| Chapter
12 |
| 1 | And
there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the
moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: |
| 2 | And she being with child cried,
travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. |
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3 | And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and
behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns
upon his heads. |
| 4 | And his
tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the
earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered,
for to devour her child as soon as it was born. |
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5 | And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all
nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his
throne. |
| 6 | And the 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 | And there was war in heaven: Michael
and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his
angels, |
| 8 | And prevailed
not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. |
| 9 | And the great dragon was cast out, that
old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he
was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. |
| 10 | And I heard a loud voice
saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our
God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down,
which accused them before our God day and night. |
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11 | And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and
by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the
death. |
| 12 | Therefore
rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe 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 a short time. |
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13 | And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the
earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. |
| 14 | And 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 for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of
the serpent. |
| 15 | And the
serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might
cause her to be carried away of the flood. |
| 16 | And the 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 dragon
was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed,
which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. |
