Revelation 17:2 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

The world's most powerful leaders have gotten into bed with her corrupt ways, and everyone else has gotten completely wasted off the lies she's been serving.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

When corrupt power gets cozy with the world's leaders, everyone ends up drunk on deception.

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