12. Kings which (ofrwes). The compound relative classify- ing: “of the kind which.”
13. Mind (yvounv). Meaning primarily the faculty of know- ing, mind, reason; then that which is thought or known ; opinion, purpose. See Acts xx. 3; 1 Cor. vii. 25; Philem. 14.
Shall give (dvadidacovcw). Read Sduddcacw, the present tense, give. The force of dvd is over; give over.
Power and authority (Ovvayw kal é€ovolav). For the dis- tinction, see on 2 Pet. ii. 11.
15. The waters. The explanation of the symbol given here is in accordance with Isa. viii. 7; Ps. xviii. 4, 16; cxxiv. 14.
Peoples and multitudes, etc. See on 1 Pet. ii. 9; Mark xii. 37.
16. Upon the beast (é7/). Read «at and: “the ten horns —and the beast.”
Desolate (jpnpwpévny). Lit., desolated, the verb being in the perfect participle.
Shall eat her flesh. A token of extreme hostility. See Ps. xxvii. 2; Mic. iii. 3. Xenophon, speaking of the hatred between the pure Spartans and the Helots, says that no one of the pure Spartans could conceal his readiness to eat the Helot raw. Notice the plural cdpxas flesh, and see on Jas. v. 3.
Burn (xataxavcovow). Rev., giving the force of card down, burn utterly. According to some interpreters the figure is changed from the woman to a city ; but this is unnecessary, as the language is probably taken from the punishment of forni- cation on the part of a priest’s daughter (Lev. xxi. 9; com- pare Lev. xx. 14).