Revelation 17:2-4
Contemporary English Version
2 (A) Every king on earth has slept with her, and her shameless ways are like wine that has made everyone on earth drunk.”
3 (B) With the help of the Spirit, the angel took me into a desert, where I saw a woman sitting on a red beast. The beast was covered with names that were an insult to God, and it had seven heads and ten horns. 4 (C) The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet robes, and she wore jewelry made of gold, precious stones, and pearls. In her hand she held a gold cup filled with the filthy and nasty things she had done.
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Revelation 18:3
Contemporary English Version
3 (A) Babylon's evil and immoral wine
has made all nations drunk.
Every king on earth
has slept with her,
and every merchant on earth
is rich because of
her evil desires.”
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