3. Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon that had seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven diadem crowns.
4. Now the dragon’s tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth. Then the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child as soon as it was born.
5. So the woman gave birth to a son, a male child, who is going to rule over all the nations with an iron rod. Her child was suddenly caught up to God and to his throne,
6. and she fled into the wilderness where a place had been prepared for her by God, so she could be taken care of for 1,260 days.
7. Then war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.
8. But the dragon was not strong enough to prevail, so there was no longer any place left in heaven for him and his angels.
9. So that huge dragon – the ancient serpent, the one called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world – was thrown down to the earth, and his angels along with him.