Revelation 17:3-7

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.

The Meaning of the Woman and the Beast

⁷ But the angel said to me, “Why did you marvel? I will tell you the ^[b]mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.