Revelation 17:1-7

11Then 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 prostitute who 6sits on many waters, 2with whom 7the kings of the earth committed acts of sexual immorality, and 8those who live on the earth 9became drunk with the wine of her sexual immorality.” 3And 10he carried me away 1112in 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, precious 19stones, and pearls, holding in her hand 20a gold cup full of abominations and of the unclean things of her sexual immorality, 5and on her forehead a name was written, 21a 22mystery: “23BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF 24THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.” 6And I saw the woman drunk with 25the blood of the 26saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered 27greatly. 7And the angel said to me, “Why 28do you wonder? I will tell you the 29mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the 30seven heads and the ten horns.