Revelation 17:3-7

English Standard Version

³ And ^(A)he carried me away in the Spirit ^(B)into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on ^(C)a scarlet beast that was full of ^(D)blasphemous names, and ^(E)it had seven heads and ten horns. ⁴ The woman ^(F)was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned ^(G)with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand ^(H)a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality. ⁵ And on her forehead was written a name of ^(I)mystery: ^(J)“Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth's abominations.” ⁶ And I saw the woman, drunk ^(K)with the blood of the saints, the blood of ^(L)the martyrs of Jesus.^[a]

When I saw her, I marveled greatly. ⁷ But the angel said to me, “Why do you marvel? I will tell you ^(M)the mystery of the woman, and of the beast with seven heads and ten horns that carries her.