⁹ And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone ^(A)worships the beast and its image and receives ^(B)a mark on his forehead or on his hand,

¹¹ And ^(A)the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and ^(B)they have no rest, day or night, these ^(C)worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name.”

The Messages of the Three Angels

⁶ Then I saw another angel ^(A)flying directly overhead, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to ^(B)those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and language and people. ⁷ And he said with a loud voice, ^(C)“Fear God and ^(D)give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come, and ^(E)worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the ^(F)springs of water.”

⁸ Another angel, a second, followed, saying, ^(G)“Fallen, fallen is ^(H)Babylon the great, ^(I)she who made all nations drink ^(J)the wine of the passion^[a] of her sexual immorality.”

The Second Beast

¹¹ Then ^(A)I saw another beast rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon. ¹² It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence,^[a] and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, ^(B)whose mortal wound was healed. ^13 (C)It performs great signs, even ^(D)making fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people, ¹⁴ and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of^[b] the beast ^(E)it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast ^(F)that was wounded by the sword and yet lived. ¹⁵ And it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak and might cause those who would not ^(G)worship the image of the beast ^(H)to be slain. ¹⁶ Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave,^{[c] (I)}to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, ¹⁷ so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, ^(J)the name of the beast or ^(K)the number of its name.

³ One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and ^(A)the whole earth marveled as they followed the beast. ⁴ And they worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, ^(B)“Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?”

⁵ And the beast was given ^(C)a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for ^(D)forty-two months. ⁶ It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling,^[a] that is, those who dwell in heaven.

^4 (A)Yet I persistently sent to you all my servants the prophets, saying, ‘Oh, do not do this abomination that I hate!’