^17:1 And one out-of the seven messengers who have the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, Come-here; I will be showing you the judgment of the great prostitute the one sitting upon many waters, ^17:2 with whom the kings of the earth fornicated and the ones dwelling on the earth were made drunk from the wine of her fornication. ^17:3 And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet beast, being full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. ^17:4 And the woman was dressed in purple and scarlet arrayed with gold and precious stone and pearls, holding a golden cup in her hand which is full of abominations and the unclean things of her fornication, ^17:5 and a name has been written upon her forehead, Mystery, Babylon the Great, the Mother of the Prostitutes and of the Abominations of the Earth. ^17:6 And I saw the woman drunk from the blood of the holy-ones and from the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. And I marveled, after I saw her, with great marvel! ^17:7 And the messenger said to me, Why did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast bearing her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns. ^17:8 The beast which you saw, was and is not and is about to come-up out-of the abyss is to proceed-away into destruction. And the ones dwelling upon the earth of whose names have not been written upon the Book of Life from the conception of the world will be marveling, while seeing that the beast was and is not and will be present^*.

      ^17:9 Here is the mind, the one having wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains, where the woman is sitting upon them, ^17:10 and they are seven kings; the five fell, the one is, the other did not yet come, and whenever he comes, it is essential for him to remain a small time. ^17:11 And the beast which was and is not, is himself also an eighth and is out-of the seven, and he is proceeding-away into destruction. ^17:12 And the ten horns which you saw are ten kings who did not yet receive a kingdom, but they receive authority like kings, with the beast, for one hour. ^17:13 These have one intention and they are giving their power and authority to the beast. ^17:14 These will make war with the Lamb and the Lamb will overcome them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and the invited and chosen and faithful ones with him. ^17:15 And he says to me, The waters which you saw, where the prostitute is sitting, are peoples and crowds and nations and languages. ^17:16 And the ten horns which you saw and the beast, these will hate the prostitute and they will make^* her desolate and they will be making her naked and they will eat her flesh and will be burning her up in fire. ^17:17 For^* God gave to their hearts to do^* his intention and to do^* it with one intention and to give their kingdom to the beast, till the words of God should be completed. ^17:18 And the woman whom you saw is the great city, which has a kingdom over the kings of the earth.