Revelation 17:2 KJV

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 17:2

earth. App-129 . have. Omit. the inhabiters, &c. The texts rend "they that inhabit the earth were made drunken", &c. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 17:2

with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and they that dwell in the earth were made drunken with the wine of her fornication.With whom the kings of the earth committed fornication ... This speaks of an illegitimate and sinful melding of Church and State as one of the principal sins of the harlot. This woman, and the radiant woman "arrayed with the sun" (Revelation 12:1) are starkly "contrasted in every particular that is mentioned about them."[22]One is pure, the other corrupt.... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 17:1-6

Revelation 17:1-6. And there came one of the seven angels, &c.— As the seventh seal, and the seventh trumpet, contained more particulars than any of the former seals or trumpets; so theseventh vial contains more thanany of the former vials: and the more you consider, the more admirable you will find the structure of this book in all its parts. The destruction of the antichristian empire is a subject of such importance and consequence, that the Holy Spirit has thought fit to represent it... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 17:2

2. drunk with—Greek, "owing to." It cannot be pagan Rome, but papal Rome, if a particular seat of error be meant, but I incline to think that the judgment (Revelation 18:2) and the spiritual fornication (Revelation 18:3), though finding their culmination in Rome, are not restricted to it, but comprise the whole apostate Church, Roman, Greek, and even Protestant, so far as it has been seduced from its "first love" (Revelation 2:4) to Christ, the heavenly Bridegroom, and given its affections to... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 17:1-2

The invitation of the angel 17:1-2 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 17:2

The "kings of the earth" are world leaders who personify kingdoms (Revelation 16:14; et al.). They committed immorality (fornication) with Babylon by uniting with the system she symbolizes."Religious compromise necessitated in this kind of association is totally incompatible with the worship of the one true God, and so amounts to spiritual prostitution." [Note: Thomas, Revelation 8-22, p. 284.] This system made all earth-dwellers, not just kings, "drunk." That is, it had a controlling influence... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 17:1-18

Babylon the great HarlotThe judgment on Rome, which had been announced before, is now shown in detail. The identification of ’Babylon’ with Rome, here and elsewhere in Rev., is supported (HDB.) by the following considerations:—The name Babylon in Revelation 17:5; ’is described as mystery, i.e. a name to be allegorically interpreted... B. is described (1) as “the harlot” the supreme antithesis of “the bride,” “the holy city,” “the new Jerus.” (2) as the centre and ruler of the nations,... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Revelation 17:1-18

Revelation 17:6 Mercy and love are sins in Rome and hell. Beaumont and Fletcher, 'Bonduca,' Act iv. Scene 4. The Lamb's War with the Beast Revelation 17:14 It is strange that the most mysterious book of the Bible should be especially singled out as the Revelation. Yet though no book is less patient of a detailed and pedantic exposition, none is more full of the triumph and the tears of God's Word, none is richer in lessons to guide us in the stern and fluctuating conflict of our Lord with... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Revelation 17:1-18

CHAPTER XIIITHE BEAST AND BABYLOST.Revelation 17:1-18AT the close of chap. 16, we reached the end of the three great series of judgments which constitute the chief contents of the Revelation of St. John, - the series of the Seals, the Trumpets, and the Bowls. It cannot surprise us, however, that at this point other visions of judgment are to follow. Already we had reached the end at Revelation 6:17, and again at Revelation 11:18; yet on both occasions the same general subject was immediately... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Revelation 17:1-18

CHAPTERS 17-18 Babylon, the Harlot, and Her judgment 1. The description of the woman (Revelation 17:1-6 ) 2. The angel’s interpretation (Revelation 17:7-15 ) 3. The desolation of the whore (Revelation 17:16-18 ) 4. The angelic announcement (Revelation 18:1-3 ) 5. The call to separation (Revelation 18:4-5 ) 6. Her pride and destruction (Revelation 18:6-8 ) 7. Lamentation and jubilation (Revelation 18:9-20 ) 8. Her utter and eternal destruction (Revelation 18:21-24 ) Revelation 17:1-6... read more