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They will bring her to ruin and leave her naked; they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire. <a href="/nlt/revelation/17.htm">New Living Translation</a> The scarlet beast and his ten horns all hate the prostitute. They will strip her naked, eat her flesh, and burn her remains with fire. <a href="/esv/revelation/17.htm">English Standard Version</a> And the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast will hate the prostitute. They will make her desolate and naked, and devour her flesh and burn her up with fire, <a href="/bsb/revelation/17.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire. <a href="/blb/revelation/17.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And the ten horns that 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 with fire. <a href="/kjv/revelation/17.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/revelation/17.htm">New King James Version</a> 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. <a href="/nasb_/revelation/17.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And 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 up with fire. <a href="/nasb/revelation/17.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220And the ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the harlot and will make her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and will burn her up with fire. <a href="/nasb77/revelation/17.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “And the ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the harlot and will make her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and will burn her up with fire. <a href="/lsb/revelation/17.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And the ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the harlot and will lay waste to her and make her naked, and will eat her flesh and will burn her up with fire. <a href="/amp/revelation/17.htm">Amplified Bible</a> And the ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the prostitute and will make her desolate and naked [stripped of her power and influence], and will eat her flesh and completely consume her with fire. <a href="/csb/revelation/17.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> The ten horns you saw, and the beast, will hate the prostitute. They will make her desolate and naked, devour her flesh, and burn her up with fire. <a href="/hcsb/revelation/17.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> The 10 horns you saw, and the beast, will hate the prostitute. They will make her desolate and naked, devour her flesh, and burn her up with fire. <a href="/asv/revelation/17.htm">American Standard Version</a> And the ten horns which thou sawest, and the beast, these shall hate the harlot, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and shall burn her utterly with fire. <a href="/cev/revelation/17.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The ten horns and the beast will start hating the shameless woman. They will strip off her clothes and leave her naked. Then they will eat her flesh and throw the rest of her body into a fire. <a href="/erv/revelation/17.htm">English Revised Version</a> And the ten horns which thou sawest, and the beast, these shall hate the harlot, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and shall burn her utterly with fire. <a href="/gwt/revelation/17.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The ten horns and the beast you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her abandoned and naked. They will eat her flesh and burn her up in a fire. <a href="/gnt/revelation/17.htm">Good News Translation</a> The ten horns you saw and the beast will hate the prostitute; they will take away everything she has and leave her naked; they will eat her flesh and destroy her with fire. <a href="/isv/revelation/17.htm">International Standard Version</a> The ten horns and the beast you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her abandoned and naked. They will eat her flesh and burn her up with fire, <a href="/msb/revelation/17.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and burn her with fire. <a href="/net/revelation/17.htm">NET Bible</a> The ten horns that you saw, and the beast--these will hate the prostitute and make her desolate and naked. They will consume her flesh and burn her up with fire. <a href="/nheb/revelation/17.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 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. <a href="/wbt/revelation/17.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the harlot, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. <a href="/wey/revelation/17.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And the ten horns that you have seen--and the Wild Beast--these will hate the Harlot, and they will cause her to be laid waste and will strip her bare. They will eat her flesh, and burn her up with fire. <a href="/web/revelation/17.htm">World English Bible</a> The ten horns which you saw, they and the beast will hate the prostitute, will make her desolate, will strip her naked, will eat her flesh, and will burn her utterly with fire. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/revelation/17.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and the ten horns that you saw, and the beast, these will hate the whore, and will make her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh, and will burn her in fire, <a href="/blb/revelation/17.