"1. And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with
me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore
that sitteth upon many waters:
2. With whom the kings of the earth have committed
fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her
fornication.
3. So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness:
and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having
seven heads and ten horns.
4. With whom the kings of the earth have committed
fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her
fornication.
5. And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF
HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints,
and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great
admiration.
7. And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I
will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath
the seven heads and ten horns.
8. The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall
ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth
shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the
world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
9. The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall
ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth
shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the
world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
10. And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is,
and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
11. And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth,
and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
12. And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which
have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13. These have one mind, and shall give their power and
strength unto the beast.
14. These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall
overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are
called, and chosen, and faithful.
15. And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where
the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
16. And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these
shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and
burn her with fire.
17. For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and
to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be
fulfilled.
18. And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which
reigneth over the kings of the earth."