Vincent's Word Studies in the NT

Revelation 17:16

Upon the beast [ε π ι]. Read kai and : "the ten horns - and the beast."

Desolate [η ρ η μ ω μ ε ν η ν]. Lit., desolated, the verb being in the perfect participle.

Shall eat her flesh. A token of extreme hostility. See Psalms 27:2; Micah 3:3. Xenophon, speaking of the hatred between the pure Spartans and the Helots, says that no one of the pure Spartans could conceal his readiness to eat the Helot raw. Notice the plural sarkav flesh, and see on James 5:3.

Burn [κ α τ α κ α υ σ ο υ σ ι ν]. Rev., giving the force of kata down, burn utterly. According to some interpreters the figure is changed from the woman to a city; but this is unnecessary, as the language is probably taken from the punishment of fornication on the part of a priest's daughter (Leviticus 21:9; compare Leviticus 20:14).

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Revelation 17:16

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