Revelation 17:2

Easy To Read Version

The rulers of the earth sinned sexually with her. The people of the earth became drunk from the wine of her sexual sin.”

Cross References

Jeremiah 51:7

Babylon was like a golden cup\par in the Lord’s hand.\par Babylon made the whole world drunk.\par The nations drank Babylon’s wine.\par So they went crazy.\par

Nahum 3:4

All this happened because of \{Nineveh\}.\par Nineveh is like a prostitute\par that could never get enough.\par She wanted more and more.\par She sold herself to many nations,\par and she used her magic\par to make them her slaves.\par

John 2:10

He said to the bridegroom, “People always serve the best wine first. Later, after the guests have become drunk, people serve the cheaper wine. But you have saved the best wine until now.”

Revelation 14:8

Then the second angel followed the first angel and said, “She is destroyed! The great city of Babylon is destroyed! She (Babylon) made all the nations drink the wine of her adultery {\cf2\super [101]} and of God’s anger.”

Revelation 17:13

All ten of these rulers have the same purpose. And they will give their power and authority to the animal.

Revelation 17:17

God made the ten horns want to do his purpose: They agreed to give the animal their power to rule. They will rule until the things God has said are completed.

Revelation 17:5

She had a title written on her forehead. This title has a hidden meaning. This is what was written:

Revelation 17:8

The animal that you saw was once \{alive\}. But that animal is not \{alive\} now. But that animal will \{be alive and\} come up out of the bottomless pit and go away to be destroyed. The people that live on the earth will be amazed when they see the animal. They will be amazed because he was once \{alive\}, is not \{alive\} now, but will come again. These are the people whose names have never been written in the book of life since the beginning of the world.

Revelation 18:23

The light of a lamp will never\par shine in you again.\par The voices of a bridegroom {\cf2\super [140]} and bride\par will never be heard in you again.\par Your merchants {\cf2\super [141]} were the world’s\par great people.\par All the nations were tricked by your magic.\par

Revelation 18:3

All the peoples of the earth have drunk\par the wine of her sexual sin\par and of \{God’s\} anger.\par The rulers of the earth sinned sexually\par with her,\par and the merchants {\cf2\super [130]} of the world\par grew rich from the great wealth\par of her luxury.”\par

Revelation 18:9

“The rulers of the earth who sinned sexually with her (Babylon) and shared her wealth will see the smoke from her burning. Then those rulers will cry and be sad because of her \{death\}.

Revelation 2:22

And so I will throw her on a bed \{of suffering\}. And all the people who do the sin of adultery {\cf2\super [24]} with her will suffer greatly. I will do this now if they don’t turn away from the things she does.

Revelation 3:10

You followed my command to endure patiently. So I will keep you from the time of trouble that will come to the whole world. This trouble will test the people who live on the earth.

Revelation 9:21

These people did not change their hearts and lives and turn away from killing other people. They did not turn away from their evil magic, their sexual sins, and their stealing.