9. This great dragon—the ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, the one deceiving the whole world—was thrown down to the earth with all his angels.
10. Then I heard a loud voice shouting across the heavens,“It has come at last—salvation and powerand the Kingdom of our God,and the authority of his Christ.For the accuser of our brothers and sistershas been thrown down to earth—the one who accuses thembefore our God day and night.
11. And they have defeated him by the blood of the Lamband by their testimony.And they did not love their lives so muchthat they were afraid to die.
12. Therefore, rejoice, O heavens!And you who live in the heavens, rejoice!But terror will come on the earth and the sea,for the devil has come down to you in great anger,knowing that he has little time.”
13. When the dragon realized that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.
14. But she was given two wings like those of a great eagle so she could fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness. There she would be cared for and protected from the dragon for a time, times, and half a time.
15. Then the dragon tried to drown the woman with a flood of water that flowed from his mouth.
16. But the earth helped her by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that gushed out from the mouth of the dragon.
17. And the dragon was angry at the woman and declared war against the rest of her children—all who keep God’s commandments and maintain their testimony for Jesus.
18. Then the dragon took his stand on the shore beside the sea.