12. “The heavens should rejoice,together with everyonewho lives there.But pity the earthand the sea,because the devilwas thrown downto the earth.He knows his time is short,and he is very angry.”
13. When the dragon realized that it had been thrown down to the earth, it tried to make trouble for the woman who had given birth to a son.
14. But the woman was given two wings like those of a huge eagle, so that she could fly into the desert. There she would escape from the snake and be taken care of for a time, two times, and half a time.
15. The snake then spewed out water like a river to sweep the woman away.
16. But the earth helped her and swallowed the water that had come from the dragon's mouth.
17. This made the dragon terribly angry with the woman. So it started a war against the rest of her children. They are the people who obey God and are faithful to what Jesus did and taught.
18. The dragon stood on the beach beside the sea.