Revelation 17
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Revelation 17:4-5

4The woman 1was clothed in purple and scarlet, and 2adorned with gold, precious 3stones, and pearls, holding in her hand 4a gold cup full of abominations and of the unclean things of her sexual immorality,

5and on her forehead a name was written, 5a 6mystery: “7BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF 8THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Revelation 17:4 Ezek 28:13; Rev 18:12, 16 ↩
  2. 2. Revelation 17:4 Lit gilded ↩
  3. 3. Revelation 17:4 Lit stone ↩
  4. 4. Revelation 17:4 Jer 51:7; Rev 18:6 ↩
  5. 5. Revelation 17:5 Or “MYSTERY...” ↩
  6. 6. Revelation 17:5 2 Thess 2:7; Rev 1:20; 17:7 ↩
  7. 7. Revelation 17:5 Rev 14:8; 16:19 ↩
  8. 8. Revelation 17:5 Rev 17:2 ↩

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