² With a mighty voice he shouted:

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) 2} With her the kings of the earth committed adultery, and the inhabitants of the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her adulteries.”^(F)

³ Then the angel carried me away in the Spirit^(G) into a wilderness.^(H) There I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet^(I) beast that was covered with blasphemous names^(J) and had seven heads and ten horns.^{(K) 4} The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls.^(L) She held a golden cup^(M) in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries.^{(N) 5} The name written on her forehead was a mystery:^(O)

²⁵ At every street corner^(A) you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty, spreading your legs with increasing promiscuity to anyone who passed by.^{(B) 26} You engaged in prostitution^(C) with the Egyptians,^(D) your neighbors with large genitals, and aroused my anger^(E) with your increasing promiscuity.^{(F) 27} So I stretched out my hand^(G) against you and reduced your territory; I gave you over^(H) to the greed of your enemies, the daughters of the Philistines,^(I) who were shocked by your lewd conduct. ²⁸ You engaged in prostitution with the Assyrians^(J) too, because you were insatiable; and even after that, you still were not satisfied.^{(K) 29} Then you increased your promiscuity to include Babylonia,^[a](L) a land of merchants, but even with this you were not satisfied.^(M)

Threefold Woe Over Babylon’s Fall

⁹ “When the kings of the earth who committed adultery with her^(A) and shared her luxury^(B) see the smoke of her burning,^(C) they will weep and mourn over her.^(D)

¹⁵ At that time Tyre^(A) will be forgotten for seventy years,^(B) the span of a king’s life. But at the end of these seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the prostitute:

¹⁷ At the end of seventy years,^(D) the Lord will deal with Tyre. She will return to her lucrative prostitution^(E) and will ply her trade with all the kingdoms on the face of the earth.^(F)