9 This calls for an understanding mind. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated. They are also seven kings.
10 Five kings have fallen, the one is, and the other hasn’t yet come. When that king comes, he must remain for only a short time.
11 As for the beast that was and is not, it is itself an eighth king that belongs to the seven, and it is going to destruction.
12 The ten horns that you saw are ten kings, who haven’t yet received royal power. But they will receive royal authority for an hour, along with the beast.
13 These kings will be of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast.
14 They will make war on the Lamb, but the Lamb will emerge victorious, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings. Those with him are called, chosen, and faithful."
15 Then he said to me, "The waters that you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples, crowds, nations, and languages.