Revelation18

As I blogged yesterday, years before John's revelation, it was also revealed to Nephi that in the last days -

"...all that fight against Zion shall be destroyed, and that great whore, who hath perverted the right ways of the Lord, yea, that great and abominable church, shall tumble to the dust and great shall be the fall of it." (Book of Mormon | 1 Nephi 22:14)

The 18th Chapter of Revelation is where John describes this fall. John uses the analogy of Babylon to described the wicked desires of man. What I found most interesting as the wicked in all their unrighteous desires, lusts, riches and their wicked lives is now being destroyed, show no desire to repent for -

"...the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning..." (New Testament | Revelation 18:9)

Even -

"...the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
13 And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
14 And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.
15 The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing..."
(New Testament | Revelation 18:11 - 15)

It doesn't seem like they have sufficient remorse unto repentance. It reminds me of the sorrow of the world as I think of Paul's words to the Corinthians -

"Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.
10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death." (New Testament | 2 Corinthians 7:9 - 10)

Before this dreadful day, a voice from heaven pleads -

"...Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues." (New Testament | Revelation 18:4)