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.
The Lamb shall overcome, though to earthly eyes His army seems absurdly weak beside the great red dragon. Christ is King of kings and Lord of lords; all powers of earth and hell bow to His check and control. His followers are called, chosen, and faithful, such an army under such a Commander will carry all the world before them.
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Commenting on Revelation 17:14-18
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 versions, read, "and the beast"; and then the sense is, that the ten kings and states in particular, who have defended antichrist, and the whole empire in general, which has bore up...
Verse 16. And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast. . The ten powers or kingdoms represented by those horns. . These shall hate the whore. There seems to be some incongruity between this statement and that which was previously made.