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The ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the prostitute, and will make her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh, and will burn her utterly with fire.
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An Alliance Turns to Hatred
The very powers that once supported and allied with the corrupt system (the "harlot") will become its greatest enemies. Commentators explain that this verse prophesies a dramatic reversal where former allies, represented by the "ten horns" and the "beast," will turn on the harlot with intense hatred, leading to her downfall.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And the ten horns which you saw upon the beast (Revelation 17:3). These are the ten powers or kingdoms represented by those ho…
These shall hate the harlot (ουτο μισησουσιν την πορνην). Future active of μισεω. Hουτο is resumptive demonstrative pronoun (mascu…
19th Century
Anglican
And the ten horns . . .—Translate: And the ten horns which you saw (not, as in the English version, “on the beast,” but),…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the ten horns which you saw upon the beast (Revelation 17:3) and which are interpreted of ten kings,…
God so ruled the hearts of these kings, by his power over them, and by his providence, that they did those things, without intending it, which he p…
