1078. Verses 16-18. And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall devour her flesh, and burn her with fire. For God hath put it into their hearts to do his mind, and to come to one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God shall be consummated. And the woman, whom thou sawest, is the great city, which hath a kingdom over the kings of the earth. "And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast," signifies the truths of the church from the Word, with the Reformed, especially concerning the Lord's Divine power, and concerning the Divine sanctity of the Word: "these shall hate the whore," signifies the total rejection of the dogmas by which the Papal Consistory has falsified the truths, and adulterated the goods of the Word, and thus profaned the holy things of the church: "and shall make her desolate and naked," signifies the rejection of the falsities thereof, these being falsified truths; and then manifestation that they were destitute of all truth: "and shall devour her flesh," signifies the rejection of the evils thereof, which are adulterated goods; and then manifestation that they were destitute of all good: "and burn her with fire," signifies rejection of the whole of that religion that has profaned the holy things of the church by the love of domination over them, and over heaven. "For God hath put into their hearts to do his mind," signifies these things from the Lord, that they should altogether withdraw: "and to come to one mind," signifies unanimously: "and to give their kingdom unto the beast" signifies the acknowledgment of the Word as Divine, and the foundation of the church upon it: "until the words of God shall be consummated," signifies even to the last state of the church, when judgment [takes place], and afterwards a new [state]: "and the woman, whom thou sawest, is the great city," signifies the abominable doctrine of the church: "which hath a kingdom over the kings of the earth," signifies the domination thereof over the truths of the church.