Revelation 17:1-7

The Woman and the Beast

^aThen one of the ^bseven angels who have the ^cseven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you ^dthe judgment of the ^egreat harlot who ^fsits on many waters, 2 with whom ^athe kings of the earth committed ¹sexual immorality, and ^bthose who dwell on the earth were ^cmade drunk with the wine of her ¹sexual immorality.” 3 And ^ahe carried me away ¹^bin the Spirit ^cinto a wilderness; then I saw a woman sitting on a ^dscarlet beast, full of ^eblasphemous names, having ^fseven heads and ten horns. 4 And the woman ^awas clothed in purple and scarlet, and ¹adorned with gold and precious ²stones and pearls, having in her hand ^ba gold cup full of abominations and of the unclean things of her ³sexual immorality, 5 and on her forehead a name was written, a ^amystery, “^bBABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF ^cTHE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.” 6 Then I saw the woman drunk with ^athe blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered ¹greatly. 7 And the angel said to me, “Why ¹do you wonder? I will tell you the ^amystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the ^bseven heads and the ten horns.