Revelation 17:1

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Babylon, the Prostitute on the Beast

17 One of the seven angels^(A) who had the seven bowls^(B) came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment^(C) of the great prostitute,^(D) who sits by many waters.^(E)

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Revelation 17:5

New International Version

⁵The name written on her forehead was a mystery:^(A)

babylon the great^(B)

the mother of prostitutes^(C)

and of the abominations of the earth.

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Revelation 17:15

New International Version

¹⁵Then the angel said to me, “The waters^(A) you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations and languages.^(B)

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Revelation 18:20-24

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²⁰“Rejoice over her, you heavens!^(A)
    Rejoice, you people of God!
    Rejoice, apostles and prophets!
For God has judged her
    with the judgment she imposed on you.”^(B)

The Finality of Babylon’s Doom

²¹Then a mighty angel^(C) picked up a boulder the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea,^(D) and said:

“With such violence
    the great city^(E) of Babylon will be thrown down,
    never to be found again.
²²The music of harpists and musicians, pipers and trumpeters,
    will never be heard in you again.^(F)
No worker of any trade
    will ever be found in you again.
The sound of a millstone
    will never be heard in you again.^(G)
²³The light of a lamp
    will never shine in you again.
The voice of bridegroom and bride
    will never be heard in you again.^(H)
Your merchants were the world’s important people.^(I)
    By your magic spell^(J) all the nations were led astray.
²⁴In her was found the blood of prophets and of God’s holy people,^(K)
    of all who have been slaughtered on the earth.”^(L)