Revelation 17:16

And the ten horns which you saw on the beast, these will hate the harlot, make her desolate and naked, eat her flesh and burn her with fire.

• ·        Will hate the harlot = is the first. Revelation 17:7 and 9 indicates that the harlot’s relationship to the beast is mutual. She wants to be with the beast and the beast wants her. Therefore, Revelation 17:16 must be taken in an ingressive sense. That is, the ten horns and the beast "will begin to hate the harlot." Something will happen that will change the relationship between the harlot, the beast, and his confederate nations.  (RC)

• ·        Will make here desolate and naked = signals both depopulation and shame.  (RC)

Daniel 7:24  The ten horns are ten kings who shall arise from this kingdom.  And another shall rise after them; he shall be different from the first ones, and shall subdue three kings.

Isaiah 1:21  How the faithful city ahs become a harlot!  It was full of justice; righteousness lodged in it, but now murderers.

Revelation 17:15

Then he said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues.

• ·        The waters which you saw where the harlot sits = continues the angelic interpretation of the harlot’s judgment.  (RC)

• ·        The waters are people, multitudes, nations and tongues. Revelation 17:9 declares that the harlot sits on seven king/kingdoms. Thus, we can say that the harlot is carried by a universal segment of the population of the earth. (RC)

Isaiah 8:7  Now therefore, behold, the Lord brings up over them the waters of the River, strong and mighty….

Jeremiah 47:2  thus says the LORD:  “Behold, waters rise out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood; they shall overflow the land and all that is in it, the city and those who dwell within; then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.

Revelation 17:14

These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful.”

• ·        These will wage war against the Lamb = indicates the purpose or mind of the ten kings. They are united in their attitudes toward the Lamb. The attack of the ten kings against the Lamb is not specially detailed, but they must gather with the nations to Armageddon.   (RC)

• ·        The Lamb will overcome them = signals defeat for the ten kings and the beast. The title "Lord of lords and King of kings" is applied to the Lamb here and the rider on the white horse in Revelation 19:16. (RC)

Daniel 8:25  Through his cunning he shall cause deceit to prosper under his rule, and he shall exalt himself in his heart.  He shall destroy many in their prosperity.  He shall even rise against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without human manes.

Jeremiah 50:40  As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors, says the LORD, so no one shall reside there, nor son of man dwell in it.