12 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: 2 And
she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. 3 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. 4 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. 5 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. 6 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. 7 And
there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon;
and the dragon fought and his angels, 8 And
prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. 9 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.
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.