1And there came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, and spoke with me, saying, Come here, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who sits upon many waters; 2with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and those who dwell in the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication. 3And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness: and I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. 4And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stone and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations, even the unclean things of her fornication, 5and upon her forehead a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. 6And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Yeshua. And when I saw her, I marveled with a great wonder. 7And the angel said to me, Why did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns. 8The beast that you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss, and to go into perdition. And those who dwell on the earth shall marvel, those whose name has not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast, how he was, and is not, and shall come. 9Here is the mind that has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits: 10and they are seven kings; the five have fallen, the one is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must continue a little while. 11And the beast that was, and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is of the seven; and he goes into perdition. 12And the ten horns that you saw are ten kings, who have received no kingdom as yet; but they receive authority as kings, with the beast, for one hour. 13These have one mind, and they give their power and authority to the beast. 14These shall war against the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings; and those who are with him, called and chosen and faithful, also shall overcome. 15And he says to me, The waters which you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. 16And the ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these shall hate the prostitute, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and shall burn her utterly with fire. 17For God put in their hearts to do his mind, and to come to one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God should be accomplished. 18And the woman whom you saw is the great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth.