# Revelation 17

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/revelation/17

Translated from Hebrew and Greek with AI, then checked for clarity and fidelity.

1. And one of the seven angels who held the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, "Come here; I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who sits on many waters."
2. With whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and those who dwell on the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
3. He carried me in the Spirit into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4. And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the unclean things of her sexual immorality.
5. And on her forehead was written a name: Mystery, Babylon the Great, the mother of the prostitutes and the abominations of the earth.
6. And I saw the woman drunk on the blood of the saints and on the blood of Jesus' witnesses; and seeing her, I marveled with great wonder.
7. And the angel said to me, "Why did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns."
8. The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to ascend out of the abyss and go into destruction; and those dwelling on the earth, whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will marvel when they see the beast that was, and is not, and will be present.
9. Here is the mind possessing wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits, and they are seven kings.
10. Five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must remain a little while.
11. And the beast that was and is not—it itself is the eighth, and is from the seven, and goes to destruction.
12. And the ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings for one hour with the beast.
13. These have one mind and give their power and authority to the beast.
14. These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called, chosen, and faithful.
15. And he says to me, "The waters that you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples and crowds, nations and languages."
16. And the ten horns you saw, and the beast—these will hate the prostitute and make her desolate and naked, eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
17. For God has put it in their hearts to carry out his purpose and to act with one purpose, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are accomplished.
18. And the woman you saw is the great city that has a kingdom over the kings of the earth.

## Nearby chapters

[Revelation 16](https://www.lumin.faith/read/revelation/16.md)
[Revelation 18](https://www.lumin.faith/read/revelation/18.md)

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