en_tn_condensed/rev/17/03.md

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carried me away in the Spirit to a wilderness

The setting changes from John being in heaven to being in a wilderness. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background)

pearls

beautiful and valuable white beads. They are formed inside the shell of a certain kind of small animal that lives in the ocean. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknown)

On her forehead was written a name

This can be stated in active form. AT: "Someone had written on her forehead a name" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive).

Babylon the great

If it needs to be made clear that the name refers to the woman, it can be put in a sentence. AT: "I am Babylon, the powerful one" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)

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