The Skeptics Annotated Bible (1011 page)

12 And
the ten horns
which thou sawest
are ten kings, which
have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.

13 These have one mind, and
shall give their power and strength unto the beast.

(17.12-13)
“The ten horns … are ten kings, which … shall give their power and strength unto the beast.”

14
These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.

(17.14)
“These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.”

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

(17.16-17) After the war, the ten kings will strip the whore naked, eat her flesh, and burn her body.

16 And
the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.

(17.16)
“The ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.”

17
For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will
, and to agree,
and give their kingdom unto the beast,
until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

(17.17)
“For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will … and give their kingdom unto the beast.”

18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.

(18.1-3) Babylon has fallen. All nations have drunk the wine of her fornication, and the kings committed fornication with her. Now Babylon is inhabited by devils, foul spirits, and unclean, hateful birds.

18
And after these things
I saw another angel come down from heaven
, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.

2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.

(18.1-2)
“I saw another angel come down from heaven … saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.”

3 For
all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her
, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.

(18.3)
“All nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her.”

4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.

6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.

7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.

(18.8-9) God will send plagues, death, and famine on Babylon, and the kings “who have committed fornication with her” will be sad to see her burn.