Revelation 9-17

Legacy Standard Bible

9 Then the ^(A)fifth angel sounded. Then I saw a ^(B)star from heaven which had fallen to the earth, and the ^(C)key of the ^(D)pit of the abyss was given to him. ² And he opened the pit of the abyss and ^(E)smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace, and ^(F)the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit. ³ Then out of the smoke came ^(G)locusts ^[a]upon the earth, and power was given them, as the ^(H)scorpions of the earth have power. ⁴ And they were told not to ^(I)hurt the ^(J)grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men who do not have the ^(K)seal of God on their foreheads. ⁵ And ^[b]they were not permitted to kill ^[c]anyone, but to torment for ^(L)five months, and their torment was like the torment of a ^(M)scorpion when it ^[d]stings a man. ⁶ And in those days ^(N)men will seek death and will never find it; they will long to die, and death flees from them.

⁷ And the ^[e](O)appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. And on their heads appeared to be crowns like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men. ⁸ And they had hair like the hair of women, and their ^(P)teeth were like the teeth of lions. ⁹ And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the ^(Q)sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, of many horses running to battle. ¹⁰ And they have tails like ^(R)scorpions, and stings; and in their ^(S)tails is their power to hurt men for ^(T)five months. ¹¹ They have as king over them, the angel of the ^(U)abyss. His name in ^(V)Hebrew is ^[f](W)Abaddon, and in the Greek he has the name ^[g]Apollyon.

^12 (X)One woe is past; behold, two woes are still coming after these things.

¹³ Then the sixth angel sounded, and I heard ^[h]a voice from the ^[i]four ^(Y)horns of the ^(Z)golden altar which is before God, ¹⁴ one saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the ^(AA)four angels who have been bound at the ^(AB)great river Euphrates.” ¹⁵ And the four angels were ^(AC)released, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, so that they would kill a ^(AD)third of ^[j]mankind. ¹⁶ And the number of the armies of the horsemen was ^(AE)two hundred million; ^(AF)I heard the number of them. ¹⁷ And ^[k]this is how I saw ^(AG)in the vision the horses and those who sit on them: the riders had breastplates the color of fire and of hyacinth and of ^[l](AH)brimstone; and the heads of the horses are like the heads of lions; and ^(AI)out of their mouths come fire and smoke and ^[m](AJ)brimstone. ¹⁸ A ^(AK)third of ^[n]mankind was killed by these three plagues, by the ^(AL)fire and the smoke and the ^[o]brimstone which came out of their mouths. ¹⁹ For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents, having heads, and with them they do harm.

²⁰ And the rest of ^[p]mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, ^(AM)did not repent of ^(AN)the works of their hands, so as not to ^(AO)worship demons, and ^(AP)the idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk. ²¹ And they ^(AQ)did not repent of their murders nor of their ^(AR)sorceries nor of their ^(AS)sexual immorality nor of their thefts.

The Angel and the Little Scroll

10 Then I saw another ^(AT)strong angel ^(AU)coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud, and the ^(AV)rainbow was upon his head, and ^(AW)his face was like the sun, and his ^(AX)feet like pillars of fire; ² and he had in his hand a ^(AY)little scroll which was open. He placed ^(AZ)his right foot on the sea and his left on the earth, ³ and he cried out with a loud voice, ^(BA)as when a lion roars. And when he had cried out, the ^(BB)seven peals of thunder ^[q]uttered their voices. ⁴ And when the seven peals of thunder had spoken, ^(BC)I was about to write; and I ^(BD)heard a voice from heaven saying, “^(BE)Seal up the things which the seven peals of thunder have spoken and do not write them.” ⁵ Then the angel, whom I saw standing on the sea and on the earth, ^(BF)lifted up his right hand to heaven, ^6 (BG)and swore by ^(BH)Him who lives forever and ever, ^(BI)who created heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that ^(BJ)there will be delay no longer, ⁷ but in the days of the voice of the ^(BK)seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then ^(BL)the mystery of God is finished, as He proclaimed good news to His slaves, the prophets.

