¹²And so be glad, you heavens, and all you that live there! But how terrible for the earth and the sea! For the Devil has come down to you, and he is filled with rage, because he knows that he has only a little time left.”

¹³When the dragon realized that he had been thrown down to the earth, he began to pursue the woman who had given birth to the boy. ¹⁴^*She was given the two wings of a large eagle in order to fly to her place in the desert, where she will be taken care of for three and a half years, safe from the dragon’s attack. ¹⁵And then from his mouth the dragon poured out a flood of water after the woman, so that it would carry her away. ¹⁶But the earth helped the woman; it opened its mouth and swallowed the water that had come from the dragon’s mouth. ¹⁷The dragon was furious with the woman and went off to fight against the rest of her descendants, all those who obey God’s commandments and are faithful to the truth revealed by Jesus. ¹⁸And the dragon stood^e on the seashore.

The Two Beasts

13^*Then I saw a beast coming up out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads; on each of its horns there was a crown, and on each of its heads there was a name that was insulting to God.

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Footnotes

eAnd the dragon stood; some manuscripts have And I stood, connecting this verse with what follows.

Cross references

*12.14: Dn 7:25; 12:7
*13.1 a: Dn 7:3 13.1 b: Rev 17:3, 7–12