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          DASV: Revelation 17    

1 Then one of the seven angels that had the seven bowls came
and said to me, "Come here. I will show you the judgment of
the great prostitute who sits on many waters,
2 with whom the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality,
and those who live on the earth were made drunk by the wine
of her immorality."
3 So he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness. There
I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast, full of names of
blasphemy and having seven heads and ten horns.
4 The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, decked with gold,
precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup
full of abominations and unclean things of her immorality.
5 A mysterious name was written on her forehead: "Babylon the
great, the mother of prostitutes and the abominations of the
earth."
6 Then I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints
and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. When I saw
her, I was absolutely amazed.
7 So the angel said to me, "Why are you so amazed? I will
tell you about the mystery of the woman, and about the
beast with the seven heads and the ten horns that
carry her.
8 The beast you saw was, and is not; but is about to come
up out of the bottomless pit and go to destruction. Those
who live on the earth whose names have not been written
in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world
will be amazed when they see the beast, how it was,
and is not, but will come again.
9 This calls for a mind that has wisdom: the seven heads
are seven mountains, on which the woman sits.
10 They are also seven kings--five have fallen, the one
is, the other is not yet come; and when he comes, he
must remain just a little while.
11 Now the beast that was and is not, is itself also an
eighth king. It belongs with the seven and it too is
going to destruction.
12 The ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have
not yet received a kingdom. But they will receive
authority as kings with the beast for one hour.
13 These have a single purpose, that they might give
their power and authority to the beast.
14 These will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb
will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords, and King
of kings; and those who are with him are called and
chosen and faithful."
15 Then he said to me, "The waters that you saw, where
the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations,
and languages.
16 The ten horns you saw and the beast hate the
prostitute. They will lay her waste and strip her
naked. They will eat her flesh and burn her up with fire.
17 For God has put into their hearts to do his plan,
by deciding together to give their kingdom to the
beast, until the words of God are accomplished.
18 The woman whom you saw is the great city that rules
over the kings of the earth."

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