CHAPTER 17 :1 And there came <G 2064> one <G 1520> of the seven

<G 2033> angels <G 0032> which <G 3588> had <G 2192> the seven

<G 2033> vials <G 5357>, and talked <G 2980> with me, saying <G

3004> unto me, Come <G 1204> hither <G 1204>; I will shew <G

1166> unto thee the judgment <G 2917> of the great <G 3173>

whore <G 4204> that sitteth <G 2521> upon many <G 4183> waters

<G 5204>:

:2 With whom <G 3739> the kings <G 0935> of the earth <G 1093>

have committed <G 4203> fornication <G 4203>, and the

inhabitants <G 2730> of the earth <G 1093> have been made <G

3182> drunk <G 3182> with the wine <G 3631> of her fornication

<G 4202>.

:3 So <G 2532> he carried <G 0667> me away <G 0667> in the

spirit <G 4151> into <G 1519> the wilderness <G 2048>: and I saw

<G 1492> a woman <G 1135> sit <G 2521> upon a scarlet <G 2847>

coloured beast <G 2342>, full <G 1073> of names <G 3686> of

blasphemy <G 0988>, having <G 2192> seven <G 2033> heads <G

2776> and ten <G 1176> horns <G 2768>.

:4 And the woman <G 1135> was arrayed <G 4016> in purple <G

4209> and scarlet <G 2847> colour, and decked <G 5558> with gold

<G 5557> and precious <G 5093> stones <G 3037> and pearls <G

3135>, having <G 2192> a golden <G 5552> cup <G 4221> in her

hand <G 5495> full <G 1073> of abominations <G 0946> and

filthiness <G 0168> of her fornication <G 4202>:

:5 And upon her forehead <G 3359> [was] a name <G 3686> written

<G 1125>, MYSTERY <G 3466>, BABYLON <G 0897> THE GREAT <G 3173>,

THE MOTHER <G 3384> OF HARLOTS <G 4204> AND ABOMINATIONS <G

0946> OF THE EARTH <G 1093>.

:6 And I saw <G 1492> the woman <G 1135> drunken <G 3184> with

the blood <G 0129> of the saints <G 0040>, and with the blood <G

0129> of the martyrs <G 3144> of Jesus <G 2424>: and when I saw

<G 1492> her, I wondered <G 1839> with great <G 3173> admiration

<G 2295>.

:7 And the angel <G 0032> said <G 2036> unto me, Wherefore <G

1302> didst thou marvel <G 2296>? I will tell <G 2046> thee the

mystery <G 3466> of the woman <G 1135>, and of the beast <G

2342> that carrieth <G 0941> her, which <G 3588> hath <G 2192>

the seven <G 2033> heads <G 2776> and ten <G 1176> horns <G

2768>.

:8 The beast <G 2342> that thou sawest <G 1492> was, and is not;

and shall ascend <G 0305> out of the bottomless <G 0012> pit,

and go <G 5217> into <G 1519> perdition <G 0684>: and they that

dwell <G 2730> on <G 1909> the earth <G 1093> shall wonder <G

2296>, whose <G 3739> names <G 3686> were not written <G 1125>

in the book <G 0976> of life <G 2222> from the foundation <G

2602> of the world <G 2889>, when they behold <G 0991> the beast

<G 2342> that was, and is not, and yet <G 2539> is.

:9 And here <G 5602> [is] the mind <G 3563> which <G 3588> hath

<G 2192> wisdom <G 4678>. The seven <G 2033> heads <G 2776> are

seven <G 2033> mountains <G 3735>, on <G 1909> which <G 0846>

the woman <G 1135> sitteth <G 2521>.

:10 And there are seven <G 2033> kings <G 0935>: five <G 4002>

are fallen <G 4098>, and one <G 1520> is, [and] the other <G

0243> is not yet <G 3768> come <G 2064>; and when <G 3752> he

cometh <G 2064>, he must <G 1163> continue <G 3306> a short <G

3641> space.

:11 And the beast <G 2342> that was, and is not, even <G 2532>

he is the eighth <G 3590>, and is of the seven <G 2033>, and

goeth <G 5217> into <G 1519> perdition <G 0684>.

:12 And the ten <G 1176> horns <G 2768> which <G 3739> thou

sawest <G 1492> are ten <G 1176> kings <G 0935>, which <G 3748>

have received <G 2983> no <G 3768> kingdom <G 0932> as yet <G

3768>; but receive <G 2983> power <G 1849> as kings <G 0935> one

<G 3391> hour <G 5610> with the beast <G 2342>.

:13 These <G 3778> have <G 2192> one <G 3391> mind <G 1106>, and

shall give <G 1239> their power <G 1411> and strength <G 1849>

unto the beast <G 2342>.

:14 These <G 3778> shall make <G 4170> war <G 4170> with the

Lamb <G 0721>, and the Lamb <G 0721> shall overcome <G 3528>

them: for he is Lord <G 2962> of lords <G 2962>, and King <G

0935> of kings <G 0935>: and they that are with him [are] called

<G 2822>, and chosen <G 1588>, and faithful <G 4103>.

:15 And he saith <G 3004> unto me, The waters <G 5204> which <G

3739> thou sawest <G 1492>, where <G 3757> the whore <G 4204>

sitteth <G 2521>, are peoples <G 2992>, and multitudes <G 3793>,

and nations <G 1484>, and tongues <G 1100>.

:16 And the ten <G 1176> horns <G 2768> which <G 3739> thou

sawest <G 1492> upon the beast <G 2342>, these <G 3778> shall

hate <G 3404> the whore <G 4204>, and shall make <G 4160> her

desolate <G 2049> and naked <G 1131>, and shall eat <G 5315> her

flesh <G 4561>, and burn <G 2618> her with fire <G 4442>.

:17 For God <G 2316> hath put <G 1325> in their hearts <G 2588>

to fulfil <G 4160> his will <G 1106>, and to agree <G 4160>, and

give <G 1325> their kingdom <G 0932> unto the beast <G 2342>,

until <G 0891> the words <G 4487> of God <G 2316> shall be

fulfilled <G 5055>.

:18 And the woman <G 1135> which <G 3739> thou sawest <G 1492>

is that great <G 3173> city <G 4172>, which <G 3588> reigneth <G

0932> over <G 1909> the kings <G 0935> of the earth <G 1093>.

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