{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/wnt/revelation/17","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T04:39:51.244Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WNT","book":"Revelation","bookSlug":"revelation","chapter":17,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":16,"nextChapter":18,"totalChapters":22,"totalVerses":18},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Then one of the seven angels who were carrying the seven bowls came and spoke to me. |Come with me,| he said, |and I will show you the doom of the great  Harlot who  sits upon  many waters."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"The kings of the  earth have committed fornication  with her, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.|"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"So he carried me away in the Spirit into a desert, and there I saw a woman  sitting on a  scarlet-colored Wild Beast which was covered with names of blasphemy and had seven heads and ten horns."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"The woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and was  brilliantly attired with gold and jewels and pearls. She held in her hand a cup of gold, full of abominations, and she gave filthy indications of her fornication."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And on her forehead was a name written: |I am a symbol of great Babylon, the mother of the harlots and of the abominations of the earth.|"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And I saw the woman drinking herself drunk with  the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. And when I saw her I was filled with utter astonishment."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Then the angel said to me, |Why are you so astonished? I will explain to you the secret meaning of the woman and of the seven-headed, ten-horned Wild Beast which carries her."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"|The Wild Beast which you have seen was, and is not, and yet is destined to  re-ascend, before long, out of the bottomless pit and go his way into perdition. And  the inhabitants of the earth will be filled with amazement--all whose names are not in the Book of Life, having been recorded there ever since the creation of the world--when they see the Wild Beast: because he was, and is not, and yet  is to come."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Here is scope for the exercise of a mind that has wisdom! The seven heads are the seven hills on which the woman sits."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And they are  seven kings: five of them have fallen, and the  one is still reigning. The seventh has not yet come, but when he comes he must continue for a short time."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And the Wild Beast which once existed but does not now exist--he is an eighth king and yet is one of the seven and he goes his way into perdition."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"|And the  ten horns which you have seen are ten kings who have not yet come to the throne, but for a single hour they are to receive authority as kings along with the Wild Beast."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"They have one common policy, and they are to give their power and authority to the Wild Beast."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"They will make war upon the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them; for He is Lord of lords and King of kings. And those who accompany Him--called, as they are, and chosen, and faithful--shall share in the victory.|"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"He also said to me, |The waters which you have seen, on which the Harlot sits, are peoples and multitudes, nations and languages."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And the ten horns that you have seen--and the Wild Beast--these will  hate the Harlot, and they will cause her to be laid waste and will strip her bare. They will eat her flesh, and burn her up with fire."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"For God has put it into their hearts to carry out His purpose, and to carry out a common purpose and to give their kingdom to the Wild Beast until God's words have come to pass."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And the woman whom you have seen is the  great city which has kingly power over the  kings of the  earth.|"}],"citation":{"inline":"Revelation 17 (WNT)","markdown":"[Revelation 17](https://primebible.com/wnt/revelation/17)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WNT. https://primebible.com/wnt/revelation/17 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}