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And the ten horns that 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 with fire. <a href="/ylt/revelation/17.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and the ten horns that thou didst see upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and shall burn her in fire, <a href="/slt/revelation/17.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the wild beast, these shall hate the harlot, and shall make her desolate and naked, and they shall eat her flesh, and shall burn her in fire.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/revelation/17.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And the ten horns which thou sawest in the beast: these shall hate the harlot, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and shall burn her with fire. <a href="/cpdv/revelation/17.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> 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. <a href="/nabre/revelation/17.htm">New American Bible</a> The ten horns that you saw and the beast will hate the harlot; they will leave her desolate and naked; they will eat her flesh and consume her with fire. <a href="/nrsvce/revelation/17.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> And the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast will hate the whore; they will make her desolate and naked; they will devour her flesh and burn her up with fire.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/revelation/17.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And the ten horns, and the wild beast which you saw shall hate the harlot, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/revelation/17.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> “And the ten horns that you saw on The Beast will hate The Harlot and will make her desolate and naked and will devour her flesh and will burn her in fire.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/revelation/17.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> And the ten horns that you saw, and the beast, these will hate the harlot, and will make her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh, and burn her up with fire. <a href="/godbey/revelation/17.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> And the ten horns which you saw and the beast, these will hate the harlot, and will make her desolate and naked, and eat her flesh, and burn her up with fire; <a href="/haweis/revelation/17.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, they shall hate the whore, and make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and shall burn her up with fire. <a href="/mace/revelation/17.htm">Mace New Testament</a> the ten horns which you saw upon the beast, they shall hate the whore, they shall plunder, and strip her, eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. <a href="/wey/revelation/17.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And the ten horns that you have seen--and the Wild Beast--these will hate the Harlot, and they will cause her to be laid waste and will strip her bare. They will eat her flesh, and burn her up with fire. <a href="/worrell/revelation/17.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> And the ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the harlot, and will make her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh, and burn her up with fire. <a href="/worsley/revelation/17.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall devour her flesh, and burn her with fire. <a href="/parallel/revelation/17-16.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LJfD7KQcx0I?start=3561" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/revelation/17.htm">The Victory of the Lamb</a> …15Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues. 16<a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">And</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ta (Art-NNP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/1176.htm" title="1176: deka (Adj-NNP) -- Ten. A primary number; ten.">ten</a> <a href="/greek/2768.htm" title="2768: kerata (N-NNP) -- From a primary kar; a horn.">horns</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-NNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/2342.htm" title="2342: thērion (N-NNS) -- Properly: a wild beast, hence: any animal; met: a brute. Diminutive from the same as thera; a dangerous animal.">beast</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: ha (RelPro-ANP) -- Who, which, what, that. ">that</a> <a href="/greek/3708.htm" title="3708: eides (V-AIA-2S) -- Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.">you saw</a> <a href="/greek/3778.htm" title="3778: houtoi (DPro-NMP) -- This; he, she, it. "></a> <a href="/greek/3404.htm" title="3404: misēsousin (V-FIA-3P) -- To hate, detest, love less, esteem less. From a primary misos; to detest; by extension, to love less.">will hate</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/4204.htm" title="4204: pornēn (N-AFS) -- A prostitute; met: an idolatrous community. Feminine of pornos; a strumpet; figuratively, an idolater.">prostitute.