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The kings of the earth (hoi basileis tēs gēs). Repeated in Rev 1:5; Rev 6:15; Rev 17:18; Rev 18:3, Rev 18:9; Rev 19:19; Rev 21:24 and “the kings of the inhabited earth” (Rev 16:14) either for human rulers in general or the vassal kings absorbed by the Roman Empire.
Committed fornication (eporneusan). First aorist active indicative of porneuō. “In purchasing the favour of Rome by accepting her suzerainty and with it her vices and idolatries” (Swete).
Were made drunken (emethusthēsan). First aorist passive indicative of methuskō, old verb (from methu), as in Luk 12:45, here only in the Apocalypse. Cf. Isa 51:7 and pepotiken in Rev 14:8. See Rev 18:3.