746. [verse 16] 'And the ten horns that thou hast seen upon the beast, these shall hate the harlot' signifies the Word as to its power derived from Divine Truths with the Protestants, who have altogether cast off from themselves the yoke of Papal dominion. It is said here, as above (verse 12), 'the ten horns that thou hast seen'. There they are 'ten kings', but here 'these', because there as here it treats of those who have withdrawn from the Roman Catholic form of religion. There, however, they have partly withdrawn, but here altogether. That this treats of the Protestants or Reformed is plain from the things following: that 'they shall make the harlot desolate and naked, shall eat her flesh, and burn her up with fire, and give their kingdom to the beast'. That by 'the ten horns that thou hast seen upon the beast' is signified the Word as to its power derived from Divine Truths may be seen above (n. 740). 'To hate the harlot' is not to endure the Roman Catholic form of religion, and therefore to cast off from themselves the yoke of Papal dominion.