</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">They</a> <a href="/greek/4160.htm" title="4160: poiēsousin (V-FIA-3P) -- (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.">will leave</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autēn (PPro-AF3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">her</a> <a href="/greek/2049.htm" title="2049: ērēmōmenēn (V-RPM/P-AFS) -- (a) I make desolate, bring to desolation, destroy, waste, (b) of a person: I strip, rob. From eremos; to lay waste.">desolate</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/1131.htm" title="1131: gymnēn (Adj-AFS) -- Rarely: stark-naked; generally: wearing only the under-garment; bare, open, manifest; mere. Of uncertain affinity; nude.">naked,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/5315.htm" title="5315: phagontai (V-FIM-3P) -- A primary verb; to eat.">will eat</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autēs (PPro-GF3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">her</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tas (Art-AFP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4561.htm" title="4561: sarkas (N-AFP) -- Flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred. ">flesh</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/2618.htm" title="2618: katakausousin (V-FIA-3P) -- To burn up, consume entirely. From kata and kaio; to burn down, i.e. Consume wholly.">burn</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autēn (PPro-AF3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">her</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">with</a> <a href="/greek/4442.htm" title="4442: pyri (N-DNS) -- Fire; the heat of the sun, lightning; fig: strife, trials; the eternal fire. A primary word; fire.">fire.</a> 17For God has put it into their hearts to carry out His purpose by uniting to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/daniel/7-7.htm">Daniel 7:7</a> After this, as I watched in my vision in the night, suddenly a fourth beast appeared, and it was terrifying—dreadful and extremely strong—with large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed; then it trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the beasts before it, and it had ten horns. <a href="/daniel/7-23.htm">Daniel 7:23-24</a> This is what he said: ‘The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on the earth, different from all the other kingdoms, and it will devour the whole earth, trample it down, and crush it. / And the ten horns are ten kings who will rise from this kingdom. After them another king, different from the earlier ones, will rise and subdue three kings. <a href="/ezekiel/16-37.htm">Ezekiel 16:37-41</a> therefore I will surely gather all the lovers with whom you found pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose you before them, and they will see you completely naked. / And I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and those who shed blood; so I will bring upon you the wrath of your bloodshed and jealousy. / Then I will deliver you into the hands of your lovers, and they will level your mounds and tear down your lofty shrines. They will strip off your clothes, take your fine jewelry, and leave you naked and bare. ... <a href="/ezekiel/23-22.htm">Ezekiel 23:22-29</a> Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will incite your lovers against you, those from whom you turned away in disgust. And I will bring them against you from every side— / the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, the men of Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them—all desirable young men, governors and commanders, officers and men of renown, mounted on horses. / They will come against you with a host of peoples, with weapons, chariots, and wagons. They will array themselves against you on every side with buckler and shield and helmet. I will delegate judgment to them, and they will punish you according to their own standards. ... <a href="/jeremiah/50-41.htm">Jeremiah 50:41-42</a> Behold, an army is coming from the north; a great nation and many kings are stirred up from the ends of the earth. / They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Babylon. <a href="/jeremiah/51-11.htm">Jeremiah 51:11</a> Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of the LORD—vengeance for His temple. <a href="/isaiah/13-17.htm">Isaiah 13:17-18</a> Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold. / Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children. <a href="/isaiah/47-7.htm">Isaiah 47:7-9</a> You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome. / So now hear this, O lover of luxury who sits securely, who says to herself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or know the loss of children.’ / These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells. <a href="/nahum/3-4.htm">Nahum 3:4-6</a> because of the many harlotries of the harlot, the seductive mistress of sorcery, who betrays nations by her prostitution and clans by her witchcraft. / “Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms. / I will pelt you with filth and treat you with contempt; I will make a spectacle of you. <a href="/zephaniah/3-8.htm">Zephaniah 3:8</a> Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation—all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy. <a href="/matthew/24-15.htm">Matthew 24:15-16</a> So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand), / then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. <a href="/matthew/24-21.htm">Matthew 24:21-22</a> For at that time there will be great tribulation, unseen from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again. / If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short. <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-3.