[1] And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with saying Come hither; I will shew 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 with the wine of her fornication. [3] So away in the spirit into the wilderness: and a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. [4] And the woman arrayed and scarlet colour, and decked and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and of her fornication: [5] And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. [6] And the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and her, I wondered with great admiration. [7] And the angel said didst thou marvel? I will tell the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.