Revelation 17:4-14

4 The woman 1was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned 2with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand 3a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.
5 And on her forehead was written a name of 4mystery: 5"Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth's abominations."
6 And I saw the woman, drunk 6with the blood of the saints, the blood of 7the martyrs of Jesus.[a]When I saw her, I marveled greatly.
7 But the angel said to me, "Why do you marvel? I will tell you 8the mystery of the woman, and of the beast with seven heads and ten horns that carries her.
8 The beast that you saw 9was, and is not, and 10is about to rise from 11the bottomless pit[b] and 12go to destruction. And 13the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in 14the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast, because 15it was and is not and is to come.
9 16This 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 17that was and is not, it is an eighth but it belongs to the seven, and it goes to destruction.
12 And 18the ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received royal power, but they are to receive authority as kings 19for 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 20will make war on the Lamb, and 21the Lamb will conquer them, for he is 22Lord of lords and 23King of kings, and those with him are 24called and chosen and faithful."

Cross References 24

  • 1. Revelation 18:16
  • 2. Daniel 11:38
  • 3. Jeremiah 51:7; [Revelation 18:6]
  • 4. ver. 7; 2 Thessalonians 2:7
  • 5. See Revelation 14:8
  • 6. Revelation 16:6; [Revelation 13:15]
  • 7. Revelation 2:13
  • 8. ver. 5
  • 9. ver. 11; [Revelation 1:4; Revelation 13:3]
  • 10. Revelation 11:7
  • 11. See Revelation 9:1
  • 12. Revelation 13:10
  • 13. See Revelation 3:10
  • 14. See Revelation 3:5
  • 15. ver. 11; [Revelation 1:4; Revelation 13:3]
  • 16. [Revelation 13:18]
  • 17. ver. 8; [Revelation 11:17]
  • 18. ver. 16; Daniel 7:24; [Revelation 13:1; Zechariah 1:18-21]
  • 19. [Revelation 18:10, 17, 19]
  • 20. See Revelation 16:14
  • 21. See Revelation 3:21
  • 22. Revelation 19:16; Deuteronomy 10:17; Psalms 136:3; Daniel 2:47; 1 Timothy 6:15; [Revelation 1:5; Matthew 28:18; Acts 10:36]
  • 23. Revelation 19:16; Deuteronomy 10:17; Psalms 136:3; Daniel 2:47; 1 Timothy 6:15; [Revelation 1:5; Matthew 28:18; Acts 10:36]
  • 24. See Revelation 2:10; Luke 18:7(Gk.); Romans 1:6

Footnotes 2

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