1. Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke to me. He said, “Come, and I will show you the punishment that will be given to the great prostitute, the one sitting over many waters.
2. The kings of the earth sinned sexually with her, and the people of the earth became drunk from the wine of her sexual sin.”
3. Then the angel carried me away by the Spirit to the desert. There I saw a woman sitting on a red beast. It was covered with names against God written on it, and it had seven heads and ten horns.
4. The woman was dressed in purple and red and was shining with the gold, precious jewels, and pearls she was wearing. She had a golden cup in her hand, a cup filled with evil things and the uncleanness of her sexual sin.
5. On her forehead a title was written that was secret. This is what was written:the great babylonmother of prostitutesand of the evil things of the earth
6. Then I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God’s holy people and with the blood of those who were killed because of their faith in Jesus.When I saw the woman, I was very amazed.