⁶Then I saw another angel flying in midair,^q and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth^r—to every nation, tribe, language and people.^s ⁷He said in a loud voice, “Fear God^t and give him glory,^u because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made^v the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water.”^w

⁸A second angel followed and said, “ ‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great,’^a^x which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries.”^y

⁹A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast^z and its image^a and receives its mark on their forehead^b or on their hand, ¹⁰they, too, will drink the wine of God’s fury,^c which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath.^d They will be tormented with burning sulfur^e in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. ¹¹And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever.^f There will be no rest day or night^g for those who worship the beast and its image,^h or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”ⁱ ¹²This calls for patient endurance^j on the part of the people of God^k who keep his commands^l and remain faithful to Jesus.

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Footnotes

a Isaiah 21:9

Cross references

q Rev 8:13; 19:17
rSee Rev 3:10
sSee Rev 13:7
t Ps 34:9; Rev 15:4
uSee Rev 11:13
vSee Rev 10:6
w Rev 8:10; 16:4
x Isa 21:9; Jer 51:8; Rev 16:19; 17:5; 18:2, 10
y Rev 17:2, 4; 18:3, 9
zSee Rev 13:12
a Rev 13:14
bSee Rev 13:16
c Isa 51:17; Jer 25:15
d Jer 51:7; Rev 18:6
eSee Rev 9:17
f Isa 34:10; Rev 19:3
g Rev 4:8
hver 9; See Rev 13:12
i Rev 13:17
jSee Heb 6:12
k Rev 13:10
lSee Jn 14:15