Apocalipsis 17:2

2 Los reyes del mundo cometieron adulterio con ella, y los que pertenecen a este mundo se emborracharon con el vino de su inmoralidad».

Apocalipsis 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.

Apocalipsis 17:2 In-Context

1 La gran prostituta
Uno de los siete ángeles que derramaron las siete copas se acercó y me dijo: «Ven conmigo, y te mostraré la sentencia que recibirá la gran prostituta, que gobierna
sobre muchas aguas.

2 Los reyes del mundo cometieron adulterio con ella, y los que pertenecen a este mundo se emborracharon con el vino de su inmoralidad».

3 Entonces el ángel me llevó en el Espíritu
al desierto. Allí vi a una mujer sentada sobre una bestia de color escarlata que tenía siete cabezas y diez cuernos, y estaba llena de blasfemias escritas contra Dios.

4 La mujer estaba vestida de púrpura y escarlata y llevaba puestas hermosas joyas de oro, piedras preciosas y perlas. En la mano tenía una copa de oro llena de obscenidades y de las inmundicias de su inmoralidad.

5 Tenía escrito en la frente un nombre misterioso: Babilonia la grande, madre de todas las prostitutas y obscenidades del mundo.