Deliverance of Israel

27 In that day,^(A)

³ Then another sign appeared in heaven:^(A) an enormous red dragon^(B) with seven heads^(C) and ten horns^(D) and seven crowns^(E) on its heads. ⁴ Its tail swept a third^(F) of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth.^(G) The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that it might devour her child^(H) the moment he was born. ⁵ She gave birth to a son, a male child, who “will rule all the nations with an iron scepter.”^[a](I) And her child was snatched up^(J) to God and to his throne. ⁶ The woman fled into the wilderness to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days.^(K)

⁷ Then war broke out in heaven. Michael^(L) and his angels fought against the dragon,^(M) and the dragon and his angels^(N) fought back. ⁸ But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. ⁹ The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent^(O) called the devil,^(P) or Satan,^(Q) who leads the whole world astray.^(R) He was hurled to the earth,^(S) and his angels with him.

¹⁰ Then I heard a loud voice in heaven^(T) say:

¹³ When the dragon^(AD) saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.^{(AE) 14} The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle,^(AF) so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time,^(AG) out of the serpent’s reach. ¹⁵ Then from his mouth the serpent^(AH) spewed water like a river, to overtake the woman and sweep her away with the torrent. ¹⁶ But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. ¹⁷ Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war^(AI) against the rest of her offspring^(AJ)—those who keep God’s commands^(AK) and hold fast their testimony about Jesus.^(AL)

The Beast out of the Sea

13 The dragon^[b] stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea.^(AM) It had ten horns and seven heads,^(AN) with ten crowns on its horns, and on each head a blasphemous name.^{(AO) 2} The beast I saw resembled a leopard,^(AP) but had feet like those of a bear^(AQ) and a mouth like that of a lion.^(AR) The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority.^(AS)

³ Speak to him and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

² He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan,^(A) and bound him for a thousand years.^(B)