Revelation 17:16
And the ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will be turned against the evil woman, and will make her waste and uncovered, and will take her flesh for food, and will have her burned with fire.
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Leviticus 21:9And if the daughter of a priest makes herself common and by her loose behaviour puts shame on her father, let her be burned with fire.
Psalms 27:2When evil-doers, even my haters, came on me to put an end to me, they were broken and put to shame.
Jeremiah 50:41See, a people is coming from the north; a great nation and a number of kings will be put in motion from the inmost parts of the earth.
Ezekiel 23:45And upright men will be her judges, judging her as false wives and women who take lives are judged; because she has been untrue to me and blood is on her hands.
Revelation 16:12And the sixth let what was in his vessel come out on the great river Euphrates; and it became dry, so that the way might be made ready for the kings from the east.
Revelation 17:10And they are seven kings; the five have come to an end, the one is, the other has not come; and when he comes, he will have to go on for a little time.
Matthew Henry on Revelation 17:15-18
The Fall of Babylon. ( a. d. 95.) 14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. 15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. 16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with… Read the whole commentary →