Andthere cameoneofthesevenangelswhich hadthesevenvials, andtalkedwithme, sayingunto me, Come hither; I will showunto theethejudgmentof thegreatwhorethat sittethuponmanywaters: Withwhomthekingsof theearthhave committed fornication, andtheinhabitantsof theearthhave been made drunkwiththewineof herfornication. Sohe carried me awayinthe spiritintothe wilderness: andI sawa womansitupona scarlet coloredbeast, fullof namesof blasphemy, havingsevenheadsandtenhorns. Andthewomanwasarrayedin purpleandscarlet color, anddeckedwith goldandpreciousstonesandpearls, havinga goldencupinherhandfullof abominationsandfilthinessof herfornication: Anduponherforehead was a namewritten, MYSTERY, BABYLONTHEGREAT, THEMOTHEROF HARLOTSANDABOMINATIONSOF THEEARTH. AndI sawthewomandrunkenwiththebloodof thesaints, andwiththebloodof themartyrsof Jesus: andwhen I sawher, I wonderedwith greatadmiration. Andtheangelsaidunto me, Whereforedidst thou marvel? Iwill telltheethemysteryof thewoman, andof thebeastthat carriethher, which haththesevenheadsandtenhorns. Thebeastthatthou sawestwas, andisnot; andshallascendout ofthebottomless pit, andgointoperdition: andthey that dwellontheearthshall wonder, whosenameswere notwritteninthebookof lifefromthe foundationof the world, when they beholdthebeastthatwas, andisnot, and yetis. And here is themindwhich hathwisdom. Thesevenheadsaresevenmountains, onwhichthewomansitteth. Andthere aresevenkings: fiveare fallen, andoneis, and theotheris not yetcome; andwhenhe cometh, hemustcontinuea short space. Andthebeastthatwas, andisnot, evenheisthe eighth, andisoftheseven, andgoethintoperdition. Andthetenhornswhichthou sawestaretenkings, whichhave receivedno kingdom as yet; butreceivepoweraskingsonehourwiththebeast. Thesehaveonemind, andshall givetheirpowerandstrengthunto thebeast. Theseshall make warwiththeLamb, andtheLambshall overcomethem: forhe isLordof lords, andKingof kings: andtheythat are withhim are called, andchosen, andfaithful. Andhe saithunto me, Thewaterswhichthou sawest, wherethewhoresitteth, arepeoples, andmultitudes, andnations, andtongues. Andthetenhornswhichthou sawestuponthebeast, theseshall hatethewhore, andshall makeherdesolateandnaked, andshall eatherflesh, andburnherwithfire. ForGodhath putintheirheartsto fulfillhiswill, andto agree, andgivetheirkingdomunto thebeast, untilthewordsof Godshall be fulfilled. Andthewomanwhichthou sawestisthat greatcity, which reignethoverthekingsof theearth.