And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

If any man have an ear, let him hear.

10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,

14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.

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All inhabitants of the earth(A) will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life,(B) the Lamb(C) who was slain from the creation of the world.[a](D)

Whoever has ears, let them hear.(E)

10 “If anyone is to go into captivity,
    into captivity they will go.
If anyone is to be killed[b] with the sword,
    with the sword they will be killed.”[c](F)

This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness(G) on the part of God’s people.(H)

The Beast out of the Earth

11 Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth.(I) It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon.(J) 12 It exercised all the authority(K) of the first beast on its behalf,(L) and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast,(M) whose fatal wound had been healed.(N) 13 And it performed great signs,(O) even causing fire to come down from heaven(P) to the earth in full view of the people. 14 Because of the signs(Q) it was given power to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived(R) the inhabitants of the earth.(S) It ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived.(T)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 13:8 Or written from the creation of the world in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was slain
  2. Revelation 13:10 Some manuscripts anyone kills
  3. Revelation 13:10 Jer. 15:2