1Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.[ † ]Revelation 1:1Revelation 21:9Revelation 16:19Isaiah 1:21Jeremiah 2:20Nahum 3:4Revelation 17:5-15Revelation 19:2Jeremiah 51:13Revelation 17:15 2The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.”[ † ]Revelation 2:22Revelation 18:3-9Jeremiah 51:7Revelation 14:8
3And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.[ † ]Revelation 12:6-14Revelation 21:10Revelation 12:3Revelation 13:1 4The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.[ † ]Ezekiel 28:13Revelation 18:12-16Daniel 11:38Jeremiah 51:7Revelation 18:6Revelation 14:8 5And on her forehead a mysterious name was written: BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.[ † ]2 Thessalonians 2:7Revelation 1:20Revelation 17:7
6I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her.[ † ]Revelation 18:24Revelation 13:15Revelation 6:9-10
7“Why are you so amazed?” said the angel. “I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and ten horns.
8The beast that you saw—it was, and now is no more, but is about to come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. And those who dwell on the earth whose names were not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet will be.[ † ]Revelation 11:7Revelation 13:10Revelation 17:11Revelation 3:10Revelation 13:3Matthew 25:34Revelation 13:8
9This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.[ † ]Revelation 13:18Revelation 13:1 10There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come. But when he does come, he must remain for only a little while.[ † ]Revelation 13:5
11The beast that was, and now is not, is an eighth king, who belongs to the other seven and is going into destruction.[ † ]Revelation 13:3-12, 14Revelation 17:8 12The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but will receive one hour of authority as kings along with the beast.[ † ]Daniel 7:20 13These kings have one purpose: to yield their power and authority to the beast.
14They will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and He will be accompanied by His called and chosen and faithful ones.”[ † ]Revelation 16:14Revelation 19:19Revelation 19:20Deuteronomy 10:171 Timothy 6:15Revelation 19:16Jeremiah 50:44
15Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.[ † ]Isaiah 8:7Jeremiah 47:2Revelation 17:1Revelation 13:7 16And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.[ † ]Jeremiah 50:41Revelation 18:17-19Ezekiel 16:37-39Revelation 18:8 17For God has put it into their hearts to carry out His purpose by uniting to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.[ † ]2 Thessalonians 2:11Revelation 10:7 18And the woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.”[ † ]Revelation 11:8Revelation 16:19Revelation 12:4