⁸ Then ^(BM)the voice which I heard from heaven, I heard again speaking with me, and saying, “Go, take ^(BN)the scroll which is open in the hand of the angel who ^(BO)stands on the sea and on the earth.” ⁹ So I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little scroll. And he *said to me, “^(BP)Take it and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.” ¹⁰ And I took the little scroll out of the angel’s hand and ate it, and in my mouth it was sweet as honey; and when I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter. ¹¹ And ^(BQ)they *said to me, “You must ^(BR)prophesy again about ^(BS)many peoples and nations and tongues and ^(BT)kings.”

The Two Witnesses

11 Then a ^[r](BU)measuring rod like a staff was given to me, ^(BV)saying, “Get up and measure the sanctuary of God and the altar, and those who worship in it. ² And ^[s]leave out the ^(BW)court which is outside the sanctuary and do not measure it, for ^(BX)it has been given to the Gentiles, and they will ^(BY)trample ^(BZ)the holy city under foot for ^(CA)forty-two months. ³ And I will give authority to my two ^(CB)witnesses, and they will prophesy for ^(CC)1,260 days, clothed in ^(CD)sackcloth.” ⁴ These are the ^(CE)two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. ⁵ And if anyone wishes to harm them, ^(CF)fire comes out of their mouth and devours their enemies; so if anyone wishes to harm them, ^(CG)he must be killed in this way. ⁶ These have the authority to ^(CH)shut up the sky, so that rain will not fall during ^(CI)the days of their prophesying; they also have authority over the waters to ^(CJ)turn them into blood, and ^(CK)to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they wish.

⁷ And when they have finished their witness, ^(CL)the beast that comes up out of the ^(CM)abyss will ^(CN)make war with them and overcome them and kill them. ⁸ And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the ^(CO)great city which spiritually is called ^(CP)Sodom and ^(CQ)Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. ⁹ And those from ^(CR)the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will look at their dead ^[t]bodies for three and a half days, and ^[u](CS)will not permit their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb. ¹⁰ And ^(CT)those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate and ^(CU)send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented ^(CV)those who dwell on the earth.

¹¹ But after the three and a half days, ^(CW)the breath of life from God came into them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell upon those who were watching them. ¹² And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “^(CX)Come up here.” Then they ^(CY)went up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies watched them. ¹³ And in that hour there was a great ^(CZ)earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell; ^[v]seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and ^(DA)gave glory to the ^(DB)God of heaven.

¹⁴ The second ^(DC)woe is past; behold, the third woe is coming quickly.

The Seventh Trumpet

¹⁵ Then the ^(DD)seventh angel sounded, and there were ^(DE)loud voices in heaven, saying,

“^(DF)The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of ^(DG)His ^[w]Christ, and ^(DH)He will reign forever and ever.” ¹⁶ And the twenty-four elders, who ^(DI)sit on their thrones before God, ^(DJ)fell on their faces and worshiped God, ¹⁷ saying,

“We give You thanks, ^(DK)O Lord God, the Almighty, who is and who was, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to ^(DL)reign. ¹⁸ And ^(DM)the nations were enraged, and ^(DN)Your rage came, and ^(DO)the time came for the dead to be judged, and to give reward to Your ^(DP)slaves—the prophets and the saints and those who fear Your name, ^(DQ)the small and the great—and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”

¹⁹ And ^(DR)the sanctuary of God which is in heaven was opened, and ^(DS)the ark of His covenant appeared in His sanctuary, and there were flashes of ^(DT)lightning and sounds and peals of thunder and an earthquake and a ^(DU)great ^[x]hailstorm.

The Woman, the Child, and the Dragon

12 And a great ^(DV)sign appeared ^(DW)in heaven: ^(DX)a woman ^(DY)clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. ² And she was with child, and she *^(DZ)cried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth. ³ Then ^(EA)another sign appeared in heaven: and behold, a great red ^(EB)dragon having ^(EC)seven heads and ^(ED)ten horns, and on his heads were ^(EE)seven diadems. ⁴ And his tail *swept away a ^(EF)third of the stars of heaven and ^(EG)threw them to the earth. And the ^(EH)dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth ^(EI)he might devour her child. ⁵ And ^(EJ)she gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to ^[y](EK)rule all the ^[z]nations with a rod of iron; and her child was ^(EL)caught up to God and to His throne. ⁶ Then the woman fled into the wilderness where she *had a place prepared by God, so that there ^[aa]she would be nourished for ^(EM)1,260 days.

War in Heaven

⁷ And there was war in heaven, ^(EN)Michael and his angels waging war with the ^(EO)dragon. The dragon and ^(EP)his angels waged war, ⁸ and they were not strong enough, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven. ⁹ And the great ^(EQ)dragon was thrown down, the ^(ER)serpent of old who is called the devil and ^(ES)Satan, who ^(ET)deceives the whole ^[ab]world. He was ^(EU)thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. ¹⁰ Then I heard ^(EV)a loud voice in heaven, saying,

“Now the ^(EW)salvation, and the power, and the ^(EX)kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the ^(EY)accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, he who accuses them before our God day and night. ¹¹ And they ^(EZ)overcame him because of ^(FA)the blood of the Lamb and because of ^(FB)the word of their witness, and they ^(FC)did not love their life even to death. ¹² For this reason, ^(FD)rejoice, O heavens and ^(FE)you who ^[ac]dwell in them. ^(FF)Woe to the earth and the sea, because ^(FG)the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has only ^(FH)a short time.”

¹³ And when the ^(FI)dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted ^(FJ)the woman who gave birth to the male child. ¹⁴ But the ^(FK)two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly ^(FL)into the wilderness to her place, where she *was nourished for ^(FM)a time and times and half a time, from the ^[ad]presence of the serpent. ¹⁵ And the ^(FN)serpent ^[ae]poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood. ^16 [af]But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and drank up the river which the dragon ^[ag]poured out of his mouth. ¹⁷ So the dragon was enraged with the woman and went off to ^(FO)make war with the rest of her ^(FP)seed, who ^(FQ)keep the commandments of God and ^(FR)have the witness of Jesus.

The Beast from the Sea

13 And the ^[ah]dragon stood on the sand of the ^[ai]seashore.

Then I saw a ^(FS)beast coming up out of the sea, having ^(FT)ten horns and ^(FU)seven heads, and on his horns were ^(FV)ten diadems, and on his heads were ^(FW)blasphemous names. ² And the beast which I saw was ^(FX)like a leopard, and his feet were like those of ^(FY)a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of ^(FZ)a lion. And the ^(GA)dragon gave him his power and his ^(GB)throne and great authority. ³ And I saw one of his heads as if it had been ^[aj]slain fatally, and his ^(GC)fatal wound was healed. And the whole earth ^(GD)marveled and followed after the beast. ⁴ And they worshiped the ^(GE)dragon because he ^(GF)gave his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “^(GG)Who is like the beast, and who is able to wage war with him?” ⁵ And there was given to him a mouth ^(GH)speaking ^[ak]great boasts and blasphemies, and authority to act for ^(GI)forty-two months was given to him. ⁶ And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle, that is, ^(GJ)those who ^[al]dwell in heaven.

⁷ And it was also given to him to ^(GK)make war with the saints and to overcome them, and authority over ^(GL)every tribe and people and tongue and nation was given to him. ⁸ And all who ^(GM)dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone ^(GN)whose name has not been ^[am]written ^(GO)from the foundation of the world in the ^(GP)book of life of ^(GQ)the Lamb who has been slain. ^9 (GR)If anyone has an ear, let him hear. ^10 (GS)If anyone ^[an]is destined for captivity, to captivity he goes; ^(GT)if anyone kills with the sword, with the sword he must be killed. Here is ^(GU)the perseverance and the faith of the saints.

The Beast from the Earth

¹¹ Then ^(GV)I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had ^(GW)two horns like a lamb and he was speaking as a ^(GX)dragon. ¹² And he ^(GY)exercises all the authority of the first beast ^[ao](GZ)in his presence. And he makes ^(HA)the earth and those who dwell in it to ^(HB)worship the first beast, whose ^(HC)fatal wound was healed. ¹³ And he ^(HD)does great signs, so that he even makes ^(HE)fire come down out of heaven to the earth in the presence of men. ¹⁴ And he ^(HF)deceives ^(HG)those who dwell on the earth because of ^(HH)the signs which were given to him to do ^[ap](HI)in the presence of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who *had the ^(HJ)wound of the sword and has come to life. ¹⁵ And it was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast would even ^[aq]speak and cause ^(HK)as many as do not ^(HL)worship the image of the beast to be killed. ¹⁶ And he causes all, ^(HM)the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, that they ^[ar]be given a ^(HN)mark on their right hand or on their forehead, ¹⁷ and that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the ^(HO)mark, either ^(HP)the name of the beast or ^(HQ)the number of his name. ^18 (HR)Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number ^(HS)of man; and his number is ^[as]666.

The Lamb and the 144,000

14 Then I looked, and behold, ^(HT)the Lamb was standing on ^(HU)Mount Zion, and with Him ^(HV)144,000, having ^(HW)His name and the ^(HX)name of His Father written ^(HY)on their foreheads. ² And I heard a voice from heaven, like ^(HZ)the sound of many waters and like the ^(IA)sound of loud thunder, and the voice which I heard was like the sound of ^(IB)harpists playing on their harps. ³ And they *^[at]sang ^(IC)a new song before the throne and before the ^(ID)four living creatures and the ^(IE)elders. And ^(IF)no one could learn that song except the ^(IG)144,000 who had been ^(IH)purchased from the earth. ^4 (II)These are the ones who are not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who ^(IJ)follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been ^(IK)purchased from among men ^(IL)as first fruits to God and to the Lamb. ⁵ And ^(IM)no lie was found in their mouth; they are ^(IN)blameless.

The Messages of the Three Angels

⁶ Then I saw another angel flying in ^(IO)midheaven, having ^(IP)an eternal gospel to proclaim to ^(IQ)those who ^[au]inhabit the earth, and to ^(IR)every nation and tribe and tongue and people. ⁷ And he said with a loud voice, “^(IS)Fear God, and ^(IT)give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come; worship Him who ^(IU)made the heaven and the earth and sea and ^(IV)springs of waters.”

⁸ And another angel, a second one, followed, saying, “^[av](IW)Fallen, fallen is ^(IX)Babylon the great, she who has ^(IY)made all the nations drink of the ^(IZ)wine of the wrath of her ^[aw]sexual immorality.”

⁹ Then another angel, a third one, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone ^(JA)worships the beast and his ^(JB)image, and receives a ^(JC)mark on his forehead or on his hand, ¹⁰ and he also will drink of the ^(JD)wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed ^[ax]in full strength ^(JE)in the cup of His rage, and he will be tormented with ^(JF)fire and ^[ay]brimstone in the presence of the ^(JG)holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. ¹¹ And the ^(JH)smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever; ^(JI)they have no rest day and night, those who ^(JJ)worship the beast and his ^(JK)image, and ^[az]whoever receives the ^(JL)mark of his name.” ¹² Here is ^(JM)the perseverance of the saints who ^(JN)keep the commandments of God and ^[ba](JO)their faith in Jesus.

¹³ And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, “Write, ‘^(JP)Blessed are the dead who ^(JQ)die in the Lord from now on!’” “Yes,” ^(JR)says the Spirit, “so that they may ^(JS)rest from their labors, for their ^(JT)deeds follow with them.”

Reaping the Earth’s Harvest

¹⁴ Then I looked, and behold, a ^(JU)white cloud, and sitting on the cloud was one ^(JV)like ^[bb]a son of man, having a golden ^(JW)crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand. ¹⁵ And another angel ^(JX)came out of the sanctuary, crying out with a loud voice to Him who sits on the cloud, “^[bc](JY)Put in Your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come, because the ^(JZ)harvest of the earth ^[bd]is ripe.” ¹⁶ Then He who sits on the cloud ^[be]swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.

¹⁷ And another angel ^(KA)came out of the sanctuary which is in heaven, and he also had a sharp sickle. ¹⁸ Then another angel, ^(KB)the one who has authority over fire, came out from ^(KC)the altar; and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “^[bf](KD)Put in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters ^[bg]from the vine of the earth, ^(KE)because her grapes are ripe.” ¹⁹ So the angel ^[bh]swung his sickle to the earth and gathered the clusters from the vine of the earth, and threw them into ^(KF)the great wine press of the wrath of God. ²⁰ And ^(KG)the wine press was trodden ^(KH)outside the city, and ^(KI)blood came out from the wine press, up to the horses’ bridles, ^[bi]for a distance of ^[bj]1,600 stadia.

Seven Angels, Seven Plagues

15 Then I saw ^(KJ)another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, ^(KK)seven angels who have ^(KL)seven plagues, which are ^(KM)the last, because in them the wrath of God is finished.

² Then I saw something like a ^(KN)sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who have ^(KO)overcome ^[bk]the ^(KP)beast and ^(KQ)his image and the ^(KR)number of his name, standing on the ^(KS)sea of glass, having ^(KT)harps of God. ³ And they *sang the ^(KU)song of Moses, ^(KV)the slave of God, and the ^(KW)song of the Lamb, saying,

⁵ And after these things I looked, and ^(LD)the sanctuary of the ^(LE)tabernacle of testimony in heaven was opened, ⁶ and the ^(LF)seven angels who have the seven plagues ^(LG)came out of the sanctuary, clothed in ^[bp]linen, clean and bright, and ^(LH)girded around their chests with golden sashes. ⁷ Then one of the ^(LI)four living creatures gave to the ^(LJ)seven angels seven ^(LK)golden bowls full of the ^(LL)wrath of God, who ^(LM)lives forever and ever. ⁸ And the sanctuary was filled with ^(LN)smoke from the glory of God and from His power; and no one was able to enter the sanctuary until the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished.

The Seven Bowls of God’s Wrath

16 Then I heard a loud voice from ^(LO)the sanctuary, saying to the ^(LP)seven angels, “Go and ^(LQ)pour out ^[bq]on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God.”

² So the first angel went and poured out his bowl ^[br](LR)on the earth; and it became a loathsome and malignant ^(LS)sore on the ^[bs]people ^(LT)who have the mark of the beast and who worship his image.

³ And the second angel poured out his bowl ^(LU)into the sea, and it became blood like that of a dead man, and every living ^[bt]thing in the sea died.

⁴ Then the third angel poured out his bowl into the ^(LV)rivers and the springs of waters, and they ^(LW)became blood. ⁵ And I heard the angel of the waters saying, “^(LX)Righteous are You, ^(LY)who is and who was, O ^(LZ)Holy One, because You ^(MA)judged these things; ⁶ for they poured out ^(MB)the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them ^(MC)blood to drink. They ^[bu]deserve it.” ⁷ And I heard ^(MD)the altar saying, “Yes, O ^[bv](ME)Lord God, the Almighty, ^(MF)true and righteous are Your judgments.”

⁸ And the fourth angel poured out his bowl upon ^(MG)the sun, ^(MH)and it was given to it to scorch men with fire. ⁹ And men were scorched with ^[bw]fierce heat, and they ^(MI)blasphemed the name of God who has the authority over these plagues, and they ^(MJ)did not repent so as to ^(MK)give Him glory.

¹⁰ Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the ^(ML)throne of the beast, and his kingdom became ^(MM)darkened; and they gnawed their tongues because of pain, ¹¹ and they ^(MN)blasphemed the ^(MO)God of heaven because of their pains and their ^(MP)sores, and they ^(MQ)did not repent of their deeds.

¹² And the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the ^(MR)great river, the Euphrates, and ^(MS)its water was dried up, so that ^(MT)the way would be prepared for the kings ^(MU)from the ^[bx]east. ¹³ Then I saw coming out of the mouth of the ^(MV)dragon and out of the mouth of the ^(MW)beast and out of the mouth of the ^(MX)false prophet, three ^(MY)unclean spirits like ^(MZ)frogs; ¹⁴ for they are ^(NA)spirits of demons, ^(NB)doing signs, which go out to the kings of the ^(NC)whole ^[by]world, to ^(ND)gather them together for the war of the ^(NE)great day of God, the Almighty. ¹⁵ (“Behold, ^(NF)I am coming like a thief. ^(NG)Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps his garments, ^(NH)so that he will not walk about naked and men will not see his shame.”) ¹⁶ And they ^(NI)gathered them together to the place which ^(NJ)in Hebrew is called ^[bz](NK)Har-Magedon.

The Seventh Bowl

¹⁷ Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl upon ^(NL)the air, and a ^(NM)loud voice came out of the ^(NN)sanctuary from the throne, saying, “^(NO)It is done.” ¹⁸ And there were flashes of ^(NP)lightning and sounds and peals of thunder; and there was ^(NQ)a great earthquake, ^(NR)such as there had not been since man came to be upon the earth, so great an earthquake was it, and so mighty. ^19 (NS)And the great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the ^[ca]nations fell. ^(NT)Babylon the great was ^(NU)remembered before God, to give her ^(NV)the cup of the wine of the wrath of His rage. ²⁰ And ^(NW)every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. ²¹ And ^(NX)huge ^[cb]hailstones, about one ^[cc]talent each, *came down from heaven upon men; and men ^(NY)blasphemed God because of the ^(NZ)plague of the hail, because its plague *was extremely ^[cd]severe.

The Woman and the Beast

17 ^(OA)Then one of the ^(OB)seven angels who have the ^(OC)seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you ^(OD)the judgment of the ^(OE)great harlot who ^(OF)sits on many waters, ² with whom ^(OG)the kings of the earth committed ^[ce]sexual immorality, and ^(OH)those who dwell on the earth were ^(OI)made drunk with the wine of her ^[cf]sexual immorality.” ³ And ^(OJ)he carried me away ^[cg](OK)in the Spirit ^(OL)into a wilderness; then I saw a woman sitting on a ^(OM)scarlet beast, full of ^(ON)blasphemous names, having ^(OO)seven heads and ten horns. ⁴ And the woman ^(OP)was clothed in purple and scarlet, and ^[ch]adorned with gold and precious ^[ci]stones and pearls, having in her hand ^(OQ)a gold cup full of abominations and of the unclean things of her ^[cj]sexual immorality, ⁵ and on her forehead a name was written, a ^(OR)mystery, “^(OS)BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF ^(OT)THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.” ⁶ Then I saw the woman drunk with ^(OU)the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered ^[ck]greatly. ⁷ And the angel said to me, “Why ^[cl]do you wonder? I will tell you the ^(OV)mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the ^(OW)seven heads and the ten horns.

⁸ “^(OX)The beast that you saw ^(OY)was, and is not, and is about to ^(OZ)come up out of the ^(PA)abyss and ^[cm](PB)go to destruction. And ^(PC)those who dwell on the earth, ^(PD)whose name has not been written in the book of life ^(PE)from the foundation of the world, will ^(PF)wonder when they see the beast, that he was and is not and will come. ^9 (PG)Here is the mind which has wisdom. The ^(PH)seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits, ¹⁰ and they are seven ^(PI)kings; five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must remain a little while. ¹¹ And the beast which ^(PJ)was and is not, is himself also an eighth and is one of the seven, and he ^(PK)goes to destruction. ¹² And the ^(PL)ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast ^(PM)for one hour. ¹³ These have ^(PN)one ^[cn]purpose, and they give their power and authority to the beast. ¹⁴ These will wage ^(PO)war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will ^(PP)overcome them, because He is ^(PQ)Lord of lords and ^(PR)King of kings, and ^(PS)those who are with Him are the ^(PT)called and elect and faithful.”

¹⁵ And he *said to me, “The ^(PU)waters which you saw where the harlot sits, are ^(PV)peoples and crowds and nations and tongues. ¹⁶ And the ^(PW)ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the harlot and will ^(PX)lay waste to her and make her ^(PY)naked, and will ^(PZ)eat her flesh and will ^(QA)burn her up with fire. ¹⁷ For ^(QB)God gave it in their hearts to do His ^[co]purpose both ^[cp]by ^(QC)doing their own common purpose and by giving their kingdom to the beast, until the ^(QD)words of God will be finished. ¹⁸ And the woman whom you saw is ^(QE)the great city, which has a kingdom over the kings of the earth.”