Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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The Famous Prostitute
1 Then one of the seven angels
who had the seven bowls
came to me and said, “Come, and I
will show you how the famous prostitute
is to be punished, that great
city that is built near many rivers. note
2 The kings of the earth practiced
sexual immorality with her, and the
people of the world became drunk
from drinking the wine of her immorality.” note
3 The Spirit took control of me,
and the angel carried me to a desert.
There I saw a woman sitting on a red
beast that had names insulting to
God written all over it; the beast had
seven heads and ten horns. note
4 The
woman was dressed in purple and
scarlet, and covered with gold ornaments,
precious stones, and pearls.
In her hand she held a gold cup full
of obscene and filthy things, the result
of her immorality. note
5 On her forehead
was written a name that has a
secret meaning: “Great Babylon, the
mother of all prostitutes and perverts
in the world.”
6 And I saw that
the woman was drunk with the
blood of God's people and the blood
of those who were killed because
they had been loyal to Jesus.
6 When I saw her, I was completely
amazed.
7 “Why are you amazed?”
the angel asked me. “I will tell you
the secret meaning of the woman
and of the beast that carries her, the
beast with seven heads and ten
horns.
8 That beast was once alive,
but lives no longer; it is about to
come up from the abyss and will go
off to be destroyed. The people living
on earth whose names have not
been written before the creation of
the world in the book of the living,
will all be amazed as they look at the
beast. It was once alive; now it no
longer lives, but it will reappear. note
9 “This calls for wisdom and understanding.
The seven heads are
seven hills, on which the woman
sits. They are also seven kings:
10 five
of them have fallen, one still rules,
and the other one has not yet come;
when he comes, he must rule only a
little while.
11 And the beast that was
once alive, but lives no longer, is itself
an eighth king who is one of the
seven and is going off to be destroyed.
12 “The ten horns you saw are ten
kings who have not yet begun to
rule, but who will be given authority
to rule as kings for one hour with the
beast. note
13 These ten all have the same
purpose, and they give their power
and authority to the beast.
14 They
will fight against the Lamb; but the
Lamb, together with his called, chosen,
and faithful followers, will defeat
them, because he is Lord of
lords and King of kings.”
15 The angel also said to me, “The
waters you saw, on which the prostitute
sits, are nations, peoples, races,
and languages.
16 The ten horns you
saw and the beast will hate the prostitute;
they will take away everything
she has and leave her naked;
they will eat her flesh and destroy
her with fire.
17 For God has placed
in their hearts the will to carry out
his purpose by acting together and
giving to the beast their power to
rule until God's words come true.
18 “The woman you saw is the
great city that rules over the kings of
the earth.”
Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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