Revelation 12:16–13:1

¹⁶The earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river which had poured out of the serpent’s mouth. ¹⁷The serpent became angry with the woman. So it went away to fight with her other children, the ones who keep God’s commands and hold on to the testimony of Jesus. 

¹⁸The serpent stood on the sandy shore of the sea.^a

13TH CHAPTER

The Beast from the Sea

¹I saw a beast coming out of the sea. It had ten horns, seven heads, and ten crowns on its horns. There were insulting names on its heads.