1 I dođe jedan od sedam anđela koji imahu sedam čaša, i govori sa mnom govoreći mi: Hodi da ti pokažem sud kurve velike, koja sedi na vodama mnogima. 2 S kojom se kurvaše carevi zemaljski, i koji žive na zemlji opiše se vinom kurvarstva njena. 3 I uvede me duh u pusto mesto; i videh ženu gde sedi na zveri crvenoj koja beše puna imena hulnih i imaše sedam glava i deset rogova. 4 I žena beše obučena u porfiru i skerlet i nakićena zlatom i kamenjem dragim i biserom, i imaše čašu u ruci svojoj punu mrzosti i poganštine kurvarstva svog; 5 i na čelu njenom napisano ime: Tajna, Vavilon veliki, mati kurvama i mrzostima zemaljskim. 6 I videh ženu pijanu od krvi svetih i od krvi svedoka Isusovih. I začudih se čudom velikim kad je videh. 7 I reče mi anđeo: Što se čudiš? Ja ću ti kazati tajnu ove žene, i zveri što je nosi i ima sedam glava i deset rogova. 8 Zver koju si video beše i nije, i izići će iz bezdana i otići će u propast; i udiviće se koji žive na zemlji, kojima imena napisana nisu u knjigu života od postanja sveta, kad vide zver koja beše, i nije, i doći će opet. 9 Ovde je um, koji ima mudrost. Sedam glava, to su sedam gora na kojima žena sedi. 10 I jesu sedam careva. Pet je njih palo, i jedan jeste, a drugi još nije došao; a kad dođe za malo će ostati. 11 I zver koja beše i nije, i ona je osmi, i jeste od sedmorice i u propast ide. 12 I deset rogova, koje si video, to su deset careva, koji carstva još ne primiše, nego će oblast kao carevi na jedno vreme primiti sa zveri. 13 Ovi jednu volju imaju, i silu i oblast svoju daće zveri. 14 Ovi će se pobiti s Jagnjetom i Jagnje će ih pobediti, jer je Gospodar nad gospodarima i Car nad carevima; i koji su s Njim, jesu pozvani i izabrani i verni. 15 I reče mi: Vode, što si video, gde sedi kurva, ono su ljudi i narodi, i plemena i jezici. 16 I deset rogova, što si video na zveri, oni će omrznuti na kurvu, i opustošiće je i ogoluzniti, i meso njeno poješće i sažeći će je ognjem. 17 Jer je Bog dao u srca njihova da učine volju Njegovu, i da učine volju jednu, i da dadu carstvo svoje zveri, dok se svrše reči Božije. 18 I žena, koju si video, jeste grad veliki, koji ima carstvo nad carstvima zemaljskim.
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Notes on this text (3)
- eBible.org's Latin-script edition, ekavian pronunciation (e.g. svet, greh).
- No deuterocanonical books.
- Chapter divisions follow the Hebrew Bible in Job 39–41, Ezekiel 20–21, Hosea 11–12 and Jonah 1–2 (verse numbers there differ from English Bibles).
Cross references (17)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Revelation 19:2; Revelation 17:1–17; Jeremiah 51:13; Revelation 16:19; Revelation 21:9
- 2 Revelation 14:8; Jeremiah 51:7; Revelation 18:3; Revelation 18:9; Revelation 18:23
- 3 Revelation 12:3; Revelation 13:1–6; Revelation 17:9–12; Revelation 17:18; Revelation 17:6–7
- 4 Jeremiah 51:7; Revelation 18:16; Revelation 19:2; Revelation 18:12; 2 Thessalonians 2:3–10
- 5 Revelation 18:2; Revelation 14:8; Revelation 17:7; Revelation 16:19; Isaiah 3:9
- 6 Revelation 16:6; Revelation 13:15; Revelation 2:13; Daniel 7:25; Revelation 12:11
- 7 Revelation 17:1–6; Revelation 17:8
- 8 Revelation 11:7; Revelation 17:11; Revelation 3:10; Revelation 9:1–2; Revelation 19:15–21
- 9 Revelation 13:18; Revelation 17:7; Daniel 12:4; Daniel 12:8–10; Matthew 24:15
- 11 Revelation 17:8
- 12 Revelation 12:3; Revelation 13:1; Zechariah 1:18–21; Daniel 7:24; Revelation 17:16
- 13 Revelation 17:17; Ezekiel 38:10; Philippians 1:27; Philippians 2:2; Isaiah 10:5–7
- 14 Romans 8:30; 1 Timothy 6:15; Matthew 22:14; Revelation 3:21; Deuteronomy 10:17
- 15 Revelation 17:1; Jeremiah 51:13; Jeremiah 51:55; Isaiah 8:7–8; Psalm 65:7
- 16 Revelation 18:8; Ezekiel 16:37–44; Leviticus 21:9; Jeremiah 50:41–42; Revelation 18:16–17
- 17 2 Thessalonians 2:10–12; 2 Corinthians 8:16; Proverbs 21:1; Revelation 10:7; Ezra 7:27
- 18 Revelation 16:19; Revelation 18:2; Daniel 7:23; Daniel 2:40–41
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
For that peoples are signified under the name of waters the Apocalypse of John clearly indicates to us, where, after he had been shown many waters, and he had asked what they were, was answered that they were peoples. That water, then--namely, that people--was shut in by the five books of Moses, as by five porches.
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