The Great Harlot rides upon the Beast who has seven heads and ten horns[#16-#21] (Rev. [[17:1|bible.87.17.1]]+, [[7|bible.87.17.7]]+). The seven heads of the Beast are said to be seven mountains upon which the Harlot sits [#4-#21] (Rev. [[17:9|bible.87.17.9]]+). The Great Harlot sits upon "peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues"[#2-#21] (Rev. [[17:15|bible.87.17.15]]+). She rules over the kings of the earth [#21-#22] (Rev. [[17:18|bible.87.17.18]]+), but the ten kings of the last kingdom will hate her and eventually turn on her, making her desolate and naked, eating her flesh, and burning her with fire [#22-#21] (Rev. [[17:16|bible.87.17.16]]+). (The MT and NU texts indicate that the Beast also turns on her [#16-#21]. See commentary on Revelation 17:16.) The Great Harlot is an incessant persecutor of the saints throughout history, being "drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus"[#21-#20] (Rev. [[17:6|bible.87.17.6]]+).See The Great Harlot. See commentary on Revelation 17. See commentary on Revelation 12:1. See Symbols of Kingdoms.