The woman (A)was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned (B)with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand (C)a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality. And on her forehead was written a name of (D)mystery: (E)“Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth's abominations.” And I saw the woman, drunk (F)with the blood of the saints, the blood of (G)the martyrs of Jesus.[a]

When I saw her, I marveled greatly.

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  1. Revelation 17:6 Greek the witnesses to Jesus

The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls.(A) She held a golden cup(B) in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries.(C) The name written on her forehead was a mystery:(D)

babylon the great(E)

the mother of prostitutes(F)

and of the abominations of the earth.

I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God’s holy people,(G) the blood of those who bore testimony to Jesus.

When I saw her, I was greatly astonished.

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