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Revelation 17:16

Revelation 17:16
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 fire.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast,.... Rev 17:3 and which are interpreted of ten kings, Rev 17:12. The Alexandrian copy, the Complutensian edition, and the Syriac Arabic, and Ethiopic…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast - Rev 17:3. The ten powers or kingdoms represented by those horns. See the notes on Rev 17:12. These shall hate the whore - There seems to be some…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

And the ten horns which thou sowest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire - Here is a clue to lead us to…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Revelation 17:14-18

Here we have some account of the downfall of Babylon, to be more fully described in the following chapter.

I. Here is a war begun between the beast and his followers, and the Lamb and his followers.…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

upon the beast Read, and the beast: he (in his personal advent) and they will act together, against Babylon as well as against the Lamb.

shall hate the whore Though she had been the object of their…