The Book of Revelations
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 show 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, Why do thou
marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the
woman, and of the beast that carrieth her,
which has 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 kin