'The Word of God,' as in Revelation 17:17, signifies the things foretold in the Word.

(Odkazy: Apocalypse Revealed 750)

To revile something -- or "reproach," as it is often translated -- represents making a direct and deliberate attack on what is spiritually true, in an effort to destroy it.

(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 695 [19]; Arcana Coelestia 9221, 9222)