On the right, the fall of Babylon, where a flying angel is shouting, 'Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!' (Revelation 18, 2). Babylon is depicted in flames. A second angel below him throws a great stone on the Euphrates. The association of the two angels and their actions is a clever artistic device and gives strength to the composition.
Below, a king and four merchants mourn the disaster, a clear statement about who is affected by such a blow, 'The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her because no one buys their cargoes any more' (Revelation 18, 11).
On the left, there is a confrontation between two groups of riders, the one dressed in red (the army of the kings of the earth), the other in white (the celestial army). The head of the white group is labelled 'The Word of God'. The white group defeats the red one, and throws it into a lake of fire and sulphur, where a flock of white birds led by an angel attacks to finish it. Below, the red seven-headed beast has been overturned and forced off a cliff, having first received the death blow from the white rider.
