And there
appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman
clothed with the sun, and the moon under her
feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
02 And she being with child cried, travailing in
birth, and pained to be delivered.
03 And there appeared another wonder in heaven;
and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads
and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
04 And his tail drew the third part of the stars
of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and
the dragon stood before the woman which was ready
to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon
as it was born.
05 And she brought forth a man child, who was to
rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her
child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
06 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where
she hath a place prepared of God, that they
should feed her there a thousand two hundred and
threescore days.
07 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his
angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon
fought and his angels,
08 And prevailed not; neither was their place
found any more in heaven.
09 And the great dragon was cast out, that old
serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which
deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into
the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
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10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now
is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom
of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the
accuser of our brethren is cast down, which
accused them before our God day and night.
11 And they overcame him by the blood of the
Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and
they loved not their lives unto the death.
12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that
dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth
and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto
you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that
he hath but a short time.
13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto
the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought
forth the man child.
14 And to the woman were given two wings of a
great eagle, that she might fly into the
wilderness, into her place, where she is
nourished for a time, and times, and half a time,
from the face of the serpent.
15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as
a flood after the woman, that he might cause her
to be carried away of the flood.
16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth
opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood
which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and
went to make war with the remnant of her seed,
which keep the commandments of God, and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ.
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