{These shall hate the harlot} (houtoi mis(8873)ousin t(886e)
porn(886e)). Future active of mise(935c). Houtoi is resumptive
demonstrative pronoun (masculine) referring to the ten horns and
the beast (neuter); construction according to sense. The downfall
of Rome will come from the sudden change in subject peoples.
{Shall make her desolate and naked} ((8872)(886d)(936d)en(886e) poi(8873)ousin aut(886e)
kai gumn(886e)). Future active of poie(935c) and perfect passive
predicate accusative participle of er(886d)o(935c), old verb (from
er(886d)os desolate), again in  18:16,19 . Gumn(886e) (naked) is
predicate adjective. {Shall eat her flesh} (	as sarkas aut(8873)
phagontai). Future middle of the defective verb esthi(935c), to
eat. Note plural sarkas, portions of flesh ( Jas 5:3 ) as in
 Ps 27:2  Mic 3:3 . {Shall burn her utterly with fire} (aut(886e)
katakausousin en puri). Future active of katakai(935c), to burn
down (perfective use of kai(935c)). John wrote before the days of
Alaric, Genseric, Ricimer, Totila, with their hordes which
devastated Rome and the west in the fifth and sixth centuries.
"No reader of the _Decline and Fall_ can be at a loss for
materials which will at once illustrate and justify the general
trend of St. John's prophecy" (Swete).