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When I saw her, I wondered <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>greatly. <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/17-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And the angel said to me, “Why <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>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 class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/17-8.htm"><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 <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>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="/revelation/17-9.htm"><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="/revelation/17-10.htm"><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="/revelation/17-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And 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="/revelation/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And 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="/revelation/17-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>These have one <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>purpose, and they give their power and authority to the beast. <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/17-14.htm"><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 elect and faithful.” <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/17-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And he said to me, “The waters which you saw where the harlot sits, are peoples and crowds and nations and tongues. <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/17-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And the ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the harlot and will lay waste to her and make <i>her</i> naked, and will eat her flesh and will burn her up with fire. <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/17-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For God gave <i>it</i> in their hearts to do His <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>purpose both <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>by doing <i>their own</i> common purpose and by giving their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God will be finished. <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/17-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And the woman whom you saw is the great city, which has a kingdom over the kings of the earth.”<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">2</span> Spiritual adulteries<br><span class="fnverse">2</span> Spiritual adulteries<br><span class="fnverse">3</span> Or <i>in spirit</i><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> Lit <i>gilded</i><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> Lit <i>stone</i><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> Spiritual adulteries<br><span class="fnverse">6</span> Lit <i>with great wonder</i><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> Lit <i>have you wondered</i><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> One early ms <i>is going</i><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> Or <i>mind</i><br><span class="fnverse">17</span> Or <i>mind</i><br><span class="fnverse">17</span> Lit <i>even to do one mind and to give</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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