Prophecy about Gog and Future Invasion of Israel

38 Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ² “Son of man, set your face toward ^(A)Gog of the land of ^(B)Magog, the ^(C)chief prince of ^(D)Meshech and ^(E)Tubal, and prophesy against him, ³ and say, ‘This is what the Lord ^[a]God says: “Behold, I am against you, Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. ⁴ So I will turn you around and put hooks into your jaws, and I will ^(F)bring you out, and all your army, ^(G)horses and horsemen, all of them magnificently dressed, a great contingent with shield and ^[b]buckler, all of them wielding swords; ^5 (H)Persia, ^[c](I)Cush, and ^(J)Put with them, all of them with buckler and helmet; ^6 (K)Gomer with all its troops; ^(L)Beth-togarmah from the remote parts of the north with all its troops—many peoples with you.

⁷ “^(M)Be ready, and be prepared, you and all your contingents that are assembled around you, and be a guard for them. ^8 (N)After many days you will be summoned; in the latter years you will come into the land that is restored from the sword, whose inhabitants have been ^(O)gathered from many ^[d]nations to the ^(P)mountains of Israel which had been a continual place of ruins; but ^[e]its people were brought out from the ^[f]nations, and they are ^(Q)living securely, all of them. ⁹ And you will go up, you will come ^(R)like a storm; you will be like a ^(S)cloud covering the land, you and all your troops, and many peoples with you.”

¹⁰ ‘This is what the Lord God says: “It will come about on that day, that ^[g]thoughts will come into your mind and you will ^(T)devise an evil plan, ¹¹ and you will say, ‘I will go up against the land of ^[h](U)unwalled villages. I will go against those who are ^(V)at rest, who live securely, all of them living without walls and having no bars or gates, ¹² to ^(W)capture spoils and to seize plunder, to turn your hand against the ruins that are now inhabited, and against the people who are gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, who live at the ^[i]center of the world.’ ^13 (X)Sheba and ^(Y)Dedan and the merchants of ^(Z)Tarshish with all its ^[j]villages will say to you, ‘Have you come to capture spoils? Have you assembled your contingent to seize plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to capture great ^(AA)spoils?’”’

¹⁴ “Therefore prophesy, son of man, and say to Gog, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “On that day when My people Israel are ^(AB)living securely, will you not know it? ^15 (AC)You will come from your place out of the remote parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding horses, a large assembly and a mighty army; ¹⁶ and you will come up against My people Israel like a cloud to cover the land. It shall come about in the last days that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may ^(AD)know Me when I ^(AE)show Myself holy through you before their eyes, Gog.”

¹⁷ ‘This is what the Lord God says: “Are you the one of whom I spoke in former days through My servants the prophets of Israel, who ^(AF)prophesied in those days for many years that I would bring you against them? ¹⁸ It will come about on that day, when Gog comes against the land of Israel,” declares the Lord God, “that My fury will mount up in My ^(AG)anger. ¹⁹ In My ^(AH)zeal and in My blazing wrath I declare that on that day there will certainly be a great ^[k](AI)earthquake in the land of Israel. ^20 (AJ)The fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the animals of the field, all the crawling things that crawl on the earth, and all mankind who are on the face of the earth will shake at My presence; and the ^(AK)mountains will be thrown down, the steep pathways will ^[l]collapse, and every wall will fall to the ground. ²¹ And I will call for a ^(AL)sword against ^[m]him on all My mountains,” declares the Lord God. “^(AM)Every man’s sword will be against his brother. ²² With plague and with blood I will enter into ^(AN)judgment with him; and I will rain on him and on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, ^[n]a torrential rain, ^(AO)hailstones, fire, and brimstone. ²³ So I will prove Myself great, show Myself holy, and ^(AP)make Myself known in the sight of many nations; and they will know that I am the Lord.”’

Prophecy against Gog—Invaders Destroyed

39 “And ^(AQ)you, son of man, prophesy against Gog and say, ‘This is what the Lord ^[o]God says: “Behold, I am against you, Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal; ² and I will turn you around, lead you on a rope, take you up from the remotest parts of the north, and bring you against the mountains of Israel. ³ Then I will ^(AR)strike your bow from your left hand and make your arrows fall from your right hand. ⁴ You will ^(AS)fall on the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops, and the peoples who are with you; I will give you as ^(AT)food to every ^[p]kind of predatory bird and animal of the field. ⁵ You will fall on the ^[q]open field; for it is I who have spoken,” declares the Lord God. ⁶ “And I will send ^(AU)fire upon Magog and those who inhabit the ^(AV)coastlands in safety; and they will know that I am the Lord.

