²² And the Lord said to him, ‘By what means?’ And he said, ‘I will go out, and will be ^(A)a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And he said, ‘You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do so.’

^23 (A)And God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem, and the leaders of Shechem ^(B)dealt treacherously with Abimelech,

⁹ And if the prophet is deceived and speaks a word, ^(A)I, the Lord, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

^9 (A)Then a harmful spirit from the Lord came upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand. ^(B)And David was playing the lyre.

¹⁰ and the devil ^(A)who had deceived them was ^(B)thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where ^(C)the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

The Defeat of Satan

⁷ And when the thousand years are ended, ^(A)Satan will be released from his prison

³ and threw him into ^(A)the pit, and shut it and ^(B)sealed it over him, so that ^(C)he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while.

¹⁷ for ^(A)God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose by being of one mind and ^(B)handing over their royal power to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.

¹³ And I saw, coming out of the mouth of ^(A)the dragon and out of the mouth of ^(B)the beast and out of the mouth of ^(C)the false prophet, three ^(D)unclean spirits like ^(E)frogs. ¹⁴ For they are ^(F)demonic spirits, ^(G)performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, ^(H)to assemble them for battle on ^(I)the great day of God the Almighty.

¹⁴ and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of^[a] the beast ^(A)it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast ^(B)that was wounded by the sword and yet lived.