Revelation 17:16
And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
Cross-reference
Revelation 17:13 shows the ten horns united with the beast; here they turn and destroy the harlot, revealing a shift in allegiance.
Revelation 17:12 identifies the ten horns as ten kings receiving authority with the beast—directly explaining the agents of destruction.
Revelation 17:2 has kings committing immorality with the prostitute, while Rev 17:16 says they will hate her—a shift from alliance to opposition.
Revelation 18:8 specifies Babylon will be utterly burned with fire, matching the burning judgment here.
Revelation 19:2 declares God's judgment on the great prostitute — the very destruction described here is avenged.
Revelation 13:1 first describes the beast with ten horns — the same beast whose horns destroy the prostitute here.
Revelation 12:3 introduces the dragon with ten horns — same symbol of power that here turns against the prostitute.
Revelation 18:17 shows Babylon's sudden ruin; the ten horns' burning here is the cause of that ruin.
Revelation 18:16 laments Babylon's lost luxury; this contrasts with her being stripped and burned here.
Isaiah 13:17 prophesies the Medes destroying Babylon without greed; the beast's allies destroy the harlot Babylon with similar ruthlessness.
Ezekiel 23:45-44 (judgment of adulterous sisters) includes stoning, sword, and burning; this matches the harlot's fate here.
Ezekiel 16:37-44 depicts God judging unfaithful Jerusalem by stripping, stoning, and burning; the harlot's destruction uses the same imagery.
Jeremiah 50:41 speaks of many kings rising against Babylon; the ten horns here are the kings who destroy the harlot Babylon.
Leviticus 21:9 prescribes burning for a harlot priest's daughter, a direct parallel to the harlot's punishment.
Daniel 7:24 introduces ten kings represented by ten horns — the same horns used in Revelation to destroy the harlot.
Hosea 2:3 threatens to strip Israel naked as judgment, a direct parallel to the harlot being made desolate and naked.
Ezekiel 23:26 strips the harlot of clothes and jewels, exactly matching the 'naked' fate of Babylon in Revelation.
Ezekiel 23:22 stirs Oholibah's former lovers against her, directly paralleling the ten horns hating the harlot.
Ezekiel 23:9 gives Oholah to her lovers for destruction, mirroring the beast and horns destroying the harlot in Revelation.
In Jer 4:30, a harlot adorned in scarlet is despised by her lovers — same image of the harlot hated and destroyed.
In Ezekiel 16:27, God hands the harlot to enemies who shame her, prefiguring the beast turning on Babylon in Revelation.
In Jer 51:11, kings of Medes destroy Babylon as Yahweh's vengeance — similar to the beast destroying the harlot.