⁷ “And I will make My ^(AW)holy name known in the midst of My people Israel; and I will not allow My holy name to be ^(AX)profaned anymore. But the ^(AY)nations will know that I am the Lord, the ^(AZ)Holy One in Israel. ⁸ Behold, it is coming and it shall be done,” declares the Lord God. “That is the day of which I have spoken.

⁹ “Then those who inhabit the cities of Israel will ^(BA)go out and make ^(BB)fires with the weapons and burn them, both ^[r]bucklers and shields, bows and arrows, war clubs and spears, and for seven years they will make fires of them. ¹⁰ They will not take wood from the field or gather firewood from the forests, because they will make fires with the weapons; and they will take the spoils of those who plundered them and seize the ^(BC)plunder of those who plundered them,” declares the Lord God.

¹¹ “On that day I will give Gog a burial place there in Israel, the valley of those who pass by east of the sea, and it will block the way of those who would pass by. So they will bury Gog there with all his horde, and they will call it the Valley of ^[s]Hamon-gog. ¹² For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to ^(BD)cleanse the land. ¹³ And all the people of the land will bury them; and it will be ^[t]to their ^(BE)renown on the day that I ^(BF)appear in My glory,” declares the Lord God. ¹⁴ “They will also select men who will constantly pass through the land, ^(BG)burying those who were passing through, those left on the surface of the ground, in order to cleanse it. At the end of seven months they will conduct a search. ¹⁵ As those who pass through the land pass through and anyone sees a human bone, then he will ^[u]set up a marker by it until the burial detail has buried it in the Valley of ^[v]Hamon-gog. ¹⁶ And even the name of the city will be Hamonah. So they will cleanse the land.”’

¹⁷ “Now as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord God says: ‘Say to every ^[w]kind of ^(BH)bird and to every ^(BI)animal of the field: “Assemble and come, gather from every direction to My sacrifice, which I am going to ^(BJ)sacrifice for you as a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel; and you will eat flesh and drink blood. ¹⁸ You will ^(BK)eat the flesh of warriors and drink the blood of the leaders of the earth, as though they were ^(BL)rams, lambs, goats, and ^(BM)bulls, all of them fattened livestock of ^(BN)Bashan. ¹⁹ So you will eat fat until you are full, and drink blood until you are drunk, from My sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you. ²⁰ You will eat your fill at My table with ^(BO)horses and charioteers, with warriors and all the men of war,” declares the Lord God.

²¹ “And I will place My ^(BP)glory among the nations; and all the nations will see My judgment which I have executed, and My hand which I have laid on them. ²² And the house of Israel will ^(BQ)know that I am the Lord their God, from that day onward. ²³ The nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their ^(BR)wrongdoing, because they were disloyal to Me, and I ^(BS)hid My face from them; so I handed them over to their adversaries, and all of them fell by the sword. ^24 (BT)In accordance with their uncleanness and their offenses I dealt with them, and I hid My face from them.”’”

Israel Restored

²⁵ Therefore this is what the Lord God says: “Now I will ^(BU)restore the fortunes of Jacob and have mercy on all the ^(BV)house of Israel; and I will be ^(BW)jealous for My holy name. ²⁶ They will ^[x](BX)forget their disgrace and all their ^[y]treachery which they perpetrated against Me, when they ^(BY)live securely on their own land with ^(BZ)no one to make them afraid. ²⁷ When I ^(CA)bring them back from the peoples and gather them from the lands of their enemies, then I shall ^(CB)show Myself holy ^[z]through them in the sight of the many nations. ²⁸ Then they will know that I am the Lord their God because I made them go into exile among the nations, and then I gathered them again to their own land; and I will leave none of them there any longer. ²⁹ I will not hide My face from them any longer, for I will have ^(CC)poured out My Spirit on the house of Israel,” declares the Lord God.

The Woman, Israel

12 A great ^(A)sign appeared ^(B)in heaven: ^(C)a woman ^(D)clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars; ² and she was pregnant and she *^(E)cried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth.

