whore is enthroned upon “peoples and crowds and nations and languages” (λαοὶ καὶ ὄχλοι εἰσὶν καὶ ἔθνη καὶ γλῶσσαι, 17:15). Nevertheless, they are not allowed to claim all of humanity. The Lamb has “ransomed for God” people “from every tribe and language and people and nation” (ἐκ πάσης φυλῆς καὶ γλώσσης καὶ λαοῦ καὶ ἔθνους, 5:9). Because of the Lamb, an innumerable crowd is gathered “out from every nation and from tribes and peoples and languages” (ἐκ παντὸς ἔθνους καὶ φυλῶν
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