66:017:002 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.
66:017:003 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.
66:017:004 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:
66:017:005 And upon her forehead was a name written,
mystery, Babylon the
great,
the mother of harlots and
abominations of the earth.
66:017:006 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.
66:017:007 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.
66:017:008 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.
66:017:009 And here is the mind which hath wisdom.
The seven heads are
seven
mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
66:017:010 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.
66:017:011 And the beast that was, and is not, even
he is the eighth, and
is
of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
66:017:012 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.
66:017:013 These have one mind, and shall give their
power and strength
unto
the beast.
66:017:014 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.
66:017:015 And he saith unto me, The waters which
thou sawest, where the
whore
sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations,
and
tongues.
66:017:016 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.