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NASB | Revelation 17:5 and on her forehead a name was written, a mystery, "BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 17:5 And on her forehead a name was written, a mystery: "BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES (false religions, heresies) AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH." |
Subject: "Babylon the Mother of False Religions" |
Bible Note: While I don't like hearing 'Jesus' or 'God' used in a vulgar way, I find it strange to think you're so quick to say that uttering the word 'gee' or 'golly' breaks one of the 10 commandments. The third commandment is not about interjections, it's about keeping one's word/oaths... and therefore not breaking or invalidating an oath that was made in God's name (i.e. using the Lord's name in vain). The Jewish elders taught it wrongly, and that's why Jesus explained in Matthew 5:33-37 the correct teaching in regards to the 3rd commandment. And ultimately, that it's better not to swear (make oaths) by anything, but to simply make your 'yes, yes and your no, no'. I find it somewhat offensive when anyone 'adds' new sins (means of offense) to those God has already listed. There are other def. listed for them words too, maybe that's the ones people are using... |