The Red Dragon, Satan

³ Then ^(F)another sign appeared in heaven: and behold, a great red ^(G)dragon having ^(H)seven heads and ^(I)ten horns, and on his heads were ^(J)seven crowns. ⁴ And his tail *swept away a ^(K)third of the stars of heaven and ^(L)hurled them to the earth. And the ^(M)dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth ^(N)he might devour her Child.

The Male Child, Christ

⁵ And ^(O)she gave birth to a Son, a male, who is going to ^[a](P)rule all the ^[b]nations with a rod of iron; and her Child was ^(Q)caught up to God and to His throne. ⁶ Then the woman fled into the wilderness where she *had a place prepared by God, so that there ^[c]she would be nourished for ^(R)1,260 days.

The Angel, Michael

⁷ And there was war in heaven, ^(S)Michael and his angels waging war with the ^(T)dragon. The dragon and ^(U)his angels waged war, ⁸ and they did not prevail, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven. ⁹ And the great ^(V)dragon was thrown down, the ^(W)serpent of old who is called the devil and ^(X)Satan, who ^(Y)deceives the whole ^[d]world; he was ^(Z)thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. ¹⁰ Then I heard ^(AA)a loud voice in heaven, saying,

“Now the ^(AB)salvation, and the power, and the ^(AC)kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the ^(AD)accuser of our brothers and sisters has been thrown down, the one who accuses them before our God day and night. ¹¹ And they ^(AE)overcame him because of ^(AF)the blood of the Lamb and because of ^(AG)the word of their testimony, and they ^(AH)did not love their life even ^[e]when faced with death. ¹² For this reason, ^(AI)rejoice, you heavens and ^(AJ)you who dwell in them. ^(AK)Woe to the earth and the sea, because ^(AL)the devil has come down to you with great wrath, knowing that he has only ^(AM)a short time.”

¹³ And when the ^(AN)dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted ^(AO)the woman who gave birth to the male Child. ¹⁴ But the ^(AP)two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly ^(AQ)into the wilderness to her place, where she *was nourished for ^(AR)a time, times, and half a time, away from the presence of the serpent. ¹⁵ And the ^(AS)serpent hurled water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood. ^16 [f]But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and drank up the river which the dragon had hurled out of his mouth. ¹⁷ So the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went off to ^(AT)make war with the rest of her ^[g](AU)children, who ^(AV)keep the commandments of God and ^(AW)hold to the testimony of Jesus.

The Beast from the Sea

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

Then I saw a ^(AX)beast coming up out of the sea, having ^(AY)ten horns and ^(AZ)seven heads, and on his horns were ^(BA)ten crowns, and on his heads were ^(BB)blasphemous names. ² And the beast that I saw was ^(BC)like a leopard, and his feet were like those of ^(BD)a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of ^(BE)a lion. And the ^(BF)dragon gave him his power and his ^(BG)throne, and great authority. ³ I saw one of his heads as if it had been ^[i]fatally wounded, and his ^(BH)fatal wound was healed. And the whole earth ^(BI)was amazed and followed after the beast; ⁴ they worshiped the ^(BJ)dragon because he ^(BK)gave his authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “^(BL)Who is like the beast, and who is able to wage war with him?” ⁵ A mouth was given to him ^(BM)speaking ^[j]arrogant words and blasphemies, and authority to act for ^(BN)forty-two months was given to him. ⁶ And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle, that is, ^(BO)those who dwell in heaven.

⁷ It was also given to him to ^(BP)make war with the ^[k]saints and to overcome them, and authority was given to him over ^(BQ)every tribe, people, language, and nation. ⁸ All who ^(BR)live on the earth will worship him, everyone ^(BS)whose name has not been ^[l]written ^(BT)since the foundation of the world in the ^(BU)book of life of ^(BV)the Lamb who has been slaughtered. ^9 (BW)If anyone has an ear, let him hear. ^10 (BX)If anyone ^[m]is destined for captivity, to captivity he goes; ^(BY)if anyone kills with the sword, with the sword he must be killed. Here is ^(BZ)the ^[n]perseverance and the faith of the ^[o]saints.

