Third Trumpet: The Waters Struck

¹⁰ Then the third angel sounded: ^(A)And a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, ^(B)and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. ^11 (C)The name of the star is Wormwood. ^(D)A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the water, because it was made bitter.

Fifth Trumpet: The Locusts from the Bottomless Pit

9 Then the fifth angel sounded: ^(A)And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key to ^(B)the ^[a]bottomless pit. ² And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace. So the ^(C)sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit. ³ Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given power, ^(D)as the scorpions of the earth have power.

¹³ And I saw three unclean ^(A)spirits like frogs coming out of the mouth of ^(B)the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of ^(C)the false prophet. ¹⁴ For they are spirits of demons, ^(D)performing signs, which go out to the kings ^[a]of the earth and of ^(E)the whole world, to gather them to ^(F)the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

^15 (G)“Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, ^(H)lest he walk naked and they see his shame.”

^16 (I)And they gathered them together to the place called in Hebrew, ^[b]Armageddon.

^14 (A)These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will ^(B)overcome them, ^(C)for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; ^(D)and those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful.”

Satanic Rebellion Crushed^(A)

⁷ Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison ⁸ and will go out ^(B)to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, ^(C)Gog and Magog, ^(D)to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea.

The Beast from the Earth

¹¹ Then I saw another beast ^(A)coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. ¹² And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, ^(B)whose deadly wound was healed. ^13 (C)He performs great signs, ^(D)so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. ^14 (E)And he deceives ^[a]those who dwell on the earth ^(F)by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword ^(G)and lived. ¹⁵ He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak ^(H)and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. ¹⁶ He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, ^(I)to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, ¹⁷ and that no one may buy or sell except one who has ^[b]the mark or ^(J)the name of the beast, ^(K)or the number of his name.

^18 (L)Here is wisdom. Let him who has ^(M)understanding calculate ^(N)the number of the beast, ^(O)for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.

⁷ It was granted to him ^(A)to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And ^(B)authority was given him over every ^[a]tribe, tongue, and nation. ⁸ All who dwell on the earth will worship him, ^(C)whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain ^(D)from the foundation of the world.

The Great Apostasy

4 Now the Spirit ^[a]expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed ^(A)to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons,

⁸ Beware lest anyone ^[a]cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to ^(A)the tradition of men, according to the ^(B)basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.