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earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
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So he carried me away in the spirit
into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy,
having seven heads and ten horns.
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And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and
decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of
abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
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And upon her forehead
was
a name written,
MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THEMOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS
OF THE EARTH.
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And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood
of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
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And the angel
said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the
beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
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The beast that thou sawest was,
and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on
the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of
the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
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And here
is
the mind which
hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
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And there are
seven kings: five are fallen, and one is,
and
the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must
continue a short space.
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And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the
seven, and goeth into perdition.
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And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have
received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
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These have one
mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
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These shall make war with the
Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that
are with him
are
called, and chosen, and faithful.
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And he saith unto me, The waters which thou
sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
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And the
ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate
and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
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For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil
his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
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And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
CHAPTER 18
And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the
earth was lightened with his glory.
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And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon
the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit,
and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
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For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath
of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants
of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
4
And I heard another voice
from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye
receive not of her plagues.
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For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her
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