Satan Thrown Down to Earth

⁷ Now war arose in heaven, ^(A)Michael and ^(B)his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, ⁸ but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. ⁹ And ^(C)the great dragon was thrown down, ^(D)that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, ^(E)the deceiver of the whole world—^(F)he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. ¹⁰ And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now ^(G)the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers^[a] has been thrown down, ^(H)who accuses them day and night before our God. ¹¹ And ^(I)they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for ^(J)they loved not their lives ^(K)even unto death. ¹² Therefore, ^(L)rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them! But ^(M)woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because ^(N)he knows that his time is short!”

¹³ And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued ^(O)the woman who had given birth to the male child. ¹⁴ But the woman was given the two ^(P)wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpent ^(Q)into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished ^(R)for a time, and times, and half a time. ¹⁵ The serpent poured water ^(S)like a river out of his mouth after the woman, to sweep her away with a flood. ¹⁶ But the earth came to the help of the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth. ¹⁷ Then the dragon became furious with the woman and went off ^(T)to make war on the rest of ^(U)her offspring, ^(V)on those who keep the commandments of God and hold to ^(W)the testimony of Jesus. And he stood^[b] on the sand of the sea.