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:3-4</a> Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed. / He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-8.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:8-10</a> And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival. / The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder, / and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. <a href="/1_john/2-18.htm">1 John 2:18</a> Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And the ten horns which you saw on the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.the ten.<a href="/revelation/17-2.htm">Revelation 17:2,10,12</a> With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication… these.<a href="/revelation/17-1.htm">Revelation 17:1,2,13</a> And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: … <a href="/revelation/16-12.htm">Revelation 16:12</a> And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.<a href="/isaiah/13-17.htm">Isaiah 13:17,18</a> Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it… and naked.<a href="/revelation/18-16.htm">Revelation 18:16,17</a> And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! … <a href="/ezekiel/16-37.htm">Ezekiel 16:37-44</a> Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness… <a href="/ezekiel/23-45.htm">Ezekiel 23:45-49</a> And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands… eat.<a href="/job/31-31.htm">Job 31:31</a> If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.<a href="/psalms/27-2.htm">Psalm 27:2</a> When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.<a href="/daniel/7-5.htm">Daniel 7:5</a> And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.and burn.<a href="/revelation/18-8.htm">Revelation 18:8,16</a> Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her… <a href="/leviticus/21-9.htm">Leviticus 21:9</a> And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/revelation/1-2.htm">Bare</a> <a href="/revelation/17-13.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/revelation/16-8.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/revelation/16-9.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/revelation/13-15.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-5.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/revelation/12-4.htm">Devour</a> <a href="/revelation/10-10.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/revelation/17-15.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/revelation/16-8.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/revelation/9-21.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/revelation/12-6.htm">Food</a> <a href="/revelation/17-15.htm">Harlot</a> <a href="/revelation/2-15.htm">Hate</a> <a href="/revelation/17-12.htm">Horns</a> <a href="/revelation/1-17.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/revelation/16-15.htm">Naked</a> <a href="/revelation/17-15.htm">Prostitute</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-14.htm">Ruin</a> <a href="/revelation/17-15.htm">Sawest</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-4.htm">Strip</a> <a href="/revelation/17-12.htm">Ten</a> <a href="/revelation/16-11.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-13.htm">Uncovered</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-10.htm">Utterly</a> <a href="/revelation/17-3.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/revelation/17-15.htm">Whore</a> <a href="/revelation/17-13.htm">Wild</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/revelation/22-2.htm">Bare</a> <a href="/revelation/17-17.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/revelation/18-13.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/revelation/18-8.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/genesis/1-11.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/revelation/18-17.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/genesis/49-27.htm">Devour</a> <a href="/revelation/19-18.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/revelation/18-3.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/revelation/18-8.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/revelation/19-18.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/revelation/18-8.htm">Food</a> <a href="/revelation/19-2.htm">Harlot</a> <a href="/genesis/24-60.htm">Hate</a> <a href="/genesis/22-13.htm">Horns</a> <a href="/revelation/18-19.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/genesis/2-25.htm">Naked</a> <a href="/revelation/19-2.htm">Prostitute</a> <a href="/revelation/18-17.htm">Ruin</a> <a href="/revelation/17-18.htm">Sawest</a> <a href="/genesis/37-23.htm">Strip</a> <a href="/genesis/5-14.htm">Ten</a> <a href="/genesis/3-24.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/genesis/9-21.htm">Uncovered</a> <a href="/revelation/18-8.htm">Utterly</a> <a href="/revelation/18-19.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/revelation/19-2.htm">Whore</a> <a href="/revelation/17-17.htm">Wild</a><div class="vheading2">Revelation 17</div>1. <a href="/revelation/17-1.htm">A woman arrayed in purple and scarlet, with a golden cup in her hand sits upon the beast;</a> 5. <a href="/revelation/17-5.htm">which is great Babylon, the mother of all abominations.</a> 9. <a href="/revelation/17-9.htm">The interpretation of the seven heads;</a> 12. <a href="/revelation/17-12.htm">and the ten horns.</a> 14. <a href="/revelation/17-14.htm">The victory of the Lamb.