The Beast from the Earth

¹¹ Then ^(CA)I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had ^(CB)two horns like a lamb, and he spoke as a ^(CC)dragon. ¹² He ^(CD)exercises all the authority of the first beast ^[p](CE)in his presence. And he makes ^(CF)the earth and those who live on it ^(CG)worship the first beast, whose ^(CH)fatal wound was healed. ¹³ He ^(CI)performs great signs, so that he even makes ^(CJ)fire come down out of the sky to the earth in the presence of people. ¹⁴ And he ^(CK)deceives ^(CL)those who live on the earth because of ^(CM)the signs which it was given him to perform ^[q](CN)in the presence of the beast, telling those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who *had the ^(CO)wound of the sword and has come to life. ¹⁵ And it was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast would even ^[r]speak and cause ^(CP)all who do not ^(CQ)worship the image of the beast to be killed. ¹⁶ And he causes all, ^(CR)the small and the great, the rich and the poor, and the free and the slaves, ^[s]to be given a ^(CS)mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, ¹⁷ and he decrees that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the ^(CT)mark, either ^(CU)the name of the beast or ^(CV)the number of his name. ^18 (CW)Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for the number is that ^(CX)of a ^[t]man; and his number is ^[u]six hundred and sixty-six.

The Lamb and the 144,000 on Mount Zion

14 Then I looked, and behold, ^(CY)the Lamb was standing on ^(CZ)Mount Zion, and with Him ^(DA)144,000 who had ^(DB)His name and the ^(DC)name of His Father written ^(DD)on their foreheads. ² And I heard a voice from heaven, like ^(DE)the sound of many waters and like the ^(DF)sound of loud thunder, and the voice which I heard was like the sound of ^(DG)harpists playing on their harps. ³ And they *sang ^[v](DH)a new song before the throne and before the ^(DI)four living creatures and the ^(DJ)elders; and ^(DK)no one was able to learn the song except the ^(DL)144,000 who had been ^(DM)purchased from the earth. ^4 (DN)These are the ones who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are celibate. These are the ones who ^(DO)follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been ^(DP)purchased from mankind ^(DQ)as first fruits to God and to the Lamb. ⁵ And ^(DR)no lie was found in their mouths; they are ^(DS)blameless.

Vision of the Angel with the Gospel

⁶ And I saw another angel flying in ^(DT)midheaven with ^(DU)an eternal gospel to preach to ^(DV)those who ^[w]live on the earth, and to ^(DW)every nation, tribe, language, and people; ⁷ and he said with a loud voice, “^(DX)Fear God and ^(DY)give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come; worship Him who ^(DZ)made the heaven and the earth, and sea and ^(EA)springs of waters.”

⁸ And another angel, a second one, followed, saying, “^[x](EB)Fallen, fallen is ^(EC)Babylon the great, she who has ^(ED)made all the nations drink of the ^(EE)wine of the ^[y]passion of her sexual immorality.”

Doom for Worshipers of the Beast

⁹ Then another angel, a third one, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone ^(EF)worships the beast and his ^(EG)image, and receives a ^(EH)mark on his forehead or on his hand, ¹⁰ he also will drink of the ^(EI)wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed ^[z]in full strength ^(EJ)in the cup of His anger; and he will be tormented with ^(EK)fire and ^[aa]brimstone in the presence of the ^(EL)holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. ¹¹ And the ^(EM)smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; ^(EN)they have no rest day and night, those who ^(EO)worship the beast and his ^(EP)image, and ^[ab]whoever receives the ^(EQ)mark of his name.” ¹² Here is ^(ER)the ^[ac]perseverance of the ^[ad]saints who ^(ES)keep the commandments of God and ^[ae](ET)their faith in Jesus.

¹³ And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, “Write: ‘^(EU)Blessed are the dead who ^(EV)die in the Lord from now on!’” “Yes,” ^(EW)says the Spirit, “so that they may ^(EX)rest from their labors, for their ^(EY)deeds follow with them.”

The Harvest

¹⁴ Then I looked, and behold, a ^(EZ)white cloud, and sitting on the cloud was one ^(FA)like ^[af]a son of man, with a golden ^(FB)crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand. ¹⁵ And another angel ^(FC)came out of the ^[ag]temple, calling out with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, “^[ah](FD)Put in Your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come, because the ^(FE)harvest of the earth ^[ai]is ripe.” ¹⁶ Then He who sat on the cloud ^[aj]swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.

