Revelation 17:3-6
New King James Version
3 So he carried me away in the Spirit (A)into the wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting (B)on a scarlet beast which was full of (C)names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. 4 The woman (D)was arrayed in purple and scarlet, (E)and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, (F)having in her hand a golden cup (G)full of abominations and the filthiness of [a]her fornication. 5 And on her forehead a name was written:
(H)MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT,
THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS
AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS
OF THE EARTH.
6 I saw (I)the woman, drunk (J)with the blood of the saints and with the blood of (K)the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement.
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- Revelation 17:4 M the fornication of the earth
Revelation 18:3-4
New King James Version
3 For all the nations (A)have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, (B)and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the [a]abundance of her luxury.”
4 And I heard another voice from heaven saying, (C)“Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.
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- Revelation 18:3 Lit. strengths
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