¹And there came one of the seven angels who had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying to me, Come here; I will show to you the judgment of the great whore who sits on many waters: ²With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. ³So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit on a scarlet colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. ⁴And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet color, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: ⁵And on her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE Earth. ⁶And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

⁷And the angel said to me, Why did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast who carries her, who has the seven heads and ten horns. ⁸The beast that you saw was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and those who dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the document of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. ⁹And here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits. ¹⁰And they are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he comes, he must continue a short space. ¹¹And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goes into perdition. ¹²And the ten horns which you saw are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but they receive power as kings one hour with the beast. ¹³These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength to the beast.

¹⁴These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and those who are with him are invited, selected, and faithful. ¹⁵And he said to me, The waters which you saw, where the whore sits, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. ¹⁶And the ten horns which you saw on the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. ¹⁷For God has put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. ¹⁸And the woman which you saw is that great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth..

REVELATION CHAPTER 18

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¹And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lit up with his glory. ²And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. ³For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown rich through the abundance of her delicacies. ⁴And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, so that you are not partakers of her sins, and so that you do not receive of her plagues. ⁵For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. ⁶Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double to her double according to her works: in the cup which she has filled, fill to her double. ⁷As much as she has glorified herself, and lived deliciously, give her so much torment and sorrow: for she said in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. ⁸Therefore her plagues shall come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for the Lord God is strong who judges her.

⁹And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, ¹⁰Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is your judgment come. ¹¹And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buys their merchandise any more: ¹²The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all sweet wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, ¹³And cinnamon, and odors, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men. ¹⁴And the fruits that your soul lusted after are departed from you, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from you, and you shall find them no more at all. ¹⁵The merchants of these things, who were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, ¹⁶And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! ¹⁷For in one hour so great riches is come to nothing. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, ¹⁸And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like to this great city! ¹⁹And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, in which all that had ships in the sea were made rich by reason of her costliness! for in one hour she is made desolate.

²⁰Rejoice over her, you heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets; for God has avenged you on her. ²¹And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. ²²And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in you; and no craftsman, of what ever craft, shall be found any more in you; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in you; ²³And the light of a lamp shall shine no more at all in you; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in you: for your merchants were the great men of the earth; for by your sorceries were all nations deceived. ²⁴And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were killed on the earth.