Revelation 17:7-9
EasyEnglish Bible
7 Then the angel asked me, ‘Why are you surprised? I will explain the secret of the woman to you. I will tell you the secret of the wild animal that she rides. The wild animal that you saw has seven heads and ten horns. 8 This animal was once alive, but it is not alive now. Soon it will come up out of the deep hole again but then God will destroy it completely.[a] All these things will surprise many people who live on the earth. Those are the people whose names are not written in God's book of life from the beginning of the world. They will be surprised to see the animal that was alive at one time. It is not alive now, but it will soon appear again.
9 If you are wise, think carefully about this. The animal's seven heads are a picture of seven hills in the place where the woman sits.[b]
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- 17:8 We read about this deep hole in Revelation 9:1,2.
- 17:9 The city of Rome has seven hills. So many people think that the message about Babylon is really a picture of Rome. Rome was an enemy of God's people at the time when John was alive.
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