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I beheld again the great whore that sitteth upon the earth |
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And mortal kings did commit fornication with this whore |
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And as I watched the wretched of the earth were made drunk |
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With the wine of her fornication |
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And I was possessed of the spirit |
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And in visions I saw the whore upon a scarlet colored beast |
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And she proclaimed her sins unto heaven |
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And the name she wore upon her head was the name of blasphemy |
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And the whore was arrayed in scarlet and gold |
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And she carried in her hand a jeweled chalice |
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And in this chalice she collected |
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The abominations and filthiness of her sins |
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And as I watched the wretched of the earth were made drunk |
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With the wine of her fornications |
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And so this whore did glorify her iniquities |
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And therefore shall her plagues come in a single day |
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And she brought upon herself famine and mourning and death |
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And the merchants of her wickedness shall lament |
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In the smoke of her burning |
