The Beast from the Earth

¹¹ Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; it had two horns like a lamb,^[a](A) but it spoke like a dragon. ¹² It exercises all the authority of the first beast on its behalf and compels the earth and those who live on it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed. ¹³ It also performs great signs,^(B) even causing fire to come down from heaven to earth in front of people.^(C)

The Witnesses Martyred

⁷ When they finish their testimony, the beast^(A) that comes up out of the abyss^(B) will make war on them, conquer them, and kill them. ⁸ Their dead bodies^[a](C) will lie in the main street^[b] of the great city,^(D) which figuratively^[c] is called Sodom^(E) and Egypt,^(F) where also their Lord was crucified. ⁹ And some of^[d] the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations^(G) will view their bodies for three and a half days and not permit their bodies to be put into a tomb.^{(H) 10} Those who live on the earth will gloat^(I) over them and celebrate and send gifts to one another because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.

¹⁵ It was permitted to give breath^[a] to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast could both speak and cause whoever would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.^(A)

The Fifth Seal

⁹ When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered because of the word of God and the testimony they had given.^[a](A)

¹⁰ They cried out with a loud voice, “Lord,^[a] the one who is holy and true,^(A) how long until you judge those who live on the earth and avenge our blood?^(B)”

¹¹ So they were each given a white robe, and they were told to rest a little while longer until the number would be completed of their fellow servants and their brothers and sisters, who were going to be killed just as they had been.