⁵ He also took some of the seed of the land and planted it in ^[a](A)fertile soil. He ^[b]placed it beside abundant waters; he set it like a ^(B)willow.

⁸ It was planted in good ^[a]soil beside abundant waters, that it might yield branches and bear fruit and become a splendid vine.”’

The Doom of Babylon

17 ^(A)Then one of the ^(B)seven angels who had the ^(C)seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you ^(D)the judgment of the ^(E)great harlot who ^(F)sits on many waters,

¹⁵ And he *said to me, “The ^(A)waters which you saw where the harlot sits, are ^(B)peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.