Babylon is the physical body burning on the funeral pyre, 18: 16 And saying, Alas, alas that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
The fresh unclean spirits whose happiness was body based, suffering after being cut off from the comforting breath etc: 9 And 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,