Revelation 17:4 Meaning
And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
Context Explained
2With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
3So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
Key Themes
Related Cross References
Revelation 17:1
Both verses describe the woman associated with abominations.
Isaiah 47:8-9
This passage from Isaiah speaks of the fall of Babylon, paralleling the themes.
Ezekiel 16:30
This verse describes the spiritual unfaithfulness of Israel, similar to the woman in Revelation.
Source: Revelation 17:4