Offenbarung 17 | New International Reader’s Version
Babylon the great prostitute sits on the beast
1One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came to me. He said, ‘Come. I will show you how the great prostitute will be punished. She is the one who sits by many waters.2The kings of the earth took part in her evil ways. The people living on earth were drunk with the wine of her terrible sins.’3Then in a vision the angel carried me away to a desert. There the Holy Spirit showed me a woman sitting on a bright red beast. It was covered with names that say evil things about God. It had seven heads and ten horns.4The woman was dressed in purple and bright red. She was gleaming with gold, jewels and pearls. In her hand she held a golden cup filled with things that God hates. It was filled with her terrible, dirty sins.5The name written on her forehead was a mystery. Here is what it said. The great city of Babylon The mother of prostitutes The mother of everything on earth that God hates6I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God’s holy people. They are the ones who are witnesses about Jesus. When I saw her, I was very amazed.7Then the angel said to me, ‘Why are you amazed? I will explain to you the mystery of the woman. And I will explain the mystery of the beast she rides on. The beast is the one who has the seven heads and ten horns.8The beast that you saw used to exist and now does not. Yet it will come up out of the Abyss and be destroyed. Some people on the earth will be amazed when they see the beast. Their names have not been written in the book of life from the time the world was created. They will be amazed at the beast. That’s because it will come again even though it used to exist and now does not.9‘Here is a problem that you have to be wise to understand. The seven heads are seven hills that the woman sits on.10They are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is ruling, and the other has still not come. When he does come, he must remain for only a little while.11The beast who used to exist, and now does not, is an eighth king. He belongs to the other seven. He will be destroyed.12‘The ten horns you saw are ten kings. They have not yet received a kingdom. But for one hour they will receive authority to rule together with the beast.13They have only one purpose. So they will give their power and authority to the beast.14They will make war against the Lamb. But the Lamb will have victory over them. That’s because he is the most powerful Lord of all and the greatest King of all. His appointed, chosen and faithful followers will be with him.’15Then the angel spoke to me. ‘You saw the waters the prostitute sits on,’ he said. ‘They stand for all the nations of the world, no matter what their race or language is.16The beast and the ten horns you saw will hate the prostitute. They will destroy her and leave her naked. They will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.17God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose. So they agreed to give the beast their royal authority. They will give him this authority until God’s words come true.18The woman you saw stands for the great city of Babylon. That city rules over the kings of the earth.’
English Standard Version
The Great Prostitute and the Beast
1Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who is seated on many waters,2with whom the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality, and with the wine of whose sexual immorality the dwellers on earth have become drunk.”3And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was full of blasphemous names, and it had seven heads and ten horns.4The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.5And on her forehead was written a name of mystery: “Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth’s abominations.”6And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints, the blood of the martyrs of Jesus.* When I saw her, I marveled greatly.7But the angel said to me, “Why do you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast with seven heads and ten horns that carries her.8The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to rise from the bottomless pit* and go to destruction. And the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast, because it was and is not and is to come.9This calls for a mind with wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated;10they are also seven kings, five of whom have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come, and when he does come he must remain only a little while.11As for the beast that was and is not, it is an eighth but it belongs to the seven, and it goes to destruction.12And the ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received royal power, but they are to receive authority as kings for one hour, together with the beast.13These are of one mind, and they hand over their power and authority to the beast.14They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.”15And the angel* said to me, “The waters that you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages.16And the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast will hate the prostitute. They will make her desolate and naked, and devour her flesh and burn her up with fire,17for God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose by being of one mind and handing over their royal power to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.18And the woman that you saw is the great city that has dominion over the kings of the earth.”
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