And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

Ver. 6. And the woman fled] viz. After the battle mentioned in the next verse was fought and finished. See Revelation 12:13,14 .

Into the wilderness] This notes her afflicted and desolate condition, forced now to live in poverty and exile.

Where she hath a place] To wit, that temple that was so exactly measured, Revelation 11:12, called here a wilderness, as was that of Judea, Matthew 3:1, because but thinly inhabited. The elect are but a handful to a houseful of Atheists and Papists. Or else in allusion to the wilderness of Arabia, through which the Israelites fled from that dragon Pharaoh.

That they should feed her there] Those two prophets, Revelation 11:3, were appointed to feed these hidden ones, Psalms 83:3, with the hidden manna, Revelation 2:17. Their time and hers agree.

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