Rev 17 | ESV | STEP | Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me , Come , I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who is seated on many waters ,

‏ Revelation of John 17

The Great Prostitute and the Beast

1 Then ^aone of the seven angels who had ^bthe seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of ^cthe great prostitute ^dwho is seated on many waters, 2 ^ewith whom the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality, and ^fwith the wine of whose sexual immorality ^gthe dwellers on earth have become drunk.” 3 And ^hhe carried me away in the Spirit ⁱinto a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on ^ja scarlet beast that was full of ^kblasphemous names, and ^lit had seven heads and ten horns. 4 The woman ^mwas arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned ⁿwith gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand ^oa golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality. 5 And on her forehead was written a name of ^pmystery: ^q“Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth’s abominations.” 6 And I saw the woman, drunk ^rwith the blood of the saints, the blood of ^sthe martyrs of Jesus. ^{▼▼Greek the witnesses to Jesus}

When I saw her, I marveled greatly. 7 But the angel said to me, “Why do you marvel? I will tell you ^uthe mystery of the woman, and of the beast with seven heads and ten horns that carries her. 8 The beast that you saw ^vwas, and is not, and ^wis about to rise from ^xthe bottomless pit ^{▼▼Greek the abyss} and ^zgo to destruction. And ^aathe dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in ^abthe book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast, because ^acit was and is not and is to come. 9 ^adThis calls for a mind with wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated; 10 they are also seven kings, five of whom have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come, and when he does come he must remain only a little while. 11 As for the beast ^aethat was and is not, it is an eighth but it belongs to the seven, and it goes to destruction. 12 And ^afthe ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received royal power, but they are to receive authority as kings ^agfor one hour, together with the beast. 13 These are of one mind, and they hand over their power and authority to the beast. 14 They ^ahwill make war on the Lamb, and ^aithe Lamb will conquer them, for he is ^ajLord of lords and ^akKing of kings, and those with him are ^alcalled and chosen and faithful.”

15 And the angel ^{▼▼Greek he} said to me, ^an“The waters that you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages. 16 And ^aothe ten horns that you saw, they and the beast ^apwill hate the prostitute. They will make her ^aqdesolate and ^arnaked, and ^asdevour her flesh and ^atburn her up with fire, 17 for ^auGod has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose by being of one mind and ^avhanding over their royal power to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled. 18 And the woman that you saw is ^awthe great city that has dominion over the kings of the earth.”