Revelation 17:3

And he carried me away into a desert, in spirit. And I saw a woman, sitting upon a scarlet wild-beast full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

In Context

2with whom the kings of the earth committed lewdness,—and they who were dwelling upon the earth were made drunk with the wine of her lewdness.

4And, the woman, was arrayed with purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stone and pearls,—having a cup of gold in her hand, full of abominations and the impurities of her lewdness;

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Cross References

2 Kings 2:16Then said they unto him—Lo! we pray thee, there are with thy servants fifty men, sons of valour—let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy lord, lest the Spirit of Yahweh have borne him away, and cast him on one of the mountains, or into one of the valleys. And he said—Ye shall not send.

Ezekiel 3:12Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the sound of a great rushing,— Blessed be the glory of Yahweh. From his place!

Ezekiel 11:24And, the spirit lifted me up, and brought me to Chaldea unto them of the captivity, in the vision by the Spirit of God,—thus went up from me, the vision which I had seen.

Daniel 7:20also concerning the ten horns, which were in his head, and the other, which came up, and there fell—from among them that were before it—three,—and this horn which had, eyes, and, a mouth, speaking great things, and, his look, was more proud than his fellows:

Daniel 11:36And the king, will do according to his own pleasure, and will exalt himself, and magnify himself against every GOD, yea, against the GOD of GODS, will he speak wonderful things,—and will succeed, until exhausted is the indignation, for, what is decreed, must be done;

2 Thessalonians 2:4The one who opposeth and exalteth himself on high against every one called God, or an object of worship; so that he, within the sanctuary of God, shall take his seat, showeth himself forth, that he is, God:—

Matthew Henry on Revelation 17:2-7

The Fall of Babylon. ( a. d. 95.) 1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will show unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: 2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. 3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of… Read the whole commentary →

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