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Revelation 17:15

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

Revelation 17:15 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Revelation 17:15

Theological / Devotional

He saith unto me. See on ch. 17:1.

Waters. See on v. 1. For other instances of waters as a symbol for human beings see on Isa. 8:7; Dan. 7:2.

Sitteth. Or, “is sitting.” Here the angel again refers to what John saw in vs. 3–6, within the time period specified by vs. 11–13 (see comment there).

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