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NASB (UPDATED) TEXT: Rev_17:15-18
15And he said to me, "The waters which you saw where the harlot sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues. 16And 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. 17For God has put it in their hearts to execute His purpose by having a common purpose, and by giving their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God will be fulfilled. 18The woman whom you saw is the great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth."
Rev_17:15 This verse shows the universal reign of the end-time anti-God leader and his empire. See note at Rev_10:11.
Rev_17:16 This is an allusion to Eze_16:39-40; Eze_23:25-27; Eze_28:18. It seems to refer to internal strife among the forces of evil, as in Rev_16:12. This infighting was a strategy of God (cf. Rev_17:17).
Rev_17:17 "hearts" See Special Topic at Rev_2:23.
Rev_17:18 This great city is mentioned in Rev_11:8; Rev_16:19 with allusions either to Jerusalem (dispensationalists) or Rome (preterists). The context of the literary unit suggests an anti-God power structure symbolized as a city. Which city is not the issue; the point is the existence of a governmental system totally apart from God, humans attempting to meet all of their own needs (atheistic humanism).
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