1117# 启18:7.她怎样荣耀自己，怎样奢华生活，也要怎样给她折磨悲哀，因她心里说，我坐着作皇后，并不是寡妇，必不见悲哀。
“她怎样荣耀自己，怎样奢华生活”表示他们从对天堂和世界的统治中为自己获得了多少荣耀和由此而来的快乐（1118节）；“也要怎样给她折磨悲哀”表示就有多少地狱的惩罚和荒凉（1119节）；“因她心里说，我坐着作皇后”表示骄傲和吹嘘，因为天堂和教会在他们的统治之下（1120节）；“并不是寡妇”表示他们并非没有保护（1121节）；“必不见悲哀”表示他们永远不会处于荒凉，也不会灭亡（1122节）。
1117. Verse 7. As much as she hath glorified herself and lived delicately, so much give unto her torment and mourning, because she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am not a widow, and shall not see mourning.
As much as she hath glorified herself and lived delicately, signifies how much glory, and pleasure therefrom, they have gained for themselves from empire over heaven and over the world; "so much give unto her torment and mourning," signifies so much of infernal punishment and desolation; "because she saith in her heart, I sit a queen," signifies pride and boasting because heaven and the church are under their dominion; "and am not a widow," signifies that they are not without defence; "and I shall not see mourning," signifies that they will never suffer desolation and will not perish.
1117. Verse 7. How much she hath glorified herself and lived luxuriously, so much torment and mourning give her; for in her heart she saith, I sit a queen, and a widow I am not, and mourning I shall not see.
7. "How much she hath glorified herself and lived luxuriously," signifies how much of glory and consequent pleasure they have acquired for themselves from their dominion over heaven and over the world (n. 1118); "so much torment and mourning give her," signifies so much of infernal punishment and desolation (n. 1119); "for in her heart she saith, I sit a queen," signifies pride and boasting that heaven and the church are under their dominion (n. 1120); "and a widow I am not," signifies that they are not without defense (n. 1121); "and mourning I shall not see," signifies that they will never be in desolation and will not perish (n. 1122).
1117. VERSUS 7.
"Quantum glorificavit se ipsam et deliciata est, tantum date illi cruciatum et luctum; quia in corde suo dicit, Sedeo regina, et vidua non sum, et luctum non videbo."
7. "Quantum glorificavit se ipsam et deliciata est", significat quantum gloriae et inde voluptatis ex imperio super caelum et super mundum sibi acquisiverunt [n. 1118] ; "tantum date illi cruciatum et luctum", significat tantum poenae infernalis et desolationis [n. 1119] ; "quia in corde suo dicit, Sedeo regina", significat superbiam et jactantiam quod caelum et ecclesia sub dominio illorum sint [n. 1120] ; "et vidua non sum", significat quod non sint absque tutela [n. 1121] ; "et luctum non videbo", significat quod nusquam desolatio illis, ac perituri sint [n. 1122] .