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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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the ten: Rev 17:2, Rev 17:10, Rev 17:12 these: The ten horns, which the angel explained of "ten kings" or kingdoms, and which once exalted and supported her ecclesiastical tyranny, will hate, desolate, strip, and devour her. They will be the principal instruments in the destruction of popery and the ruin of Rome itself. Rev 17:1, Rev 17:2, Rev 17:13, Rev 16:12; Isa 13:17, Isa 13:18; Jer 50:41, Jer 50:42 and naked: Rev 18:16, Rev 18:17; Eze 16:37-44, Eze 23:45-49 eat: Job 31:31; Psa 27:2; Dan 7:5 and burn: Rev 18:8, Rev 18:16; Lev 21:9 Revelation 17:17
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