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6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the 'blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the " woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.

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8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ▾ ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of

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P 2 THES. ii. 7: For the mystery of iniquity doth already work only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the

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4 See on REV. xiv. 8.

REV. xviii. 24.

REV. xiii. 15: He had power to-cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. do. xvi. 6.

REV. vi. 9, 10: And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? do. xii. 11: And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. do. xiv. 13: I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.

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See on REV. xi. 7.

Ver. 11. REV. xiii. 10: He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity.

* REV. xiii. 3, 8: All the world wondered after the beast. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose

the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

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9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.

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10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. 11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.

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12 And the d ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.

names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

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2 REV. xiii. 18: Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast.

a REV. xiii. 1: I-saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

b REV. viii. 10: The third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp.

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d DAN. vii. 20, 21: And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows. I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them. ZEC. i. 18-21: Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns. And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem. And the LORD showed me four carpenters. Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it. REV. xiii. 1: The words under ver. 9.

13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength 3 unto the beast.

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14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and with him are called, and chosen, 15 And he saith unto me, The

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* Jer. 1. 44, 45: Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them. MICAH, V. 8, 9: And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off. REV. xiv. 4: These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. do. xix. 14: The armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

h Rom. viii. 30, 37: Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified and whom he justified, them he also glorified. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

¡ JOHN, XV. 16: Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

REV. ii. 10: Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

1 Ver. 1. ISA. viii. 7: Behold, the LORD bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory.

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thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

16 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.

17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, 4 5 and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

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to execute his sentence. Dod. to do his pleasure. Ham. with one mind. Pu.

TM REV. xiii. 7: Power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.

" JER. 1. 41, 42: Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not show mercy their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon. REV. xvi. 12: [The water of Euphrates] was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.

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EZEK. xvi. 38, &c I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged. And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare, &c. REV. xviii. 16. P REV. xviii. 8, 16.

9 Acts, iv. 27, 28: For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, for to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done. 2 THES. ii. 10, 11: [Whose coming is] with all deceivableness of unrighteouness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie.

REV. x. 7: In the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.

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CHAP. XVIII.

2 Babylon is fallen: 4 the people of God commanded to depart out of her: 9 the kings of the earth, 11 with the merchants and mariners, lament over her: 20 the saints rejoice for the judgments of God upon her.

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AND after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. 2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.

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REV. xvi. 19. See on do. xiv. 8.

REV. xii. 4: His tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth.

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CHAP. XVIII.

EZEK. xliii. 2: Behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters and the earth shined with his glory.

See on REV. xiv. 8.

d ISA. xiii. 21: Wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there. do. xxi. 8: And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watch tower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights. do. xxxiv. 14: The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow : the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest. JER. 1. 39: The wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein. do. li. 37: Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.

ISA. xiv. 23: I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts. do. xxxiv. 11: The cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it