⁴ they worshiped the ^(A)dragon because he ^(B)gave his authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “^(C)Who is like the beast, and who is able to wage war with him?”

⁷ It was also given to him to ^(A)make war with the ^[a]saints and to overcome them, and authority was given to him over ^(B)every tribe, people, language, and nation.

The Beast from the Earth

¹¹ Then ^(A)I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had ^(B)two horns like a lamb, and he spoke as a ^(C)dragon. ¹² He ^(D)exercises all the authority of the first beast ^[a](E)in his presence. And he makes ^(F)the earth and those who live on it ^(G)worship the first beast, whose ^(H)fatal wound was healed.

³ I saw one of his heads as if it had been ^[a]fatally wounded, and his ^(A)fatal wound was healed. And the whole earth ^(B)was amazed and followed after the beast; ⁴ they worshiped the ^(C)dragon because he ^(D)gave his authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “^(E)Who is like the beast, and who is able to wage war with him?”

² And he took hold of the ^(A)dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and ^(B)bound him for a thousand years;

The Doom of Babylon

17 ^(A)Then one of the ^(B)seven angels who had the ^(C)seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you ^(D)the judgment of the ^(E)great prostitute who ^(F)sits on many waters, ² with whom ^(G)the kings of the earth committed acts of sexual immorality, and ^(H)those who live on the earth ^(I)became drunk with the wine of her sexual immorality.”

¹⁵ And he *said to me, “The ^(A)waters which you saw where the prostitute sits are ^(B)peoples and multitudes, and nations and languages.