Revelation 17:15-16, 18

Then the angel said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages. And the ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the prostitute and will make her desolate and naked [stripped of her power and influence], and will eat her flesh and completely consume her with fire.

The woman whom you saw is the great city, which reigns over and dominates and controls the kings and the political leaders of the earth.”