Revelation 17:3-4

The Great Prostitute and the Beast

³ And _c he carried me away in the Spirit _d into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on _e a scarlet beast that was full of _f blasphemous names, and _g it had seven heads and ten horns. ⁴ The woman _h was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned _i with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand _j a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.

1. Cross References
   Revelation 21:10
   And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God.
   
2. Cross References
   Revelation 12:6
   And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which she is to be nourished for 1,260 days.
   Revelation 12:14
   But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.
   
3. Cross References
   Revelation 12:3
   And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems.
   
4. Cross References
   Revelation 13:1
   And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.
   
5. Cross References
   Revelation 17:7
   But the angel said to me, "Why do you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast with seven heads and ten horns that carries her.
   Revelation 17:9
   This calls for a mind with wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated.
   Revelation 17:12
   And the ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received royal power, but they are to receive authority as kings for one hour, together with the beast.
   
6. Cross References
   Revelation 18:16
   Alas, alas, for the great city that was clothed in fine linen, in purple and scarlet, adorned with gold, with jewels, and with pearls!
   
7. Cross References
   Daniel 11:38
   He shall honor the god of fortresses instead of these. A god whom his fathers did not know he shall honor with gold and silver, with precious stones and costly gifts.
   
8. Cross References
   Jeremiah 51:7
   Babylon was a golden cup in the Lord 's hand, making all the earth drunken; the nations drank of her wine; therefore the nations went mad.
   Revelation 18:6
   Pay her back as she herself has paid back others, and repay her double for her deeds; mix a double portion for her in the cup she mixed.