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When I saw her, I wondered greatly. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/17-7.htm" target="_top"><b>7</b></a></span>And the angel said to me, Why do you wonder? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/17-8.htm" target="_top"><b>8</b></a></span>The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and go to destruction. And those who dwell on the earth, whose name has not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will wonder when they see the beast, that he was and is not and will come. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/17-9.htm" target="_top"><b>9</b></a></span>Here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/17-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>and they are seven kings; five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must remain a little while. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/17-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>The beast which was and is not, is himself also an eighth and is <i>one</i> of the seven, and he goes to destruction. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/17-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/17-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>These have one purpose, and they give their power and authority to the beast.<p> <font size="1"><br><br></font><font color="#000000"><b><i>Victory for the Lamb</i></b></font><font size="1"><br><br></font>      <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/17-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him <i>are the</i> called and chosen and faithful.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/17-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>And he said to me, The waters which you saw where the harlot sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/17-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>And the ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the harlot and will make her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and will burn her up with fire. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/17-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>For God has put it in their hearts to execute His purpose by having a common purpose, and by giving their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God will be fulfilled. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/17-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>The woman whom you saw is the great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth.<p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">NASB 1995 Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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