Revelation 17
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- 1One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke to me, saying, "Come here; I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who sits on many waters."
- 2The kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
- 3Then the angel carried me away in the spirit into a wilderness. There I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names. The beast had seven heads and ten horns.
- 4The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls. She held a golden cup in her hand, filled with abominations and the filthiness of her fornication.
- 5Written across her forehead was a name: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
- 6I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her, I was filled with great amazement.
- 7And the angel said to me, "Why did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carries her, which has the 7 heads and 10 horns."
- 8The beast you saw once existed, does not exist now, and will rise from the bottomless pit, only to go to destruction. Those living on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life since the world's foundation will be amazed when they see the beast that once was, is not, and yet will appear again.
- 9And here is the mind which has wisdom. The 7 heads are 7 mountains, on which the woman sits.
- 10There are seven kings: five have fallen, one is present, and the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must remain for a short time.
- 11The beast that once existed but doesn't now — he is an eighth king, but he belongs to the seven, and he is headed for destruction.
- 12And the 10 horns which you saw are 10 kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
- 13These have one mind, and they will give their power and strength to the beast.
- 14They will wage war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will defeat them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings. Those who are with him are called, chosen, and faithful.
- 15Then the angel said to me, "The waters you saw, where the prostitute sits, represent peoples, crowds, nations, and languages.
- 16The ten horns you saw on the beast will turn against the prostitute. They will strip her bare, leave her desolate, devour her flesh, and burn her with fire.
- 17For God has put it in their hearts to fulfill his will, to agree, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.
- 18The woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth."