New American Standard Bible 1995

Revelation 17:1-4

1 1Then one of the 2seven angels who had the 3seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you 4the judgment of the 5great harlot who 6sits on many waters,

2with whom 7the kings of the earth committed acts of immorality, and 8those who dwell on the earth were 9made drunk with the wine of her immorality.”

3And 10he carried me away 11 12in the Spirit 13into a wilderness; and I saw a woman sitting on a 14scarlet beast, full of 15blasphemous names, having 16seven heads and ten horns.

4The woman 17was clothed in purple and scarlet, and 18adorned with gold and precious 19stones and pearls, having in her hand 20a gold cup full of abominations and of the unclean things of her immorality,

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Notes

1. Revelation 17:1 Rev 1:1; 21:9 ↩
2. Revelation 17:1 Rev 15:1 ↩
3. Revelation 17:1 Rev 15:7 ↩
4. Revelation 17:1 Rev 16:19 ↩
5. Revelation 17:1 Is 1:21; Jer 2:20; Nah 3:4; Rev 17:5, 15f; 19:2 ↩
6. Revelation 17:1 Jer 51:13; Rev 17:15 ↩
7. Revelation 17:2 Rev 2:22; 18:3, 9 ↩
8. Revelation 17:2 Rev 3:10; 17:8 ↩
9. Revelation 17:2 Rev 14:8 ↩
10. Revelation 17:3 Rev 21:10 ↩
11. Revelation 17:3 Or in spirit ↩
12. Revelation 17:3 Rev 1:10 ↩
13. Revelation 17:3 Rev 12:6, 14; 21:10 ↩
14. Revelation 17:3 Matt 27:28; Rev 18:12, 16 ↩
15. Revelation 17:3 Rev 13:1 ↩
16. Revelation 17:3 Rev 12:3; 17:7, 9, 12, 16 ↩
17. Revelation 17:4 Ezek 28:13; Rev 18:12, 16 ↩
18. Revelation 17:4 Lit gilded ↩
19. Revelation 17:4 Lit stone ↩
20. Revelation 17:4 Jer 51:7; Rev 18:6 ↩

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