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References for Chapter 17
Jer 51:1-14 (God destroys Babylon and tells the people “come out”; Babylon is a cup that made the whole earth drunk; Babylon dwells by the waters)
Ez 16 (Israel is beautiful girl who grew proud and became a harlot before God forgave and healed her)
Ez 23 (Jerusalem is Oholibah, a harlot punished by the Lord; she drinks a cup of grief; she is slain and burned with fire)
Ps 106:34-42 (The Lord punishes his people for their faithlessness and idolatry)
Dan 5 (King Belshazzar profanes the sacred temple cups; the hand of God spells his doom.)
NB: A huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven diadems appears in Rev 12:3. A beast comes out of the sea with ten horns, seven heads, and ten diadems in Rev 13:1. Now, in Rev 17:3, a beast is described with seven heads and ten horns.
Ps 137 (Babylon was the place of Israel’s exile)
Mt 5:12 (Jesus tells us to expect persecutions)
Mt 23:29-39 (The Pharisees join in the shedding of blood which will come on this generation)
NB: The souls of those slaughtered for their witness were under the altar in Rev 6:9. Now, we hear of the blood of the martyrs in Rev 17:6.
Dan 7:19-25 (The vision of Daniel’s fourth beast has ten horns with one horn that springs up to displace three other kings)
Line of Caesars