Revelation 13:5-11

⁵The Beast had a loud mouth, boastful and blasphemous. It could do anything it wanted for forty-two months.b

⁶It yelled blasphemies against God, blasphemed his Name, blasphemed his Church, especially those already dwelling with God in Heaven.

⁷It was permitted to make war on God''s holy people and conquer them. It held absolute sway over all tribes and peoples, tongues and races.c

⁸Everyone on earth whose name was not written from the world''s foundation in the slaughtered Lamb''s Book of Life will worship the Beast.d

⁹Are you listening to this?

¹⁰They''ve made their bed; now they must lie in it. Anyone marked for prison goes straight to prison; anyone pulling a sword goes down by the sword. Meanwhile, God''s holy people passionately and faithfully stand their ground.e

¹¹I saw another Beast rising out of the ground. It had two horns like a lamb but sounded like a dragon when it spoke.