</a> 16. <a href="/revelation/17-16.htm">The punishment of the harlot.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This imagery is consistent with <a href="/daniel/7-24.htm">Daniel 7:24</a>, where ten horns also symbolize ten kings. The beast is often interpreted as a representation of a final world empire or a coalition of nations opposing God. The vision given to John in Revelation draws heavily on Old Testament prophetic imagery, emphasizing the continuity of God's revelation.will hate the prostitute. The "prostitute" symbolizes Babylon, representing a corrupt and idolatrous system or city that seduces and deceives the nations. In the historical context, Babylon was a literal city known for its wealth and immorality, but in Revelation, it takes on a symbolic meaning. The hatred of the prostitute by the ten horns and the beast indicates a turning point where the political powers that once supported this corrupt system will turn against it, fulfilling God's judgment.They will leave her desolate and naked, This phrase signifies complete abandonment and exposure. In ancient times, to be left desolate and naked was a sign of utter disgrace and defeat. The imagery suggests that the powers that once upheld the prostitute will strip her of her wealth and influence, leaving her vulnerable and humiliated. This reflects the biblical principle that sin ultimately leads to destruction and shame (<a href="/ezekiel/16-37.htm">Ezekiel 16:37-39</a>).and they will eat her flesh This graphic imagery indicates total consumption and destruction. In biblical terms, to "eat flesh" can symbolize complete annihilation (<a href="/micah/3-3.htm">Micah 3:3</a>). The phrase underscores the thoroughness of the judgment against the prostitute, as those who once allied with her will now devour her, leaving nothing behind.and burn her with fire. Burning with fire is a common biblical metaphor for judgment and purification (<a href="/leviticus/20-14.htm">Leviticus 20:14, 21</a>:9). In the context of Revelation, it signifies the final and irrevocable destruction of the corrupt system represented by the prostitute. Fire is often used in Scripture to depict God's holy judgment, purging evil and purifying what remains (<a href="/malachi/3-2.htm">Malachi 3:2-3</a>). This act fulfills the divine justice against the forces of wickedness, aligning with the prophetic declarations of God's ultimate victory over evil.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_ten_horns.htm">The Ten Horns</a> Symbolic of ten kings or kingdoms that align with the beast. They represent political powers that will rise in the end times. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_beast.htm">The Beast</a> Represents a powerful, evil entity or empire that opposes God and His people. Often associated with the Antichrist in eschatological interpretations. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_prostitute.htm">The Prostitute</a> Symbolizes Babylon, often interpreted as a representation of a corrupt system or city that leads people away from God through immorality and idolatry. 4. <a href="/topical/d/desolation_and_nakedness.htm">Desolation and Nakedness</a> These terms describe the complete ruin and exposure of the prostitute, indicating judgment and shame. 5. <a href="/topical/f/fire.htm">Fire</a> A symbol of judgment and destruction, often used in the Bible to depict God's wrath against sin and rebellion.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_spiritual_adultery.htm">The Consequences of Spiritual Adultery</a> Just as the prostitute faces judgment, so too will any system or individual that turns away from God to pursue idolatry and immorality. <a href="/topical/t/the_temporary_nature_of_evil_alliances.htm">The Temporary Nature of Evil Alliances</a> The alliance between the ten horns and the beast with the prostitute is temporary, illustrating that evil alliances are unstable and ultimately self-destructive. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereign_judgment.htm">God's Sovereign Judgment</a> The destruction of the prostitute by the very powers she relied on demonstrates God's control over history and His ability to use even evil for His purposes. <a href="/topical/c/call_to_spiritual_purity.htm">Call to Spiritual Purity</a> Believers are called to remain faithful to God, avoiding the temptations and corruptions of the world symbolized by Babylon. <a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_justice.htm">Hope in God's Justice</a> The eventual downfall of evil systems provides hope and assurance that God's justice will prevail.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/revelation/17.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(16) And the ten horns . . .--Translate, And the ten horns which thou sawest (not, as in English version, "on the beast," but), and the wild beast, these shall hate the harlot. The harlot was seen in splendid apparel riding on the wild beast; now the wild beast, in the day of the seventh head, turns with the ten horns of his power upon her, makes her deserted, strips her of her adornments, consumes the spoil--for this is what is meant by "eating her flesh"--and burns her with fire. The woman in the days of the Evangelist was Rome (<a href="/revelation/17-18.htm" title="And the woman which you saw is that great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth.">Revelation 17:18</a>), but great and resistless as her power seemed, it was doomed; the day would come when other kingdoms would rise who would hate her for her tyranny, envy her splendour, and covet her wealth. Then the great Babylon would fall, like Jezebel of old; the painted cheek, the pencilled eyebrow, and the amorous glance have lost their fascination; those who have pandered to her vices would turn against her, and cast her out to be trampled under foot. So did the Babylon of St. John's day fall--perishing in the blood that she had spilt, or left "childless and crownless in her voiceless woe."