⁶ It opened its mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven.^{(A) 7} It was given power to wage war^(B) against God’s holy people and to conquer them. And it was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation.^{(C) 8} All inhabitants of the earth^(D) will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life,^(E) the Lamb^(F) who was slain from the creation of the world.^[a](G)