Revelation 17:1: “And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials," [See Revelation 15:7] "and talked with me," [John] "saying unto me, Come hither; I" [The angel with one of the seven vials] "will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:”
Revelation 17:2: “With 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.”
Revelation 17:3: “So he" [The angel] "carried me" [John] "away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw" [A vision of] "a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.” See Revelation 13:1.
Revelation 17:4: “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:”