<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/revelation/17.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 16. - And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast; and the ten horns which thou sawest, and the beast. There is no authority for the ἐπι τὸ θηρίον of Erasmus except the Vulgate, in bestia, and, of course, the description given of the beast (<a href="/revelation/13-1.htm">Revelation 13:1</a>, etc,). The two are spoken of separately, on account of the separate juris diction wielded according to vers. 32, 13. These shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire; and shall burn her utterly with fire (Revised Version). These words describe the fate in store for the faithless portion of the Church. That world, to which she trusts, shall turn and rend her - a fitting sequel to her want of faith in the power of Christ. This is exactly the description given of the harlot in <a href="/ezekiel/16-37.htm">Ezekiel 16:37</a> (cf. also <a href="/ezekiel/23-22.htm">Ezekiel 23:22</a>). "Eat her flesh" and "burn with fire" both describe similar results; possibly the one is thought of in connection with the symbol of "harlot," the other with the symbol of "city," with which the harlot is identical (see on ver. 5; but see <a href="/genesis/38-24.htm">Genesis 38:24</a>; <a href="/leviticus/21-9.htm">Leviticus 21:9</a>; cf. also the judgment upon the wicked rich in <a href="/james/5-3.htm">James 5:3</a>, "shall eat your flesh as it were fire"). <a href="/commentaries/revelation/17-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>And καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. the τὰ (ta) Article - Nominative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. ten δέκα (deka) Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1176.htm">Strong's 1176: </a> Ten. A primary number; ten. horns κέρατα (kerata) Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2768.htm">Strong's 2768: </a> From a primary kar; a horn. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. the τὸ (to) Article - Nominative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. beast θηρίον (thērion) Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2342.htm">Strong's 2342: </a> Properly: a wild beast, hence: any animal; met: a brute. Diminutive from the same as thera; a dangerous animal. that ἃ (ha) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> Who, which, what, that. you saw εἶδες (eides) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3708.htm">Strong's 3708: </a> Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear. will hate μισήσουσιν (misēsousin) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3404.htm">Strong's 3404: </a> To hate, detest, love less, esteem less. From a primary misos; to detest; by extension, to love less. the τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. prostitute. πόρνην (pornēn) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4204.htm">Strong's 4204: </a> A prostitute; met: an idolatrous community. Feminine of pornos; a strumpet; figuratively, an idolater. They καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. will leave ποιήσουσιν (poiēsousin) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4160.htm">Strong's 4160: </a> (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do. her αὐτὴν (autēn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Feminine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. desolate ἠρημωμένην (ērēmōmenēn) Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2049.htm">Strong's 2049: </a> (a) I make desolate, bring to desolation, destroy, waste, (b) of a person: I strip, rob. From eremos; to lay waste. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. naked, γυμνήν (gymnēn) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1131.htm">Strong's 1131: </a> Rarely: stark-naked; generally: wearing only the under-garment; bare, open, manifest; mere. Of uncertain affinity; nude. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. will eat φάγονται (phagontai) Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> A primary verb; to eat. her αὐτῆς (autēs) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Feminine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. flesh σάρκας (sarkas) Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4561.htm">Strong's 4561: </a> Flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. burn κατακαύσουσιν (katakausousin) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2618.htm">Strong's 2618: </a> To burn up, consume entirely. From kata and kaio; to burn down, i.e. Consume wholly. her αὐτὴν (autēn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Feminine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. with ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. fire. πυρί (pyri) Noun - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4442.htm">Strong's 4442: </a> Fire; the heat of the sun, lightning; fig: strife, trials; the eternal fire. 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