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 ye not the earth, neither the sea, neither the trees, till we seal the servants of our God on their foreheads.
Philippians 3:19
whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame;
Mystery
2 Thessalonians 2:7
For the mystery of iniquity already worketh; only he that with-holdeth will with-hold, till he be taken out of the way.
2 Timothy 3:1
But know this, that in the last days grievous times will come.
The mother
Revelation 18:9
And the kings of the earth, who had committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall weep and mourn over her, when they see the smoke of her burning,
Revelation 19:2
For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, who corrupted the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand,