Revelation 13:11-18

New King James Version

The Beast from the Earth

¹¹Then I saw another beast ^(A)coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. ¹²And 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. ¹⁵He 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. ¹⁶He 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, ¹⁷and 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.

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Footnotes

Revelation 13:14 M my own people
Revelation 13:17 NU, M the mark, the name

Micah 7

New King James Version

Sorrow for Israel’s Sins

7 Woe is me!
For I am like those who gather summer fruits,
Like those who ^(A)glean vintage grapes;
There is no cluster to eat
Of the first-ripe fruit which ^(B)my soul desires.
²The ^(C)faithful^[a] man has perished from the earth,
And there is no one upright among men.
They all lie in wait for blood;
^(D)Every man hunts his brother with a net.

³That they may successfully do evil with both hands—
The prince asks for gifts,
The judge seeks a ^(E)bribe,
And the great man utters his evil desire;
So they scheme together.
⁴The best of them is ^(F)like a brier;
The most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge;
The day of your watchman and your punishment comes;
Now shall be their perplexity.

⁵^(G)Do not trust in a friend;
Do not put your confidence in a companion;
Guard the doors of your mouth
From her who lies in your ^(H)bosom.
⁶For ^(I)son dishonors father,
Daughter rises against her mother,
Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
A man’s enemies are the men of his own household.
⁷Therefore I will look to the Lord;
I will ^(J)wait for the God of my salvation;
My God will hear me.

Israel’s Confession and Comfort

⁸^(K)Do not rejoice over me, my enemy;
^(L)When I fall, I will arise;
When I sit in darkness,
The Lord will be a light to me.
⁹^(M)I will bear the indignation of the Lord,
Because I have sinned against Him,
Until He pleads my ^(N)case
And executes justice for me.
He will bring me forth to the light;
I will see His righteousness.
¹⁰Then she who is my enemy will see,
And ^(O)shame will cover her who said to me,
^(P)“Where is the Lord your God?”
My eyes will see her;
Now she will be trampled down
Like mud in the streets.

¹¹In the day when your ^(Q)walls are to be built,
In that day ^[b]the decree shall go far and wide.
¹²In that day ^(R)they^[c] shall come to you
From Assyria and the ^[d]fortified cities,
From the ^[e]fortress to ^[f]the River,
From sea to sea,
And mountain to mountain.
¹³Yet the land shall be desolate
Because of those who dwell in it,
And ^(S)for the fruit of their deeds.

God Will Forgive Israel

¹⁴Shepherd Your people with Your staff,
The flock of Your heritage,
Who dwell ^[g]solitarily in a ^(T)woodland,
In the midst of Carmel;
Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead,
As in days of old.

¹⁵“As^(U) in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt,
I will show ^[h]them ^(V)wonders.”

¹⁶The nations ^(W)shall see and be ashamed of all their might;
^(X)They shall put their hand over their mouth;
Their ears shall be deaf.
¹⁷They shall lick the ^(Y)dust like a serpent;
^(Z)They shall crawl from their holes like ^[i]snakes of the earth.
^(AA)They shall be afraid of the Lord our God,
And shall fear because of You.
¹⁸^(AB)Who is a God like You,
^(AC)Pardoning iniquity
And passing over the transgression of ^(AD)the remnant of His heritage?

^(AE)He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He delights in ^(AF)mercy.^[j]
¹⁹He will again have compassion on us,
And will subdue our iniquities.

You will cast all ^[k]our sins
Into the depths of the sea.
²⁰^(AG)You will give truth to Jacob
And ^[l]mercy to Abraham,
^(AH)Which You have sworn to our fathers
From days of old.