Bible, King James Version
Revelation
Rev.17
[1] And there came one of the seven angels which had the
seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I
will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth
upon many waters:
[2] With whom the kings of the earth have committed
fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made
drunk with the wine of her fornication.
[3] So he carried me away in the spirit into the
wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast,
full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
[4] And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet
colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls,
having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and
filthiness of her fornication:
[5] And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY,
BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE
EARTH.
[6] And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the
saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I
saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
[7] And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou
marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the
beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten
horns.
[8] The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall
ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they
that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not
written in the book of life from the foundation of the world,
when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
[9] And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven
heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
[10] And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one
is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must
continue a short space.
[11] And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the
eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
[12] And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings,
which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings
one hour with the beast.
[13] These have one mind, and shall give their power and
strength unto the beast.
[14] These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb
shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings:
and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and
faithful.
[15] And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest,
where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and
nations, and tongues.
[16] And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast,
these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and
naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
[17] For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will,
and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the
words of God shall be fulfilled.
[18] And the woman which thou sawest is that great city,
which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
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