unfoldingWord_en_tn/rev/17/01.md

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John begins to describe the part of his vision about the great prostitute.

the condemnation of the great prostitute

The noun "condemnation" can be expressed with the verb "condemn." AT: "how God will condemn the great prostitute" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns)

the great prostitute

"the prostitute that everyone knows about." She represents a certain sinful city. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-symlanguage)

on many waters

If you need to, you can use a more specific word for the kind of water. AT: "on many rivers" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)

It is with the wine of her sexual immorality that the earth's inhabitants became drunk

The wine represents sexual immorality. AT: "The people of the earth became drunk by drinking her wine, that is, they were sexually immoral" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-distinguish and rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-symlanguage)

her sexual immorality

This may well have a double meaning: sexual immorality among people and also the worship of false gods. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

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