The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls.(A) She held a golden cup(B) in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries.(C) The name written on her forehead was a mystery:(D)

babylon the great(E)

the mother of prostitutes(F)

and of the abominations of the earth.

I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God’s holy people,(G) the blood of those who bore testimony to Jesus.

When I saw her, I was greatly astonished.

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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:

And upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon The Great, The Mother Of Harlots And Abominations Of The Earth.

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.

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The woman (A)was arrayed in purple and scarlet, (B)and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, (C)having in her hand a golden cup (D)full of abominations and the filthiness of [a]her fornication. And on her forehead a name was written:

(E)MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT,
THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS
AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS
OF THE EARTH.

I saw (F)the woman, drunk (G)with the blood of the saints and with the blood of (H)the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 17:4 M the fornication of the earth