An angel comes and celebrates that Babylon is destroyed. Another voice calls from heaven for the people to come out of Babylon.
This is a strange analogy. I am not entirely sure what is going on here.
Taken literally, the destruction of Babylon happened centuries before the life of Christ. Likewise, the return from the exile of Babylon happened centuries.
However, Revelations 17:5 links Babylon with the great beast emerging from the sea. So, we can contextually infer that the angel is celebrating the destruction of the beast of chapter 17 and the sea beast took on a role analogous to that of Babylon.
Beyond that, I think it is hard to say what is going on without adding our own thoughts into the text. From my own speculation, since I think the sea beast represents human governments at war with Christianity, chapter 18 celebrates a time when that will no longer happen.
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