Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Mystery
The mother
Bible References
Upon
Revelation 7:3
saying: Hurt not the earth, nor the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.
Philippians 3:19
whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.
Mystery
2 Thessalonians 2:7
For the mystery of iniquity is already at work; only he that now restrains will restrain, till he be taken out of the way:
2 Timothy 3:1
But know this, that in the last days trying times will come.
The mother
Revelation 18:9
And the kings of the earth, who have practiced lewdness and lived voluptuously with her, shall weep and lament for her, when they see the smoke of her burning,
Revelation 19:2
for true and righteous are his judgments, for he has judged the great harlot that corrupted the earth with her lewdness; and he has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.