Revelation 12

The Woman, the Child, and the Dragon

12A great sign ^jappeared in heaven: ^ka woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of 12 stars on her head. ^l2She was pregnant and cried out in labor and agony as she was about to give birth. ^m3Then another sign ⁿappeared in heaven: There was a great fiery red dragon ^ohaving seven heads and 10 horns, ^pand on his heads were seven diadems. ^q4His tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth. ^rAnd the dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she did give birth he might devour her child. ^s5But she gave birth to a Son—a male who is going to shepherd ^tall nations with an iron scepter ^u—and her child was caught up to God and to His throne. ⁶The woman fled into the wilderness, where she had a place prepared by God, ^vto be fed there ^wfor 1,260 days. ^x

The Dragon Thrown Out of Heaven

⁷Then war broke out in heaven: Michael ^yand his angels fought against the dragon. The dragon and his angels also fought, ⁸but he could not prevail, ^zand there was no place for them in heaven any longer. ^a9So the great dragon was thrown out—the ancient serpent, ^bwho is called the Devil ^cand Satan, ^dethe one who deceives the whole world. ^fHe was thrown to earth, and his angels with him. ^g

¹⁰Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say:

The salvation and the power

and the kingdom of our God

and the authority of His Messiah

have now come, ^h

because the accuser ⁱof our brothers

has been thrown out:

the one who accuses them

before our God day and night.

¹¹They conquered him

by the blood of the Lamb ^j

and by the word of their testimony, ^k

for they did not love their lives

in the face of death. ^l

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