and all those who live on the earth will worship the beast,<n id="1" /> everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world<n id="2" /> in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was killed.<n id="3" />

He<n id="1" /> exercised all the ruling authority<n id="2" /> of the first beast on his behalf,<n id="3" /> and made the earth and those who inhabit it worship the first beast, the one whose lethal wound had been healed.

I also heard a sound<n id="1" /> coming out of heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder. Now<n id="2" /> the sound I heard was like that made by harpists playing their harps,

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> I saw another<n id="2" /> angel flying directly overhead,<n id="3" /> and he had<n id="4" /> an eternal gospel to proclaim<n id="5" /> to those who live<n id="6" /> on the earth &#8211; to every nation, tribe,<n id="7" /> language, and people.

He declared<n id="1" /> in a loud voice: &#8220;Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has arrived, and worship the one who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water!&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">A<n id="1" /> third angel<n id="2" /> followed the first two,<n id="3" /> declaring<n id="4" /> in a loud voice: &#8220;If anyone worships the beast and his image, and takes the mark on his forehead or his hand,

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> I looked, and a white cloud appeared,<n id="2" /> and seated <i>on the cloud was one like a son of man!i><n id="3" /> He had<n id="4" /> a golden crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.

<p class="bodytext">Next,<n id="1" /> the second angel<n id="2" /> poured out his bowl on the sea and it turned into blood, like that of a corpse, and every living creature that was in the sea died.p>

So<n id="1" /> he carried me away in the Spirit<n id="2" /> to a wilderness,<n id="3" /> and there<n id="4" /> I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was full of blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.

Now<n id="1" /> the woman was dressed in purple and scarlet clothing,<n id="2" /> and adorned with gold,<n id="3" /> precious stones, and pearls. She held<n id="4" /> in her hand a golden cup filled with detestable things and unclean things from her sexual immorality.<n id="5" />

The<n id="1" /> ten horns that you saw, and the beast &#8211; these will hate the prostitute and make her desolate and naked. They<n id="2" /> will consume her flesh and burn her up with fire.<n id="3" />

He<n id="1" /> shouted with a powerful voice:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Fallen, fallen, is Babylon the great!p> <p class="poetry">She<n id="2" /> has become a lair for demons,p> <p class="poetry">a haunt<n id="3" /> for every unclean spirit,p> <p class="poetry">a haunt for every unclean bird,p> <p class="poetry">a haunt for every unclean and detested beast.<n id="4" />p>

Repay her the same way she repaid others;<n id="1" /> pay her back double<n id="2" /> corresponding to her deeds. In the cup she mixed, mix double the amount for her.

As much as<n id="1" /> she exalted herself and lived in sensual luxury,<n id="2" /> to this extent give her torment and grief because she said to herself,<n id="3" /> &#8216;I rule as queen and am no widow; I will never experience grief!&#8217;

<p class="poetry">because his judgments are true and just.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">For he has judged<n id="2" /> the great prostitutep> <p class="poetry">who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality,p> <p class="poetry">and has avenged the blood of his servants<n id="3" /> poured out by her own hands!&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> I saw heaven opened and here came<n id="2" /> a white horse! The<n id="3" /> one riding it was called &#8220;Faithful&#8221; and &#8220;True,&#8221; and with justice<n id="4" /> he judges and goes to war.

The<n id="1" /> others were killed by the sword that extended from the mouth of the one who rode the horse, and all the birds gorged<n id="2" /> themselves with their flesh.p>

and will go out to deceive<n id="1" /> the nations at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog,<n id="2" /> to bring them together for the battle. They are as numerous as the grains of sand in the sea.<n id="3" />

So<n id="1" /> he took me away in the Spirit<n id="2" /> to a huge, majestic mountain<n id="3" /> and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God.

but<n id="1" /> nothing ritually unclean<n id="2" /> will ever enter into it, nor anyone who does what is detestable<n id="3" /> or practices falsehood,<n id="4" /> but only those whose names<n id="5" /> are written in the Lamb&#8217;s book of life.p>