1 ARev 1:1; 21:9Then one of the BRev 15:1seven angels who had the CRev 15:7seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you DRev 16:19the judgment of the EIs 1:21; Jer 2:20; Nah 3:4; Rev 17:5, 15f; 19:2great harlot who FJer 51:13; Rev 17:15sits on many waters, 2 with whom ARev 2:22; 18:3, 9the kings of the earth committed acts of immorality, and BRev 3:10; 17:8those who dwell on the earth were CRev 14:8made drunk with the wine of her immorality.” 3 And ARev 21:10he carried me away 1Or in spiritBRev 1:10in the Spirit CRev 12:6, 14; 21:10into a wilderness; and I saw a woman sitting on a DMatt 27:28; Rev 18:12, 16scarlet beast, full of ERev 13:1blasphemous names, having FRev 12:3; 17:7, 9, 12, 16seven heads and ten horns. 4 The woman AEzek 28:13; Rev 18:12, 16was clothed in purple and scarlet, and 1Lit gildedadorned with gold and precious 2Lit stonestones and pearls, having in her hand BJer 51:7; Rev 18:6a gold cup full of abominations and of the unclean things of her immorality, 5 and on her forehead a name was written, a A2 Thess 2:7; Rev 1:20; 17:7mystery, “BRev 14:8; 16:19BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF CRev 17:2THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.” 6 And I saw the woman drunk with ARev 16:6the blood of the 1Or holy onessaints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered 2Lit with great wondergreatly. 7 And the angel said to me, “Why 1Lit have you wondereddo you wonder? I will tell you the A2 Thess 2:7; Rev 1:20; 17:5mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the BRev 17:3seven heads and the ten horns.

8 “ADan 7:7The beast that you saw BRev 13:3, 12, 14; 17:11was, and is not, and is about to CRev 11:7; 13:1come up out of the DRev 9:1; 13:1abyss and 1One early ms reads is goingERev 13:10; 17:11go to destruction. And FRev 3:10those who dwell on the earth, GPs 69:28; Rev 3:5whose name has not been written in the book of life HMatt 25:34; Rev 13:8from the foundation of the world, will IRev 13:3wonder when they see the beast, that he was and is not and will come. 9  “ARev 13:18Here is the mind which has wisdom. The BRev 17:3seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits, 10 and they are seven ARev 10:11kings; five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must remain a little while. 11  “The beast which ARev 13:3, 12, 14; 17:8was and is not, is himself also an eighth and is one of the seven, and he BRev 13:10; 17:8goes to destruction. 12  “The ADan 7:24; Rev 12:3; 13:1; 17:16ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast BRev 18:10, 17, 19for one hour. 13  “These have ARev 17:17one 1Or mindpurpose, and they give their power and authority to the beast.

14  “These will wage ARev 16:14war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will BRev 3:21overcome them, because He is C1 Tim 6:15; Rev 19:16Lord of lords and C1 Tim 6:15; Rev 19:16King of kings, and DRev 2:10fthose who are with Him are the EMatt 22:14called and chosen and faithful.”

15 And he *said to me, “The AIs 8:7; Jer 47:2; Rev 17:1waters which you saw where the harlot sits, are BRev 5:9peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues. 16  “And the ARev 17:12ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the harlot and will make her BRev 18:17, 19desolate and CEzek 16:37, 39naked, and will DRev 19:18eat her flesh and will ERev 18:8burn her up with fire. 17  “For A2 Cor 8:16God has put it in their hearts to execute His 1Or mindpurpose 2Lit even to do one mind and to giveby BRev 17:13having a common purpose, and by giving their kingdom to the beast, until the CRev 10:7words of God will be fulfilled. 18  “The woman whom you saw is ARev 11:8; 16:19the great city, which 1Lit has a kingdomreigns over the kings of the earth.”