Revelation 13

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The Beast from the Sea

13 And the dragon stood on the sand of the ^[a]seashore.

Then I saw a ^(A)beast coming up out of the sea, having ^(B)ten horns and ^(C)seven heads, and on his horns were ^(D)ten crowns, and on his heads were ^(E)blasphemous names. ²And the beast that I saw was ^(F)like a leopard, and his feet were like those of ^(G)a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of ^(H)a lion. And the ^(I)dragon gave him his power and his ^(J)throne, and great authority. ³I saw one of his heads as if it had been ^[b]fatally wounded, and his ^(K)fatal wound was healed. And the whole earth ^(L)was amazed and followed after the beast; ⁴they worshiped the ^(M)dragon because he ^(N)gave his authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “^(O)Who is like the beast, and who is able to wage war with him?” ⁵A mouth was given to him ^(P)speaking ^[c]arrogant words and blasphemies, and authority to act for ^(Q)forty-two months was given to him. ⁶And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle, that is, ^(R)those who dwell in heaven.

⁷It was also given to him to ^(S)make war with the ^[d]saints and to overcome them, and authority was given to him over ^(T)every tribe, people, language, and nation. ⁸All who ^(U)live on the earth will worship him, everyone ^(V)whose name has not been ^[e]written ^(W)since the foundation of the world in the ^(X)book of life of ^(Y)the Lamb who has been slaughtered. ⁹^(Z)If anyone has an ear, let him hear. ¹⁰^(AA)If anyone ^[f]is destined for captivity, to captivity he goes; ^(AB)if anyone kills with the sword, with the sword he must be killed. Here is ^(AC)the ^[g]perseverance and the faith of the ^[h]saints.

The Beast from the Earth

¹¹Then ^(AD)I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had ^(AE)two horns like a lamb, and he spoke as a ^(AF)dragon. ¹²He ^(AG)exercises all the authority of the first beast ^[i]^(AH)in his presence. And he makes ^(AI)the earth and those who live on it ^(AJ)worship the first beast, whose ^(AK)fatal wound was healed. ¹³He ^(AL)performs great signs, so that he even makes ^(AM)fire come down out of the sky to the earth in the presence of people. ¹⁴And he ^(AN)deceives ^(AO)those who live on the earth because of ^(AP)the signs which it was given him to perform ^[j]^(AQ)in the presence of the beast, telling those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who *had the ^(AR)wound of the sword and has come to life. ¹⁵And it was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast would even ^[k]speak and cause ^(AS)all who do not ^(AT)worship the image of the beast to be killed. ¹⁶And he causes all, ^(AU)the small and the great, the rich and the poor, and the free and the slaves, ^[l]to be given a ^(AV)mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, ¹⁷and he decrees that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the ^(AW)mark, either ^(AX)the name of the beast or ^(AY)the number of his name. ¹⁸^(AZ)Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for the number is that ^(BA)of a ^[m]man; and his number is ^[n]six hundred and sixty-six.

Footnotes

Revelation 13:1 Lit sea
Revelation 13:3 Lit slaughtered to death
Revelation 13:5 Lit great things
Revelation 13:7 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
Revelation 13:8 Or written in the book...slain from the foundation of the world
Revelation 13:10 Or leads into captivity
Revelation 13:10 Or steadfastness
Revelation 13:10 See note v 7
Revelation 13:12 Or by his authority
Revelation 13:14 Or by the authority of
Revelation 13:15 One early ms speak, and he will cause
Revelation 13:16 Lit so that they give them a mark
Revelation 13:18 Or human
Revelation 13:18 I.e., spelled out in Gr as 600 + 60 + 6; one early ms has the letters for 616

Micah 3-4

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Rulers Denounced

3 And I said,

“^(A)Hear now, you ^[a]leaders of Jacob
And rulers of the house of Israel:
Is it not for you to ^(B)know justice?
²You who hate good and love evil,
Who ^(C)tear off their skin from them
And their flesh from their bones,
³Who ^(D)eat the flesh of my people,
Strip off their skin from them,
Smash their bones,
And ^(E)chop them up as for the pot,
And as meat in a cauldron!”
⁴Then they will ^(F)cry out to the Lord,
But He will not answer them.
Instead, He will ^(G)hide His face from them at that time
Because they have ^(H)practiced evil deeds.

