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REVELATION ยท Chapter 17
17:1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials,
and talked with me, saying unto me, Come here; I will show unto you the
judgment of the great whore that sits upon many waters:
17:2 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.
17:3 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.
17:4 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:
17:5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE
GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
17:6 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.
17:7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore did you marvel? I will tell
you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carries her, which
has the seven heads and ten horns.
17:8 The beast that you saw 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.
17:9 And here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven
mountains, on which the woman sits.
17:10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the
other is not yet come; and when he comes, he must continue a short space.
17:11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and
is of the seven, and goes into perdition.
17:12 And the ten horns which you saw are ten kings, which have received
no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
17:13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength
unto the beast.
17:14 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.
17:15 And he says unto me, The waters which you saw, where the whore
sits, are races and tribes, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
17:16 And the ten horns which you saw 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.
17:17 For God has put in their hearts to fulfill his will, and to agree,
and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God
shall be fulfilled.
17:18 And the woman which you saw is that great city, which reigns
over the kings of the earth.
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