Revelation 12:12–13:1

¹²Therefore rejoice, you heavens,

and you who dwell in them! ^m

Woe to the earth and the sea,

for the Devil has come down to you

with great fury,

because he knows he has a short time.

The Woman Persecuted

¹³When the dragon saw that he had been thrown to earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child. ¹⁴The woman was given two wings of a great eagle, ⁿso that she could fly from the serpent’s presence to her place in the wilderness, where she was fed for a time, times, and half a time. ^op15From his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river flowing after the woman, to sweep her away in a torrent. ¹⁶But the earth helped the woman. The earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the river that the dragon had spewed from his mouth. ¹⁷So the dragon was furious with the woman and left to wage war ^qagainst the rest of her offspring ^rs—those who keep God’s commands ^tand have the testimony about Jesus. ^u18He ^vstood on the sand of the sea. ^w

The Beast from the Sea

13And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea. ^xHe ^yhad 10 horns and seven heads. On his horns were 10 diadems, ^zand on his heads were blasphemous names. ^ab