The Beast from the Earth

¹¹ Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; it had two horns like a lamb,^[a](A) but it spoke like a dragon.

¹⁴ It deceives those who live on the earth^(A) because of the signs that it is permitted to perform in the presence of the beast,^(B) telling those who live on the earth to make an image^[a] of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived. ¹⁵ It was permitted to give breath^[b] to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast could both speak and cause whoever would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.^(C)