¹⁷ And another angel ^(FF)came out of the ^[ak]temple which is in heaven, and he also had a sharp sickle. ¹⁸ Then another angel, ^(FG)the one who has power over fire, came out from ^(FH)the altar; and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “^[al](FI)Put in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters ^[am]from the vine of the earth, ^(FJ)because her grapes are ripe.” ¹⁹ So the angel ^[an]swung his sickle to the earth and gathered the clusters from the vine of the earth, and threw them into ^(FK)the great wine press of the wrath of God. ²⁰ And ^(FL)the wine press was trampled ^(FM)outside the city, and ^(FN)blood came out from the wine press, up to the horses’ bridles, ^[ao]for a distance of ^[ap]1,600 stadia.

A Scene of Heaven

15 Then I saw ^(FO)another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, ^(FP)seven angels who had ^(FQ)seven plagues, which are ^(FR)the last, because in them the wrath of God is finished.

² And I saw something like a ^(FS)sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who ^(FT)were victorious ^[aq]over the ^(FU)beast and ^(FV)his image and the ^(FW)number of his name, standing on the ^(FX)sea of glass, holding ^(FY)harps of God. ³ And they *sang the ^(FZ)song of Moses, ^(GA)the bond-servant of God, and the ^(GB)song of the Lamb, saying,

⁵ After these things I looked, and ^(GI)the ^[at]temple of the ^(GJ)tabernacle of testimony in heaven was opened, ⁶ and the ^(GK)seven angels who had the seven plagues ^(GL)came out of the ^[au]temple, clothed in ^[av]linen, clean and bright, and ^(GM)their chests wrapped with golden sashes. ⁷ And one of the ^(GN)four living creatures gave the ^(GO)seven angels seven ^(GP)golden bowls full of the ^(GQ)wrath of God, who ^(GR)lives forever and ever. ⁸ And the ^[aw]temple was filled with ^(GS)smoke from the glory of God and from His power; and no one was able to enter the ^[ax]temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished.

The Bowls of Wrath

16 Then I heard a loud voice from ^(GT)the ^[ay]temple, saying to the ^(GU)seven angels, “Go and ^(GV)pour out on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God.”

² So the first angel went and poured out his bowl ^(GW)on the earth; and a harmful and painful ^(GX)sore ^[az]afflicted the people ^(GY)who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image.

³ The second angel poured out his bowl ^(GZ)into the sea, and it became blood like that of a dead man; and every living ^[ba]thing in the sea died.

⁴ Then the third angel poured out his bowl into the ^(HA)rivers and the springs of waters; and they ^(HB)became blood. ⁵ And I heard the angel of the waters saying, “^(HC)Righteous are You, ^(HD)the One who is and who was, O ^(HE)Holy One, because You ^(HF)judged these things; ⁶ for they poured out ^(HG)the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them ^(HH)blood to drink. They ^[bb]deserve it.” ⁷ And I heard ^(HI)the altar saying, “Yes, ^(HJ)Lord God, the Almighty, ^(HK)true and righteous are Your judgments.”

⁸ And the fourth angel poured out his bowl upon ^(HL)the sun, ^(HM)and it was given power to scorch people with fire. ⁹ And the people were scorched with ^[bc]fierce heat; and they ^(HN)blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues, and they ^(HO)did not repent so as to ^(HP)give Him glory.

¹⁰ And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the ^(HQ)throne of the beast, and his kingdom became ^(HR)darkened; and they gnawed their tongues because of pain, ¹¹ and they ^(HS)blasphemed the ^(HT)God of heaven because of their pain and their ^(HU)sores; and they ^(HV)did not repent of their deeds.

¹² The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the ^(HW)great river, the Euphrates; and ^(HX)its water was dried up, so that ^(HY)the way would be prepared for the kings ^(HZ)from the ^[bd]east.

Har-Magedon (Armageddon)

¹³ And I saw coming out of the mouth of the ^(IA)dragon, and out of the mouth of the ^(IB)beast, and out of the mouth of the ^(IC)false prophet, three ^(ID)unclean spirits like ^(IE)frogs; ¹⁴ for they are ^(IF)spirits of demons, ^(IG)performing signs, which go out to the kings of the ^(IH)entire ^[be]world, to ^(II)gather them together for the war of the ^(IJ)great day of God, the Almighty. ¹⁵ (“Behold, ^(IK)I am coming like a thief. ^(IL)Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps his clothes, ^(IM)so that he will not walk about naked and people will not see his shame.”) ¹⁶ And they ^(IN)gathered them together to the place which ^(IO)in Hebrew is called ^(IP)Har-Magedon.

