17Revelation 17

CHAP. XVII. / 3. 4 A woman arayed in purple and scarlet, with a golden cup in her hand, sitteth vpon the Beast, 5 which is great Babylon the mother of all abominations, 9 The interpretation of the seu

1And there came one of the seuen Angels, which had the seuen vials, and talked with me, saying vnto mee, Come hither, I will shew vnto thee the iudgement of the great Whore, that sitteth vpon many waters:Select Revelation 17:1

2With whom the kings of the earth haue committed fornication, and the inhabiters of the earth haue beene made drunk with the wine of her fornication.Select Revelation 17:2

3So he caried me away in the Spirit into the wildernesse: and I saw a woman sit vpō a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, hauing seuen heads, and ten hornes.Select Revelation 17:3

4And the woman was arayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold, and precious stone & pearles, hauing a golden cup in her hand, full of abominations and filthinesse of her fornication.Select Revelation 17:4

5And vpon her forehead was a name written, mystery, babylon th great, the mother of harlots, and abominations of the earth.Select Revelation 17:5

6And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the Saints, and with the blood of the Martyrs of Iesus: and when I saw her, I wondred with great admiration.Select Revelation 17:6

7And the Angel saide vnto mee, Wherefore didst thou marueile? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carieth her, which hath the seuen heads, and ten hornes.Select Revelation 17:7

8The beast that thou sawest, was, and is not, and shall ascend out of the bottomlesse pit, and goe into perdition, and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, (whose names were not written in the booke of life from the foundation of the world) when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.Select Revelation 17:8

9And here is the mind which hath wisedome. The seuen heads are seuen mountaines, on which the woman sitteth.Select Revelation 17:9

10And there are seuen Kings, fiue are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come: and when he commeth, he must continue a short space.Select Revelation 17:10

11And the beast that was, and is not, euen he is the eighth, & is of the seuen, and goeth into perdition.Select Revelation 17:11

12And the tenne hornes which thou sawest, are ten kings, which haue receiued no kingdom as yet: but receiue power as kings one houre with the beast.Select Revelation 17:12

13These haue one minde, and shall giue their power and strength vnto the beast.Select Revelation 17:13

14These shal make warre with the Lambe, and the Lambe shal ouercome them: For he is Lord of Lords, and King of kings, and they that are with him, are called, & chosen, and faithfull.Select Revelation 17:14

15And he saith vnto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.Select Revelation 17:15

16And the ten hornes which thou sawest vpon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate, and naked, and shall eate her flesh, and burne her with fire.Select Revelation 17:16

17For God hath put in their hearts to fulfill his will, and to agree, and giue their kingdome vnto the beast, vntil the words of God shall be fulfilled.Select Revelation 17:17

18And the woman which thou sawest, is that great Citie which reigneth ouer the kings of the earth.Select Revelation 17:18