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Revelation 17

The Doom of Babylon

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 aThen one of the  bseven angels who had the  cseven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, "Come here, I will show you  dthe judgment of the  egreat harlot who  fsits on many waters,

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with whom  athe kings of the earth committed acts of immorality, and  bthose who dwell on the earth were  cmade drunk with the wine of her immorality."

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And  ahe carried me away  1 bin the Spirit  cinto a wilderness; and I saw a woman sitting on a  dscarlet beast, full of  eblasphemous names, having  fseven heads and ten horns.

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The woman  awas clothed in purple and scarlet, and  1adorned with gold and precious  2stones and pearls, having in her hand  ba gold cup full of abominations and of the unclean things of her immorality,

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and on her forehead a name was written, a  amystery, " bBABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF  cTHE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH."

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And I saw the woman drunk with  athe blood of the  1saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered  2greatly.

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And the angel said to me, "Why  1do you wonder? I will tell you the  amystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the  bseven heads and the ten horns.

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aThe beast that you saw  bwas, and is not, and is about to  ccome up out of the  dabyss and  1 ego to destruction. And  fthose who dwell on the earth,  gwhose name has not been written in the book of life  hfrom the foundation of the world, will  iwonder when they see the beast, that he was and is not and will come.

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aHere is the mind which has wisdom. The  bseven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits,

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and they are seven  akings; five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must remain a little while.

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"The beast which  awas and is not, is himself also an eighth and is one of the seven, and he  bgoes to destruction.

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"The  aten horns which you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast  bfor one hour.

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"These have  aone  1purpose, and they give their power and authority to the beast.

Victory for the Lamb

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"These will wage  awar against the Lamb, and the Lamb will  bovercome them, because He is  cLord of lords and  cKing of kings, and  dthose who are with Him are the  ecalled and chosen and faithful."

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And he *said to me, "The  awaters which you saw where the harlot sits, are  bpeoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.

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"And the  aten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the harlot and will make her  bdesolate and  cnaked, and will  deat her flesh and will  eburn her up with fire.

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"For  aGod has put it in their hearts to execute His  1purpose  2by  bhaving a common purpose, and by giving their kingdom to the beast, until the  cwords of God will be fulfilled.

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"The woman whom you saw is  athe great city, which  1reigns over the kings of the earth."



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