METROPOLIS the womb of its hell. Behold her! I say unto you: Behold her! She is the woman who is to appear before the judgment of the world. "He who has ears to hear, let him hear. "Seven angels shall stand before God, and there shall be given unto them seven trumpets. And the seven angels, which have the seven trumpets, shall prepare themselves to sound. A star shall fall from heaven to earth and there shall be given up the key to the pit of the abyss. And it shall open the pit of the abyss and there shall go up a smoke out of the pit as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and th~ air shall be darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. And an angel shall By in mid heaven, saying with a great voice: Woe, woe. woe, for them that dwell on the earthl' And another angel shall faHow after him and shall say: "Fa]}en, fallen, is Babylon the greatl~ "Seven angels come out from the heavens, and they bear in their hands the bowls of the wrath of God. And Babylon the great will be remembered in the sight of God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the 6erceness of His wrath-she who is sitting there upon a scarlet-(;o)oured heast full of the names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman is arrayed in purple and scarlet, decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup. fllll of abominations and unclean things. And upon her forehead a name is written: Mystery. . . . Babylon the Great.... The Mother of Harlots and of the Abominations of the Earth. «He who has ears to hear, let him bearl For the woman whom ye see is the great city, which reignest over the kings of the earth. Come forth, my people, out of her, that he have no fellowship with her sinsl For her sins have reached even unto heaven, and God has remembered her iniquitiesl 'Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong cityl For in one hour is thy judgment cornel In one hour shalt thou he made desolate. Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye saints, and ye apostles; for God will judge your judgment on her. And a strong angel takes up a stone and casts it into the sea, 130
