Rev Revelation, chapter Revelation of Jesus Christ, chapter 17
And there came one of the seven messengers, who were having the seven bowls, and he spoke with me, saying to me, “Come, I will show to you the judgment of the great whore, who is sitting on the many waters, Nam 3:4with whom the kings of the earth committed whoredom; and those inhabiting the earth were made drunk from the wine of her whoredom”; Jer 51:7; Rev 14:8; Rev 18:3and he carried me away to a wilderness in the Spirit, and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet-colored beast, full of names of slander, having seven heads and ten horns, 2Th 2:3; 2Th 2:7and the woman was clothed with purple and scarlet-color, and gilded with gold, and precious stone, and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and uncleanness of her whoredom, and on her forehead was a name written: “SECRET, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE WHORES, AND THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.” Rev 16:19; Rev 18:2And I saw the woman drunken from the blood of the holy ones, and from the blood of the witnesses of Jesus, and I wondered—having seen her—with great wonder; and the messenger said to me, “For this reason did you wonder? I will tell you the secret of the woman and of the beast that [is] carrying her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns. The beast that you saw: it was, and it is not, and it is about to come up out of the abyss, and to go away to destruction, and those dwelling on the earth will wonder, whose names have not been written on the Scroll of Life from the foundation of the world, beholding the beast that was, and is not, although it is. Dan 12:1; Rev 11:7; Rev 20:12Here [is] the mind that is having wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits, and there are seven kings, the five fell, and the one is, the other did not yet come, and when he may come, it is necessary for him to remain a short time; and the beast that was, and is not, he also is eighth, and he is out of the seven, and he goes away to destruction. And the ten horns that you saw are ten kings who did not yet receive a kingdom, but receive authority as kings one hour with the beast; Dan 7:20these have one mind, and they will give over their own power and authority to the beast; these will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords, and King of kings, and those with Him are called, and chosen, and steadfast.” Dan 7:27; Mat 28:18; 1Ti 6:15; Rev 18:8; Rev 19:16And he says to me, “The waters that you saw, where the whore sits, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues; Isa 8:7and the ten horns that you saw, and the beast, these will hate the whore, and will make her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh, and will burn her in fire, Rev 18:8for God gave into their hearts to do His purpose, and to make one purpose, and to give their kingdom to the beast until the sayings of God may be fulfilled, and the woman that you saw is the great city that is having reign over the kings of the earth.”Rev 16:19