The Seventh Trumpet

¹⁵ Then ^(A)the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and ^(B)there were loud voices in heaven, saying, ^(C)“The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of ^(D)his Christ, and ^(E)he shall reign forever and ever.” ¹⁶ And the twenty-four elders ^(F)who sit on their thrones before God ^(G)fell on their faces and worshiped God, ¹⁷ saying,

¹⁹ Then ^(N)God's temple in heaven was opened, and ^(O)the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings,^[a] peals of thunder, an earthquake, and ^(P)heavy hail.

The Woman and the Dragon

12 And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman ^(Q)clothed with ^(R)the sun, with ^(S)the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. ² She was pregnant and ^(T)was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth. ³ And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great ^(U)red dragon, ^(V)with seven heads and ^(W)ten horns, and on his heads ^(X)seven diadems. ⁴ His tail swept down ^(Y)a third of the stars of heaven and ^(Z)cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child ^(AA)he might devour it. ⁵ She gave birth to a male child, ^(AB)one who is to rule^[b] all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was ^(AC)caught up to God and to his throne, ⁶ and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which she is to be nourished for ^(AD)1,260 days.

⁴ Seven priests shall bear seven ^(A)trumpets of ^(B)rams' horns before the ark. On the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and ^(C)the priests shall blow the trumpets.

³⁹ There Zadok the priest took the horn of ^(A)oil from the tent and ^(B)anointed Solomon. ^(C)Then they blew the trumpet, and all the people said, ^(D)“Long live King Solomon!”

⁸ And the four living creatures, ^(A)each of them with six wings, are ^(B)full of eyes all around and within, and ^(C)day and night they never cease to say,

⁹ And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who is seated on the throne, ^(F)who lives forever and ever, ¹⁰ the twenty-four elders ^(G)fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever. They cast ^(H)their crowns before the throne, saying,

¹⁴ And the four living creatures ^(A)said, “Amen!” and the elders ^(B)fell down and worshiped.

³ and say, Thus says the Lord God to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth are of the land of the Canaanites; your father was an ^(A)Amorite and your mother a ^(B)Hittite. ⁴ And as for your birth, ^(C)on the day you were born your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water to cleanse you, nor rubbed with salt, nor wrapped in swaddling cloths. ⁵ No eye pitied you, to do any of these things to you out of compassion for you, ^(D)but you were cast out on the open field, for you were abhorred, ^(E)on the day that you were born.

⁶ “And when I passed by you and saw you wallowing ^(F)in your blood, I said to you ^(G)in your blood, ‘Live!’ I said to you ^(H)in your blood, ‘Live!’ ^7 (I)I made you flourish like a plant of the field. And you grew up and became tall ^(J)and arrived at full adornment. Your breasts were formed, and your hair had grown; yet ^(K)you were naked and bare.

⁸ “When I passed by you again and saw you, behold, you were at the age for love, and ^(L)I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your nakedness; I made my vow to you ^(M)and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Lord God, ^(N)and you became mine. ⁹ Then I bathed you with water and washed off your blood from you and ^(O)anointed you with oil. ^10 (P)I clothed you also with embroidered cloth and shod you with fine leather. I wrapped you in fine linen and covered you with silk.^[a]

⁹ The cherubim spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat were the faces of the cherubim.

⁹ And ^(A)the great dragon was thrown down, ^(B)that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, ^(C)the deceiver of the whole world—^(D)he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.