Revelation 17 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

The Doom of Babylon

Then^G2532 one^G1520 of the seven^G2033 angels^G32 who had^G2192 the seven^G2033 bowls^G5357 came^G2064 and spoke^G2980 with me, saying^G3004, “Come^G1204 here^G1204, I will show^G1166 you the judgment^G2917 of the great^G3173 prostitute^G4204 who sits^G2521 on many^G4183 waters^G5204,

Rev 17:2

Rev 17:2with whom the kings of the earth committed acts of sexual immorality, and those who live on the earth became drunk with the wine of her sexual immorality.”

Rev 17:3

Rev 17:3And he carried me away [fn]in the Spirit into a wilderness; and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast, full of blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns.

Rev 17:4

Rev 17:4The woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and [fn]adorned with gold, precious [fn]stones, and pearls, holding in her hand a gold cup full of abominations and of the unclean things of her sexual immorality,

Rev 17:5

Rev 17:5and on her forehead a name was written, [fn]a mystery: “BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”

Rev 17:6

Rev 17:6And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the [fn]saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered [fn]greatly.

Rev 17:7

Rev 17:7And the angel said to me, “Why [fn]do you wonder? 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.

Rev 17:8

“The beast^G2342 that you saw^G3708 was, and is not, and is^G3195 about^G3195 to^G3195 come^G305 up^G305 out of the abyss^G12 and [fn]go^G5217 to destruction^G684. And those^G3588 who live^G2730 on the earth^G1093, whose^G3739 names^G3686 have not been written^G1125 in the book^G975 of life^G2222 from the foundation^G2602 of the world^G2889, will wonder^G2296 when they see^G991 the beast^G2342, that he was, and is not, and will [fn]come^G3918.

Rev 17:9

Rev 17:9“Here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains upon which the woman sits,

Rev 17:10

Rev 17:10and they are seven kings; five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must remain a little while.

Rev 17:11

Rev 17:11“The beast which was, and is not, is himself also an eighth and is one of the seven, and he goes to destruction.

Rev 17:12

Rev 17:12“The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour.

Rev 17:13

Rev 17:13“These have one [fn]purpose, and they give their power and authority to the beast.

Victory for the Lamb

Rev 17:14

Rev 17:14“These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful.”

Rev 17:15

And he *said^G3004 to me, “The waters^G5204 which^G3739 you saw^G3708 where^G3757 the prostitute^G4204 sits^G2521 are peoples^G2992 and multitudes^G3793, and nations^G1484 and languages^G1100.

Rev 17:16

Rev 17:16“And the ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the prostitute and will make her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and will burn her up with fire.

Rev 17:17

Rev 17:17“For God has put it in their hearts to execute His [fn]purpose [fn]by having a common purpose, and by giving their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God will be fulfilled.

Rev 17:18

Rev 17:18“The woman whom you saw is the great city, which [fn]reigns over the kings of the earth.”

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NASB20 Footnotes

Or in spirit

Lit gilded

Lit stone

Or “MYSTERY...”

Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people

(17:6)

Lit with great wonder

(17:7)

Lit have you wondered

(17:8)

One early ms is going

Lit be present

Or mind

Or mind

Lit even to do one mind and to give

(17:18)

Lit has a kingdom

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Revelation 17 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

The Doom of Babylon

Victory for the Lamb

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