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 Chapter
17
- 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
shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth
upon many waters:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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:
- 17:5
- And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON
THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 17:9
- And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are
seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
- 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.
- 17:11
- And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth,
and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
- 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.
- 17:13
- These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength
unto the beast.
- 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.
- 17:15
- And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where
the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations,
and tongues.
- 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.
- 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.
- 17:18
- And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which
reigneth over the kings of the earth.
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