¹² It worked for the beast whose fatal wound had been healed. And it used all its authority to force the earth and its people to worship that beast. ¹³ It worked mighty miracles, and while people watched, it even made fire come down from the sky.

³⁸ The Lord immediately sent fire, and it burned up the sacrifice, the wood, and the stones. It scorched the ground everywhere around the altar and dried up every drop of water in the ditch.

³ Then they saw what looked like fiery tongues moving in all directions, and a tongue came and settled on each person there.