The woman (A)was clothed in purple and scarlet, and [a]adorned with gold, precious [b]stones, and pearls, holding in her hand (B)a gold cup full of abominations and of the unclean things of her sexual immorality, and on her forehead a name was written, [c]a (C)mystery: “(D)BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF (E)THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.” And I saw the woman drunk with (F)the blood of the [d]saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered [e]greatly.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 17:4 Lit gilded
  2. Revelation 17:4 Lit stone
  3. Revelation 17:5 Or “MYSTERY...”
  4. Revelation 17:6 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
  5. Revelation 17:6 Lit with great wonder

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