^12 (A)“The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast.

The Beast from the Sea

13 Then ^[a]I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw ^(A)a beast rising up out of the sea, ^(B)having ^[b]seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a ^(C)blasphemous name.

³ And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, ^(A)a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads.

^19 (A)“They threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and wailing, and saying, ‘Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth! ^(B)For in one hour she ^[a]is made desolate.’

^17 (A)For in one hour such great riches ^[a]came to nothing.’ ^(B)Every shipmaster, all who travel by ship, sailors, and as many as trade on the sea, stood at a distance

¹⁰ standing at a distance for fear of her torment, saying, ^(A)‘Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! ^(B)For in one hour your judgment has come.’

Vision of the Horns

¹⁸ Then I raised my eyes and looked, and there were four ^(A)horns. ¹⁹ And I said to the angel who talked with me, “What are these?”

So he answered me, ^(B)“These are the ^[a]horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”

²⁰ Then the Lord showed me four craftsmen. ²¹ And I said, “What are these coming to do?”

So he said, “These are the ^(C)horns that scattered Judah, so that no one could lift up his head; but ^[b]the craftsmen are coming to terrify them, to cast out the horns of the nations that ^(D)lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.”

¹⁶ And the ten horns which you ^[a]saw on the beast, ^(A)these will hate the harlot, make her ^(B)desolate ^(C)and naked, eat her flesh and ^(D)burn her with fire.