And I saw a  ¹beast coming up out of the  ²sea, having  ³ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns ten diadems, and on his heads names of  ⁴blasphemy.

And the beast which I saw was  ¹like a leopard, and his feet like those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave him his  ²power and his throne and great authority.

And  ¹one of his heads was as it were slain to death, and his death stroke was healed. And the whole earth marveled after the beast.

And they worshipped the dragon because he gave his authority to the beast; and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like the beast? And who can make war with him?

And there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and authority was given to him to act for  ¹forty-two months.

And he opened his mouth for blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle, which tabernacle in heaven.

And permission was given to him to make war with the  ¹saints and to overcome them; and authority was given to him over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.

And all those dwelling on the earth will worship him, every one whose name is not  ¹written in the  ²book of life of the Lamb who was slain from the foundation of the world.

If anyone has an ear, let him hear.

If anyone is for captivity, into captivity he goes; if anyone kills with the sword, with the sword he is to be killed. Here is the endurance and the faith of the  ¹saints.

And I saw  ¹another beast coming up out of the  ²earth, and he had two horns  ³like a lamb, and he spoke like a dragon.

And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his sight, and he causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose death stroke was healed.

And he does great  ¹signs, so that he even makes fire come down out of heaven to the earth before men.

And he deceives those who dwell on the earth on account of the signs which he was given power to do before the beast,  ¹commanding those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast, who had the stroke of the sword and revived.

And power was given to him to give  ¹breath to the image of the beast that the image of the beast might even  ²speak and cause whoever would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.

And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the freemen and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead,

And that no one may be able to buy or sell except him who has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of his name.

Here is wisdom. Let him who has  ¹understanding calculate the  ²number of the beast, for it is the number of a man; and his number is six hundred sixty-six.

Hear now what Jehovah says:
Arise, contend before the mountains,
And let the hills hear your voice.

Hear, O mountains, Jehovah's contention,
And you enduring foundations of the earth;
For Jehovah has a contention with His people,
And with Israel He will dispute.

O My people, what have I done to You?
And with what have I wearied you? Testify against Me.

For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt,
And from the slave house I redeemed you;
And I sent before you Moses,
Aaron, and Miriam.

O My people, remember now what Balak the king of Moab counseled,
And what Balaam the son of Beor answered him,
From Shittim to Gilgal,
That you may know the righteous acts of Jehovah.

With what shall I come before Jehovah
And bow myself before the high God?
Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings,
With one-year-old calves?

Will Jehovah be pleased with thousands of rams,
With tens of thousands of rivers of oil?
Shall I give my  ¹firstborn for my transgression,
The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

He has declared to you, O man, what is good; And what does Jehovah require of you,
 ¹But that you would execute justice and love mercy
And walk humbly with your God?

The voice of Jehovah cries out to the city,
And wisdom looks upon Your name.
Hear the rod and Him who appointed it.

Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked,
And a scant measure that is abominable?

Shall I be pure with wicked balances
And with a bag of deceitful weights?

For the rich men of  ¹the city are full of violence,
And those who inhabit it speak falsehood,
And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Thus I also have made you sick by striking you;
I have made you desolate because of your sins.

You will eat, but you will not be satisfied;
And your emptiness will remain in the midst of you;
And you will take away,
But you will not rescue,
And what you rescue I will give up to the sword.

You will sow,
But you will not reap;
You will tread olives,
But you will not anoint yourself with oil,
And the new wine,
But you will not drink wine.

For the statutes of Omri are kept,
And all the works of the house of Ahab;
And you walk in their counsels,
That I may make you a desolation,
And the inhabitants of the city a hissing;
And you will bear the reproach of My people.

Woe is me! For I am like a gathering of summer fruit
And like a gleaning of the vintage;
There is no cluster to eat,
Nor first-ripe fig, which my soul desires.

The godly man has perished from the land,
And there is none upright among men;
They all lie in wait for bloodshed;
They each hunt their brother with a net.

Both hands are set upon evil, to do it well:
The prince asks for it,
And the judge agrees, for a reward,
And the great man, he utters the evil desire of his soul,
And they weave it together.

The best one among them is like a briar;
The most upright is worse than a thorn hedge.
The day of your watchmen, your visitation, has come;
Now will be their confounding.

Do not trust in a neighbor;
Do not put your confidence in a friend;
Keep the doors of your mouth
From her who lies in your bosom.

For the son treats the father like a fool;
The daughter rises up against her mother,
The daughter-in-law, against her mother-in-law;
A man's enemies are the men of his own house.

But as for me, I will look for Jehovah;
I will wait for the God of my salvation;
My God will hear me.

Do not rejoice against me, O my enemy;
When I fall, I will rise up;
When I sit in the darkness,
Jehovah will be a light to me.

I will bear the indignation of Jehovah —
For I have sinned against Him —
Until He plead my cause
And execute justice for me;
He will bring me forth into the light;
I will see His righteousness.

Then my enemy will see
And shame will cover
Her who said to me,
Where is Jehovah your God?
My eyes will see her:
At that time she will become trampled
Like mud in the streets.

A day for building your walls!
In that day the decree will be far away;

In that day they will come even unto you
From Assyria and from the cities of Egypt,
And from Egypt even to the  ¹River,
And from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.

But the land will become desolate
Because of the inhabitants in it, due to the fruit of their doings.

Shepherd Your people with Your rod,
The flock of Your inheritance,
Who dwell alone in the forest
In the midst of Carmel;
Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead
As in the days of old.

As in the days of your going forth out from the land of Egypt,
I will show  ¹you wonders.

The nations will see and be ashamed
Of all their might;
They will put the hand over the mouth;
Their ears will be deaf.

They will lick the dust like a serpent;
Like crawling things of the earth,
They will come quivering from their enclosed places;
To Jehovah our God
They will turn in fear and be afraid because of You.

Who is a God like You,
 ¹Pardoning iniquity
And passing over the transgression
Of the remnant of His inheritance?
He does not retain His anger forever,
For He delights in lovingkindness.

He will again have compassion on us;
He will tread our iniquities underfoot.
And You will cast into the depths of the sea
All their sins.

You will perform truth to Jacob,
And lovingkindness to Abraham,
Which You have sworn to our fathers
From the days of old.