallen to rise no more.
Verse 1
HAIL the day so long expected,
Hail, the year of full release;
Zion's walls are now erected,
And her watchmen peace;
Throughout wide dominion
Hear the trumpet loudly roar
Babylon is fallen, is fallen, is fallen,
Babylon is fallen to rise no more.
Verse 2
Come "my people" and forsake her,
Cast away your slavish fears;
Hear the voice from heaven proclaiming,
It's the end of all her years.
Raise your voices, she is fallen,
Lift your banners up on high,
Babylon is fallen, is fallen, is fallen, Babylon is fallen to rise no more.
Verse 2
Come "my people" and forsake her,
Cast away your slavish fears;
Hear the voice from heaven proclaiming,
It's the end of all her years.
Raise your voices, she is fallen,
Lift your banners up on high,
Babylon is fallen, is fallen, is fallen, &c.
Verse 3
Now her plagues are surely coming,
And her merchants all shall mourn;
All their merchandise shall fail them,
And with fire it shall burn;
Cry aloud, ye kings and nobles,Priests and people, rich and poor,
Babylon is fallen, is fallen, is fallen, Babylon is fallen to rise no more.
Verse 3
Now her plagues are surely coming,
And her merchants all shall mourn;
All their merchandise shall fail them,
And with fire it shall burn;
Cry aloud, ye kings and nobles,
Priest and people, rich and poor,
Babylon is fallen, is fallen, is fallen, &c.
Verse 4
Blow the trumpet in Mount Zion,
Christ will come the second time,
Ruling with a rod of iron,
All who now his foes combine:
Babel's garments we've rejected,
And the wedge of golden ore;
Babylon is fallen, is fallen, is fallen, Babylon is fallen to rise no more.
Verse 4
Blow the trumpet in Mount Zion,
Christ will come the second time,
Ruling with a rod of iron,
All who now his foes combine:
Babel's garments we've rejected,
And the wedge of golden ore;
Babylon is fallen, is fallen, is fallen, &c.