⁵This is what the Lord says concerning the prophets who ^(I)lead my people astray:

When they have something to bite with their teeth,
They ^(J)cry out, “Peace!”
But against him who puts nothing in their mouths
They declare holy war.
⁶Therefore it will be ^(K)night for you—without vision,
And darkness for you—without divination.
The ^(L)sun will go down on the prophets,
And the day will become dark over them.
⁷The seers will be ^(M)put to shame,
And the ^(N)diviners will be ashamed.
Indeed, they will all ^(O)cover their ^[b]lips
Because there is ^(P)no answer from God.
⁸On the other hand, ^(Q)I am filled with power—
With the Spirit of the Lord—
And with justice and courage
To ^(R)make known to Jacob his rebellious act,
And to Israel his sin.
⁹Now hear this, you ^(S)heads of the house of Jacob
And rulers of the house of Israel,
Who ^(T)despise justice
And twist everything that is straight,
¹⁰Who ^(U)build Zion with bloodshed,
And Jerusalem with malice.
¹¹Her leaders pronounce ^(V)judgment for a bribe,
Her ^(W)priests teach for pay,
And her prophets divine for money.
Yet they lean on the Lord, saying,
“^(X)Is the Lord not in our midst?
Catastrophe will not come upon us.”
¹²Therefore on account of you,
^(Y)Zion will be plowed like a field,
^(Z)Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins,
And the ^(AA)mountain of the ^[c]temple will become high places of a forest.

Peaceful Latter Days

4 And it will come about in the ^(AB)last days
That the ^(AC)mountain of the house of the Lord
Will be established ^[d]as the chief of the mountains.
It will be raised above the hills,
And the ^(AD)peoples will stream to it.
²^(AE)Many nations will come and say,
“^(AF)Come and let’s go up to the mountain of the Lord
And to the house of the God of Jacob,
So that ^(AG)He may teach us about His ways,
And that we may walk in His paths.”
For ^(AH)from Zion will go forth the law,
And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
³And He will ^(AI)judge between many peoples
And render decisions for mighty, ^[e]distant nations.
Then they will beat their swords ^(AJ)into plowshares,
And their spears into pruning hooks;
Nation will not lift a sword against nation,
And never again will they ^[f]train for war.
⁴Instead, each of them will ^(AK)sit under his vine
And under his fig tree,
With ^(AL)no one to make them afraid,
Because the ^(AM)mouth of the Lord of armies has spoken.
⁵Though all the peoples walk,
Each in the ^(AN)name of his god,
As for us, ^(AO)we will walk
In the name of the ^(AP)Lord our God forever and ever.

⁶“On that day,” declares the Lord,
“I will assemble those who ^(AQ)limp
And ^(AR)gather the scattered,
Those whom I have afflicted.
⁷I will make those who limp a ^(AS)remnant,
And those who ^[g]have strayed a mighty nation,
And the ^(AT)Lord will reign over them on Mount Zion
From now on and forever.
⁸As for you, ^[h]^(AU)tower of the flock,
^[i]Hill of the daughter of Zion,
To you it will come—
Yes, the ^(AV)former dominion will come,
The kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.

⁹“Now, why do you ^(AW)cry out loudly?
Is there no king among you,
Or has your ^(AX)counselor perished,
That agony has gripped you like a woman in childbirth?
¹⁰^(AY)Writhe and scream,
Daughter of Zion,
Like a woman in childbirth;
For now you will ^(AZ)go out of the city,
Live in the field,
And go to Babylon.
^(BA)There you will be rescued,
^(BB)There the Lord will redeem you
From the hand of your enemies.
¹¹And now ^(BC)many nations have been assembled against you
Who say, ‘Let her be defiled,
And let our eyes ^[j]gloat over Zion!’
¹²But they do not ^(BD)know the thoughts of the Lord,
And they do not understand His plan;
For He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
¹³Arise and ^(BE)thresh, daughter of Zion,
For I will make your horn iron,
And I will make your hoofs bronze,
So that you may ^(BF)pulverize many peoples,
And ^(BG)dedicate to the Lord their unjust profit,
And their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.