Qǐshìlù 17:2

2 Dì shàng de jūnwáng yǔ tā xíng yín . zhù zaì dì shàng de rén hē zuì le tā yínluàn de jiǔ .

Qǐshìlù 17:2 Meaning and Commentary

Revelation 17:2

With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication,
&c.] These are the ten kings, who being of the same mind, and of one religion, the Popish religion, gave their power, strength, and kingdom to the beast, ( Revelation 17:12 Revelation 17:17 ) and have been enticed by the whore of Rome to commit spiritual fornication with her; that is, idolatry, to worship, as that church enjoins, idols of gold, silver, brass, and wood, the images of the virgin Mary, and other saints; hence this whore appears to be no mean strumpet, but one of great note, and in much vogue, being sought after and made use of by the great men of the earth;

and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine
of her fornication;
that is, the inhabitants of the Roman empire, or earthly minded men, mere carnal persons, have been drawn into idolatrous practices by the allurements of the church of Rome; such as riches, honours, pleasures, lying miracles, and great pretensions to devotion and religion; whereby they have been intoxicated as men with wine, and have been filled with a blind zeal for that church, and the false doctrines and worship of it, and with madness and fury against the true professors of religion.

Qǐshìlù 17:2 In-Context

1 Ná zhe qī wǎn de qī wèi tiānshǐ zhōng , yǒu yī wèi qián lái duì wǒ shuō , nǐ dào zhèlǐ lái , wǒ jiāng zuò zaì zhòng shuǐ shàng de dà yín fù suǒ yào shòu de xíngfá zhǐ gĕi nǐ kàn .

2 Dì shàng de jūnwáng yǔ tā xíng yín . zhù zaì dì shàng de rén hē zuì le tā yínluàn de jiǔ .

3 Wǒ beì Shènglíng gǎndòng , tiānshǐ daì wǒ dào kuàngyĕ qù . wǒ jiù kànjian yī gè nǚrén qí zaì zhūhóngsē de shòu shàng . nà shòu yǒu qī tóu shí jiǎo , biàn tǐ yǒu xièdú de míng hào .

4 Nà nǚrén chuān zhe zǐse hé zhūhóngsē de yīfu , yòng jīnzi bǎoshí zhēnzhū wéi zhuāngshì . shǒu ná jīn bēi , bēi zhōng chéng mǎn le kĕ zēng zhī wù , jiù shì tā yínluàn de wūhuì .

5 Zaì tā é shàng yǒumíng xiĕ zhe shuō , àomì zāi , dà Bābǐlún , zuò shìshang de yín fù hé yīqiè kĕ zēng zhī wù de mǔ .