Revelation 12:12–13:1

¹²Therefore rejoice, you heavens^v

and you who dwell in them!

But woe^w to the earth and the sea,^x

because the devil has gone down to you!

He is filled with fury,

because he knows that his time is short.”

¹³When the dragon^y saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.^{z 14}The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle,^a so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time,^b out of the serpent’s reach. ¹⁵Then from his mouth the serpent^c spewed water like a river, to overtake the woman and sweep her away with the torrent. ¹⁶But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. ¹⁷Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war^d against the rest of her offspring^e—those who keep God’s commands^f and hold fast their testimony about Jesus.^g

The Beast out of the Sea

13The dragon^a stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea.^h It had ten horns and seven heads,ⁱ with ten crowns on its horns, and on each head a blasphemous name.^j