⁸ and their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city that symbolically^[a] is called ^(A)Sodom and ^(B)Egypt, where their Lord was crucified. ⁹ For three and a half days some from the peoples and tribes and languages and nations will gaze at their dead bodies and ^(C)refuse to let them be placed in a tomb, ¹⁰ and ^(D)those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and make merry and ^(E)exchange presents, because these two prophets ^(F)had been a torment to those who dwell on the earth. ¹¹ But after the three and a half days ^(G)a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood up on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them. ¹² Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, ^(H)“Come up here!” And ^(I)they went up to heaven ^(J)in a cloud, and their enemies watched them. ¹³ And at that hour there was ^(K)a great earthquake, and ^(L)a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and ^(M)gave glory to ^(N)the God of heaven.

^14 (O)The second woe has passed; behold, the third woe is soon to come.

The Seventh Trumpet

¹⁵ Then ^(P)the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and ^(Q)there were loud voices in heaven, saying, ^(R)“The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of ^(S)his Christ, and ^(T)he shall reign forever and ever.” ¹⁶ And the twenty-four elders ^(U)who sit on their thrones before God ^(V)fell on their faces and worshiped God, ¹⁷ saying,

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

The Woman and the Dragon

12 And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman ^(AF)clothed with ^(AG)the sun, with ^(AH)the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. ² She was pregnant and ^(AI)was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth. ³ And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great ^(AJ)red dragon, ^(AK)with seven heads and ^(AL)ten horns, and on his heads ^(AM)seven diadems. ⁴ His tail swept down ^(AN)a third of the stars of heaven and ^(AO)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 ^(AP)he might devour it. ⁵ She gave birth to a male child, ^(AQ)one who is to rule^[c] all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was ^(AR)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 ^(AS)1,260 days.

Satan Thrown Down to Earth

⁷ Now war arose in heaven, ^(AT)Michael and ^(AU)his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, ⁸ but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. ⁹ And ^(AV)the great dragon was thrown down, ^(AW)that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, ^(AX)the deceiver of the whole world—^(AY)he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. ¹⁰ And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now ^(AZ)the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers^[d] has been thrown down, ^(BA)who accuses them day and night before our God. ¹¹ And ^(BB)they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for ^(BC)they loved not their lives ^(BD)even unto death. ¹² Therefore, ^(BE)rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them! But ^(BF)woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because ^(BG)he knows that his time is short!”

¹³ And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued ^(BH)the woman who had given birth to the male child. ¹⁴ But the woman was given the two ^(BI)wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpent ^(BJ)into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished ^(BK)for a time, and times, and half a time. ¹⁵ The serpent poured water ^(BL)like a river out of his mouth after the woman, to sweep her away with a flood. ¹⁶ But the earth came to the help of the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth. ¹⁷ Then the dragon became furious with the woman and went off ^(BM)to make war on the rest of ^(BN)her offspring, ^(BO)on those who keep the commandments of God and hold to ^(BP)the testimony of Jesus. And he stood^[e] on the sand of the sea.

The First Beast

13 And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, ^(BQ)with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and ^(BR)blasphemous names on its heads. ² And the beast that I saw was ^(BS)like a leopard; its feet were like ^(BT)a bear's, and its mouth was like ^(BU)a lion's mouth. And to it ^(BV)the dragon gave his power and ^(BW)his throne and great authority. ³ One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and ^(BX)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, ^(BY)“Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?”

⁵ And the beast was given ^(BZ)a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for ^(CA)forty-two months. ⁶ It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling,^[f] that is, those who dwell in heaven. ⁷ Also it was allowed ^(CB)to make war on the saints and to conquer them.^[g] And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation,