The leaders had run to Egypt and Babylon to receive and drink up their dark waters (doctrines), and now the church itself had become a source of dark waters spewing forth to others (6:7).
Viongozi walikuwa wamekimbilia Misri na Babeli ili kupokea na kunywa maji yao machafu (mafundisho), na sasa Kanisa lenyewe lilikuwa limekuwa chanzo cha maji machafu yakitapikwa kwa wengine (6:7).