Revelation 17:2-4
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
2 with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and with the wine of whose fornication[a] the dwellers on earth have become drunk.” 3 And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of blasphemous names, and it had seven heads and ten horns. 4 The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and bedecked with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her fornication;
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- 17.2 fornication: i.e., idolatry.
Revelation 17:2-4
New International Version
2 With her the kings of the earth committed adultery, and the inhabitants of the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her adulteries.”(A)
3 Then the angel carried me away in the Spirit(B) into a wilderness.(C) There I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet(D) beast that was covered with blasphemous names(E) and had seven heads and ten horns.(F) 4 The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls.(G) She held a golden cup(H) in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries.(I)
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