A word translated as filthiness is found one time in the New Testament, in Revelation 17:4. The word is akathartes, and is applied to the great whore of Babylon — she in her turn is an image of unbelieving Israel, the Jerusalem below. She had in her hand a golden cup that was full of “abominations and filthiness of her fornication.” In line with the prophetic imagery of the Old Testament, idolatry and false worship is described under the metaphor of sexual uncleanness — in striking contrast to the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven for her husband, as a spotless bride.
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