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The Doom of Babylon

^1 (C1)Then one of the ^(C2)seven angels who had the ^(C3)seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, "Come here, I will show you ^(C4)the judgment of the ^(C5)great harlot who ^(C6)sits on many waters,² with whom ^(C1)the kings of the earth committed acts of immorality, and ^(C2)those who dwell on the earth were ^(C3)made drunk with the wine of her immorality."³ And ^(C1)he carried me away ^(F1)(C2)in the Spirit ^(C3)into a wilderness; and I saw a woman sitting on a ^(C4)scarlet beast, full of ^(C5)blasphemous names, having ^(C6)seven heads and ten horns.⁴ The woman ^(C1)was clothed in purple and scarlet, and ^(F1)adorned with gold and precious ^(F2)stones and pearls, having in her hand ^(C2)a gold cup full of abominations and of the unclean things of her immorality,⁵ and on her forehead a name was written, a ^(C1)mystery, "^(C2)BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF ^(C3)THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH."⁶ And I saw the woman drunk with ^(C1)the blood of the ^(F1)saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered ^(F2)greatly.⁷ And the angel said to me, "Why ^(F1)do you wonder? I will tell you the ^(C1)mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the ^(C2)seven heads and the ten horns.

⁸ "^(C1)The beast that you saw ^(C2)was, and is not, and is about to ^(C3)come up out of the ^(C4)abyss and ^(F1)(C5)go to destruction. And ^(C6)those who dwell on the earth, ^(C7)whose name has not been written in the book of life ^(C8)from the foundation of the world, will ^(C9)wonder when they see the beast, that he was and is not and will come.⁹ "^(C1)Here is the mind which has wisdom. The ^(C2)seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits,¹⁰ and they are seven ^(C1)kings; five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must remain a little while.¹¹ "The beast which ^(C1)was and is not, is himself also an eighth and is one of the seven, and he ^(C2)goes to destruction.¹² "The ^(C1)ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast ^(C2)for one hour.¹³ "These have ^(C1)one ^(F1)purpose, and they give their power and authority to the beast.

Victory for the Lamb

¹⁵ And he ^(*)said to me, "The ^(C1)waters which you saw where the harlot sits, are ^(C2)peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.¹⁶ "And the ^(C1)ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the harlot and will make her ^(C2)desolate and ^(C3)naked, and will ^(C4)eat her flesh and will ^(C5)burn her up with fire.¹⁷ "For ^(C1)God has put it in their hearts to execute His ^(F1)purpose ^(F2)by ^(C2)having a common purpose, and by giving their kingdom to the beast, until the ^(C3)words of God will be fulfilled.¹⁸ "The woman whom you saw is ^(C1)the great city, which ^(F1)reigns over the kings of the earth."