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Revelation 12

1A woman clothed with the sun travaileth. 3A great red dragon standeth ready to devour her child. 5She is delivered, and fleeth into the wilderness. 7Michael and his angels fight with the dragon, who is cast out of heaven with his angels. 10The victory proclaimed in heaven. 13The dragon cast down to the earth persecuteth the woman.

1 AND there appeared a great a1wonder in heaven; ba woman cclothed with the sun, and dthe moon under her feet, and upon her head ea crown of twelve stars:

2 fAnd she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.

3 And there appeared another 2wonder in heaven; and behold ga great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.

4 And his htail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: iand the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, jfor to devour her child as soon as it was born.

5 And kshe brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and lher child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.

6 And mthe 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 nAnd there was war in heaven: oMichael and his angels fought against the dragon; and pthe dragon fought and his angels,

8 And qprevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.

9 And rthe great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and sSatan, which deceiveth the whole world: the was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

10 And I heard ua loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for vthe accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

11 And wthey overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by xthe word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

12 Therefore yrejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. zWoe 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 aa short time.

13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, bhe persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.

14 cAnd 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 dfor a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth ewater as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.

16 And fthe 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 gdragon was *wroth with the woman, and went to hmake war with the remnant of her seed, iwhich keep the commandments of God, and jhave the testimony of Jesus Christ.