Rev 17:9-12 | ESV | STEP | This calls for a mind with wisdom : the seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated ;

c ver. 16; Dan. 7:24; [ch. 13:1; Zech. 1:18-21]

Revelation of John 17:9-12

9 ^aThis calls for a mind with wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated; 10 they are also seven kings, five of whom have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come, and when he does come he must remain only a little while. 11 As for the beast ^bthat was and is not, it is an eighth but it belongs to the seven, and it goes to destruction. 12 And ^cthe ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received royal power, but they are to receive authority as kings ^dfor one hour, together with the beast.