RE-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:

RE-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.

RE-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.

RE-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:

RE-17:5  And upon her forehead [was] a name written, MYSTERY,

BABYLON THE

GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

RE-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.

RE-17:7  And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou

marvel? I will tell

thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth

her, which hath

the seven heads and ten horns.

RE-17:8  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.

RE-17:9  And here [is] the mind which hath wisdom. The seven

heads are seven

mountains, on which the woman sitteth.

RE-17:10  And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is,

 [and] the

other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a

short space.

RE-17:11  And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the

eighth, and is of

the seven, and goeth into perdition.

RE-17:12  And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings,

which have

received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour

with the beast.

RE-17:13  These have one mind, and shall give their power and

strength unto the

beast.

RE-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.

RE-17:15  And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest,

where the whore

sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

RE-17:16  And the ten horns which thou sawest 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.

RE-17:17  For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will,

and to agree,

and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God

shall be

fulfilled.

RE-17:18  And the woman which thou sawest is that great city,

which reigneth

over the kings of the earth.

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