Thy (Mer)chants -- The Big Business Pharmakon Power Elite Bankster Class

"Empires don't die, they reinvent themselves,"

Rev 18:23. 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.
http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Rev&c=18&t=KJV#23