The Seventh Bowl of Wrath

¹⁷ Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl upon ^(IQ)the air, and a ^(IR)loud voice came out of the ^[bf](IS)temple from the throne, saying, “^(IT)It is done.” ¹⁸ And there were flashes of ^(IU)lightning and sounds and peals of thunder; and there was ^(IV)a great earthquake, ^(IW)such as there had not been since mankind came to be upon the earth, so great an earthquake was it, and so mighty. ^19 (IX)The great city ^[bg]was split into three parts, and the cities of the ^[bh]nations fell. ^(IY)Babylon the great was ^(IZ)remembered in the sight of God, to give her ^(JA)the cup of the wine of ^[bi]His fierce wrath. ²⁰ And ^(JB)every island fled, and no mountains were found. ²¹ And ^(JC)huge ^[bj]hailstones, weighing about ^[bk]a talent each, *came down from heaven upon people; and people ^(JD)blasphemed God because of the ^(JE)plague of the hail, because ^[bl]the hailstone plague *was extremely ^[bm]severe.

The Doom of Babylon

17 ^(JF)Then one of the ^(JG)seven angels who had the ^(JH)seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you ^(JI)the judgment of the ^(JJ)great prostitute who ^(JK)sits on many waters, ² with whom ^(JL)the kings of the earth committed acts of sexual immorality, and ^(JM)those who live on the earth ^(JN)became drunk with the wine of her sexual immorality.” ³ And ^(JO)he carried me away ^[bn](JP)in the Spirit ^(JQ)into a wilderness; and I saw a woman sitting on a ^(JR)scarlet beast, full of ^(JS)blasphemous names, having ^(JT)seven heads and ten horns. ⁴ The woman ^(JU)was clothed in purple and scarlet, and ^[bo]adorned with gold, precious ^[bp]stones, and pearls, holding in her hand ^(JV)a gold cup full of abominations and of the unclean things of her sexual immorality, ⁵ and on her forehead a name was written, ^[bq]a ^(JW)mystery: “^(JX)BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF ^(JY)THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.” ⁶ And I saw the woman drunk with ^(JZ)the blood of the ^[br]saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered ^[bs]greatly. ⁷ And the angel said to me, “Why ^[bt]do you wonder? I will tell you the ^(KA)mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the ^(KB)seven heads and the ten horns.

⁸ “^(KC)The beast that you saw ^(KD)was, and is not, and is about to ^(KE)come up out of the ^(KF)abyss and ^[bu](KG)go to destruction. And ^(KH)those who live on the earth, ^(KI)whose names have not been written in the book of life ^(KJ)from the foundation of the world, will ^(KK)wonder when they see the beast, that he was, and is not, and will ^[bv]come. ^9 (KL)Here is the mind which has wisdom. The ^(KM)seven heads are seven mountains upon which the woman sits, ¹⁰ and they are seven ^(KN)kings; five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must remain a little while. ¹¹ The beast which ^(KO)was, and is not, is himself also an eighth and is one of the seven, and he ^(KP)goes to destruction. ¹² The ^(KQ)ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast ^(KR)for one hour. ¹³ These have ^(KS)one ^[bw]purpose, and they give their power and authority to the beast.

Victory for the Lamb

¹⁴ These will wage ^(KT)war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will ^(KU)overcome them because He is ^(KV)Lord of lords and ^(KW)King of kings; and ^(KX)those who are with Him are the ^(KY)called and chosen and faithful.”

¹⁵ And he *said to me, “The ^(KZ)waters which you saw where the prostitute sits are ^(LA)peoples and multitudes, and nations and languages. ¹⁶ And the ^(LB)ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the prostitute and will make her ^(LC)desolate and ^(LD)naked, and will ^(LE)eat her flesh and will ^(LF)burn her up with fire. ¹⁷ For ^(LG)God has put it in their hearts to execute His ^[bx]purpose ^[by]by ^(LH)having a common purpose, and by giving their kingdom to the beast, until the ^(LI)words of God will be fulfilled. ¹⁸ The woman whom you saw is ^(LJ)the great city, which ^[bz]reigns over the kings of the earth.”