Revelation 17
17
The Woman and the Scarlet Beast
1Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls # Rv 15:7; 16:1; 21:9 came and spoke with me: “Come, I will show you the judgment of the notorious prostitute # Traditionally translated the great whore # Rv 19:2 who sits on many # Or by many waters. # Jr 51:13; Rv 17:15 2The kings of the earth # Ps 2:2; Ps 76:12; Is 24:21; Ezk 27:33; Rv 1:5; 6:15; 18:9; 19:19; 21:24 committed sexual immorality with her, and those who live on the earth became drunk on the wine of her sexual immorality.” # Is 23:16-17; Nah 3:4; Rv 14:8; 18:3 3So he carried me away in the Spirit # Or in spirit # Ezk 8:3; 11:24; Lk 4:1,14; Rv 1:10; 4:2; 21:10 to a desert. I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered # Lit was filled with blasphemous names and had seven heads and 10 horns. # Rv 12:3,6; 13:1 4The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls. # Ezk 28:13; Rv 18:16 She had a gold cup in her hand filled with everything vile # Mt 24:15; Mk 13:14; Lk 16:15; Rv 21:27 and with the impurities of her # Other mss read of earth’s prostitution. 5On her forehead a cryptic name # Rv 14:1 was written:
BABYLON THE GREAT THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTESAND OF THE VILE THINGS OF THE EARTH.
6Then I saw that the woman was drunk on the blood of the saints and on the blood of the witnesses to Jesus. # Dt 32:42; Is 49:26; 63:6; Ezk 39:19 When I saw her, I was greatly astonished.
The Meaning of the Woman and of the Beast
7Then the angel said to me, “Why are you astonished? I will tell you the secret meaning of the woman and of the beast, with the seven heads and the 10 horns, that carries her. 8The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up from the abyss # Ps 140:10; Lk 8:31; Rm 10:7; Rv 9:1,11; 11:7; 20:1-3 and go to destruction. # Mt 7:13; Jn 17:12; Rm 9:22; Php 3:19; 2Th 2:3; 2Pt 3:7; Rv 1:18; 2:8 Those who live on the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world # Ps 69:28; Is 4:3; Mt 25:34; Eph 1:4; Php 4:3; 1Pt 1:20; Rv 3:5; 13:8; 20:12,15; 21:27 will be astonished when they see the beast that was, and is not, and will be present again. # Ps 48:5; Rv 13:3,12,14
9“Here is the mind with wisdom: # Or This calls for the mind with wisdom # Rv 13:18 The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated. 10They are also seven kings: # Some editors or translators put They are also seven kings: in v. 9. Five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come, and when he comes, he must remain for a little while. 11The beast that was and is not, is himself an eighth king, yet he belongs to the seven and is going to destruction. 12The 10 horns you saw are 10 kings # Dn 7:24; Rv 13:1 who have not yet received a kingdom, but they will receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour. # Rv 18:10,17,19 13These have one purpose, and they give their power and authority to the beast. 14These will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them because He is Lord of lords and King of kings. # Dt 10:17; Ps 136:2-3; Dn 2:47; 1Tm 6:15; Rv 1:5; 19:11-21 Those with Him are called, chosen, and faithful. # Rv 12:11; 13:8”
15He also said to me, “The waters you saw, # Jr 51:13 where the prostitute was seated, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages. # Is 17:12; Jr 51:58; Dn 5:19; Hab 2:8; Rv 5:9; 7:9; 10:11; 11:9; 13:7; 14:6 16The 10 horns you saw, and the beast, will hate the prostitute. # 2Sm 13:15-20; Ezk 23:22-35 They will make her desolate and naked, devour her flesh, and burn her up with fire. # Lv 20:14; 21:9 17For God has put it into their hearts to carry out His plan by having one purpose # Gn 50:20 and to give their kingdom # Or sovereignty to the beast until God’s words are accomplished. # Jr 51:12; Rv 10:7 18And the woman you saw is the great city that has an empire # Or has sovereignty or rulership over the kings of the earth.”
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Ḥazon (Revelation) 17
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1And one of the seven messengers who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying to me, “Come, I shall show you the judgment of the great whore sitting on many waters,#See Rev. 17:15
2with whom the sovereigns of the earth committed whoring, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her whoring.”#See Jer. 51:7
3And he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast covered with names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4And the woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup filled with abominations and the filthiness of her whoring,#See Jer. 51:7
5and upon her forehead a name written, a secret: BAḆEL THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE WHORES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the set-apart ones, and with the blood of the witnesses of יהושע. And having seen her, I marvelled – greatly marvelled!
7And the messenger said to me, “Why did you marvel? Let me explain to you the secret of the woman and of the beast she rides, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.
8“The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the pit of the deep and goes to destruction. And those dwelling on the earth, whose names are not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world,#See Dan. 12:1 shall marvel when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
9“Here is the mind having wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.
10“And there are seven sovereigns: five have fallen, and one is, and the other has not yet come. And when he comes, he has to remain a little while.
11“And the beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven, and goes to destruction.
12“And the ten horns which you saw are ten sovereigns who have not yet received a reign, but receive authority as sovereigns with the beast for one hour.
13“They have one mind, and they shall give their power and authority to the beast.
14“They shall fight with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them, for He is Master of masters#Deu.10:17 and Sovereign of sovereigns. And those with Him are called, and chosen, and trustworthy.”
15And he said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the whore sits, are peoples, and crowds, and nations, and tongues.
16“And the ten horns which you saw on the beast, these shall hate the whore, and lay her waste and naked, and eat her flesh and burn her with fire.
17“For Elohim did give it into their hearts to do His mind, to be of one mind, and to give their reign to the beast, until the words of Elohim shall be accomplished.
18“And the woman whom you saw is that great city having sovereignty over the sovereigns of the earth.”
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