Revelation 17:4-6

New Catholic Bible

⁴ The woman was clothed in purple and scarlet and adorned with gold and jewels and pearls. In her hand she held a gold cup filled with accursed things and the impurities of her harlotry.

⁵ On her forehead was written a mysterious name: “Babylon the Great, the mother of harlots and of every abomination on the earth.” ⁶ And I noticed that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of those who had borne witness to Jesus.

When I saw her, I was utterly astounded. Read full chapter