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all the nations
"the people of all the nations"
have drunk the wine of her immoral passion
"have become sexually immoral like her" or "have become drunk like her in sexual sin"
her immoral passion
Babylon is spoken of as if it were a prostitute who has caused other people to sin along with her. This may well have a double meaning: literal sexual immorality and also the worship of false gods.
merchants
A merchant is a person who sells things.
from the power of her sensual way of living
"because she spent so much money on sexual immorality"