The Great Prostitute and the Beast
1 Then ch. 21:9one of the seven angels who had ch. 15:7the seven bowls came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the judgment of ch. 19:2;Nah. 3:4;[Isa. 1:21;Jer. 2:20] the great prostitute ver. 15;[Jer. 51:13]who is seated on many waters, 2 ch. 18:3,9;[Isa. 23:17] with whom the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality, and ch. 14:8;Jer. 51:7with the wine of whose sexual immorality See ch. 3:10the dwellers on earth have become drunk." 3 And ch. 21:10he carried me away in the Spirit ch. 12:6,14into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on [ch. 12:3] a scarlet beast that was full of ch. 13:1blasphemous names, and ver. 7, 9, 12it had seven heads and ten horns. 4 The woman ch. 18:16was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned Dan. 11:38with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand Jer. 51:7;[ch. 18:6]a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality. 5 And on her forehead was written a name of ver. 7;2 Thess. 2:7mystery: See ch. 14:8"Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth’s abominations." 6 And I saw the woman, drunk ch. 16:6;[ch. 13:15] with the blood of the saints, the blood of ch. 2:13the martyrs of Jesus.17:6 Greek the witnesses to Jesus
When I saw her, I marveled greatly. 7 But the angel said to me, "Why do you marvel? I will tell you ver. 5the mystery of the woman, and of the beast with seven heads and ten horns that carries her. 8 The beast that you saw ver. 11;[ch. 1:4;13:3] was, and is not, and ch. 11:7is about to rise from See ch. 9:1the bottomless pit17:8 Greek the abyss and ch. 13:10go to destruction. And See ch. 3:10the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in See ch. 3:5the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast, because ver. 11;[ch. 1:4;13:3] it was and is not and is to come. 9 [ch. 13:18]This calls for a mind with wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated; 10 they are also seven kings, five of whom have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come, and when he does come he must remain only a little while. 11 As for the beast ver. 8;[ch. 11:17]that was and is not, it is an eighth but it belongs to the seven, and it goes to destruction. 12 And ver. 16;Dan. 7:24;[ch. 13:1;Zech. 1:18-21] the ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received royal power, but they are to receive authority as kings [ch. 18:10,17,19]for one hour, together with the beast. 13 These are of one mind, and they hand over their power and authority to the beast. 14 They See ch. 16:14will make war on the Lamb, and See ch. 3:21the Lamb will conquer them, for he is ch. 19:16;Deut. 10:17;Ps. 136:3;Dan. 2:47;1 Tim. 6:15;[ch. 1:5;Matt. 28:18;Acts 10:36] Lord of lords and ch. 19:16;Deut. 10:17;Ps. 136:3;Dan. 2:47;1 Tim. 6:15;[ch. 1:5;Matt. 28:18;Acts 10:36] King of kings, and those with him are See ch. 2:10;Luke 18:7(Gk.);Rom. 1:6called and chosen and faithful."
15 And the angel17:15 Greek he said to me, ver. 1;[Isa. 8:7]"The waters that you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages. 16 And See ver. 12the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast [Jer. 50:41,42] will hate the prostitute. They will make her ch. 18:17,19desolate and Ezek. 16:37,39naked, and [ch. 19:18] devour her flesh and ch. 18:8;[Lev. 21:9]burn her up with fire, 17 for 2 Cor. 8:16God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose by being of one mind and [2 Thess. 2:11]handing over their royal power to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled. 18 And the woman that you saw is ch. 16:19the great city that has dominion over the kings of the earth."
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