The woman (A)was clothed in purple and scarlet, and [a]adorned with gold and precious [b]stones and pearls, having in her hand (B)a gold cup full of abominations and of the unclean things of her immorality, and on her forehead a name was written, a (C)mystery, “(D)BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF (E)THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.” And I saw the woman drunk with (F)the blood of the [c]saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered [d]greatly.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 17:4 Lit gilded
  2. Revelation 17:4 Lit stone
  3. Revelation 17:6 Or holy ones
  4. Revelation 17:6 Lit with great wonder

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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