Then<n id="1" /> out of the smoke came locusts onto the earth, and they were given power<n id="2" /> like that of the scorpions of the earth.

They have as king over them the angel of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is <i>Abaddoni>, and in Greek, <i>Apollyoni>.<n id="1" />p>

Furthermore,<n id="1" /> they did not repent of their murders, of their magic spells,<n id="2" /> of their sexual immorality, or of their stealing.p>

Then<n id="1" /> the serpent spouted water like a river out of his mouth after the woman in an attempt to<n id="2" /> sweep her away by a flood,

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> I saw another beast<n id="2" /> coming up from the earth. He<n id="3" /> had two horns like a lamb,<n id="4" /> but<n id="5" /> was speaking like a dragon.

So<n id="1" /> the one seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.p>

On<n id="1" /> her forehead was written a name, a mystery:<n id="2" /> &#8220;Babylon the Great, the Mother of prostitutes and of the detestable things of the earth.&#8221;

As for<n id="1" /> the woman you saw, she is the great city that has sovereignty over the kings of the earth.&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">After these things I saw another angel, who possessed great authority, coming down out of heaven, and the earth was lit up by his radiance.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn for her because no one buys their cargo<n id="2" /> any longer &#8211;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> I saw an angel descending from heaven, holding<n id="2" /> in his hand the key to the abyss and a huge chain.

If<n id="1" /> anyone&#8217;s name<n id="2" /> was not found written in the book of life, that person<n id="3" /> was thrown into the lake of fire.p>

The<n id="1" /> wall of the city has twelve foundations, and on them are the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.p>

The nations<n id="1" /> will walk by its light and the kings of the earth will bring their grandeur<n id="2" /> into it.

Then<n id="1" /> he said to me, &#8220;Do not seal up the words of the prophecy contained in this book, because the time is near.

The one who conquers<n id="1" /> I will make<n id="2" /> a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will never depart from it. I<n id="3" /> will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from my God),<n id="4" /> and my new name as well.

So<n id="1" /> I looked<n id="2" /> and here came<n id="3" /> a pale green<n id="4" /> horse! The<n id="5" /> name of the one who rode it<n id="6" /> was Death, and Hades followed right behind.<n id="7" /> They<n id="8" /> were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill its population with the sword,<n id="9" /> famine, and disease,<n id="10" /> and by the wild animals of the earth.p>

So<n id="1" /> I said to him, &#8220;My lord, you know the answer.&#8221;<n id="2" /> Then<n id="3" /> he said to me, &#8220;These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. They<n id="4" /> have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb!

Then<n id="1" /> the voice I had heard from heaven began to speak<n id="2" /> to me<n id="3" /> again,<n id="4" /> &#8220;Go and take the open<n id="5" /> scroll in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.&#8221;

Now<n id="1" /> the dragon&#8217;s<n id="2" /> tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth. Then<n id="3" /> the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child as soon as it was born.