THE WOMAN AND THE SCARLET BEAST

17 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowlsh came and spoke with me: “Come, I will show you the judgment of the notorious prostituteD,i who is seated on manyE waters.j 2 The kings of the earthk committed sexual immorality with her, and those who live on the earth became drunk on the wine of her sexual immorality.”l 3 Then he carried me away in the SpiritF,m to a wilderness.

I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was coveredG with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.n 4 The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, adorned with gold, jewels, and pearls.o She had a golden cup in her hand filled with everything detestablep and with the impurities of herH prostitution. 5 On her forehead was written a name, a mystery:q Babylon the Great, the Mother of Prostitutes and of the Detestable Things of the Earth. 6 Then I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the witnesses to Jesus.r When I saw her, I was greatly astonished.

THE MEANING OF THE WOMAN AND OF THE BEAST

7 Then the angel said to me, “Why are you astonished? I will explain to you the mystery of the woman and of the beast, with the seven heads and the ten horns, that carries her.