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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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 17:6 Greek the witnesses to Jesus

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