Revelation 17:4-6

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁴And the woman was clothed round about with purple and scarlet, and gilt with gold, and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand, full of the abomination and filthiness of her fornication.

⁵And on her forehead a name was written: A mystery; Babylon the great, the mother of the fornications, and the abominations of the earth.

⁶And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And I wondered, when I had seen her, with great admiration.

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Revelation 17:4-6

New International Version

⁴The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls.^(A) She held a golden cup^(B) in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries.^(C) ⁵The name written on her forehead was a mystery:^(D)

babylon the great^(E)

the mother of prostitutes^(F)

and of the abominations of the earth.

⁶I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God’s holy people,^(G) the blood of those who bore testimony to Jesus.

When I saw her, I was greatly astonished.

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