³⁰ The king began speaking and was saying, ‘Is this not Babylon the ^(A)great, which I myself have built as a royal ^[a]residence by the might of my power and for the honor of my majesty?’

⁵ and on her forehead a name was written, ^[a]a ^(A)mystery: “^(B)BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF ^(C)THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”