Revelation 17:16
And the ten horns that you saw on the beast, these shall hate the woman who fornicates, and they shall make her desolate and naked, and they shall chew her flesh, and they shall burn her completely with fire.
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Leviticus 21:9If the daughter of a priest will have been taken into prostitution, and will have violated the name of her father, she shall be consumed by fire.
Psalms 27:2Hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication, when I pray to you, when I lift up my hands toward your holy temple.
Jeremiah 50:41Behold, a people arrives from the north, and a great nation. And many kings will rise up from the ends of the earth.
Ezekiel 23:45But there are just men; these shall judge them with the judgment of adulteresses and with the judgment of those who shed blood. For they are adulteresses, and blood is on their hands.
Revelation 16:12And the sixth Angel poured out his bowl upon that great river Euphrates. And its water dried up, so that a way might be prepared for the kings from the rising of the sun.
Revelation 17:10Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet arrived. And when he arrives, he must remain for a brief 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 →