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saw, was like a leopard; and his feet like [those] of a wolf,b and his mouth like the mouth of lions: and the dragon gave to him his own power and his throne, and great authority. (3) And one of his 8 heads was wounded as it were to death; and his deadly wound was healed. And all the earth wondered after the beast of prey. (4) And they 4 worshipped the dragon, because he had given authority to this beast of prey; and [they said], who can make war upon him? (5) And there was given 5 to him a mouth speaking great things, and blasphemies: and authority was given him to operate forty and two months. (6) And he opened his mouth 6 in blasphemy towards God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them who dwell in heaven. (7) And authority was given him over every tribe 7 and people and tongue and nation: and it was given him to wage war with the saints, and to overcome them. (8) And all that dwell on the 8 earth, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world, will worship him. (9) If any one hath ears, 9 let him hear. (10) If [any one] carrieth into cap- 10 tivity, he shall himself go into captivity; and if any one slayeth with the sword, he must be slain with the sword: here is the patience and the faith of the saints.-(11) And I saw another beast of 11 prey, which came out of the earth; and he had two horns like those of a lamb, and he spoke like the dragon. (12) And before him he exercised all 12 the authority of the first beast of prey, whose deadly wound was healed. (13) And he wrought 13 great signs, even so as to make fire come down from heaven upon the earth, before men. (14) 14 And he seduced them that dwell on the earth, to erect an image to the beast of prey who had the wound from a sword and recovered. (15) And it 15 was given him to put lifed into the image of the beast of prey; and to cause that all they who would not worship the image of the beast of prey, should be slain: (16) and to cause that all, great 16 and small, rich and poor, bond and free, should reSy. Looi ceive a marke on their right hands, or upon their foreheads; (17) so that no one might be able to 17 buy or to sell, except those who had the mark of the name of the beast of prey, or the number of his

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(18) Here is wisdom: let him that hath intelligence, compute the number of the beast of Sy. Loo prey; for it is the number of a man: and its number is six hundred and sixty and six.

XIV. And I looked, and behold, a Lamb stood on
mount Zion; and with him the number of a hun-
dred and forty and four thousand, having his name
and the name of his Father written upon their
2 foreheads. (2) And I heard a sound from heaven,
as the sound of many waters, and as the sound of
great thunder; and the sound which I heard, was
3 like that of harpers striking on their harps. (3)
And they sang a new song before the throne, and
before the four Animals and the Elders: and
no one was able to learn that song, except the
hundred and forty and four thousand who were
4 redeemed from the earth. (4) These are they who
have not defiled themselves with women, for they
are virgins. These are they who followed the
Lamb, whithersoever he went. These have been
redeemed by Jesus from among men, the first fruits
5 to God and the Lamb. (5) And in their mouth
was found, no falsehood; for they are without faults.
6-(6) And I saw another angel flying in heaven:
and with blood, he had the everlasting gospel, to
proclaim to dwellers on the earth, and to every
7 nation and tribe and tongue and people; (7) saying
with a loud voice, Worship God, and give glory
to him; because the hour of his judgment is come;
and adore ye Him, who made heaven and earth,
8 and the sea, and the fountains of water. (8) And
another, a second angel followed him, saying:
Fallen, fallen is Babylona the great, which made Sy.
all nations drink of the wine of the rage of her
9 whoredom. (9) And another, a third angel follow-
ed them, saying with a loud voice: If any man
shall worship the beast of prey and its image, and
shall receive its mark upon his forehead or on his
10 hand, (10) he also shall drink of the wine of the
wrath of God, which is poured undiluted into the
cup of his indignation, and shall be tormented with
fire and sulphur, before the holy angels, and be-
fore the throne. (11) And the smoke of their tor-
11 ment ascendeth up for ever and ever; and there is
no rest, by day or by night, to those that worship

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the beast of prey and its image. (12) Here is the 12
patience of the saints, who keep the commandments
of God, and the faith of Jesus. (13) And I heard 13
a voice from heaven, saying: Write, Blessed are
the dead that die in the Lord, henceforth: yes, saith
the Spirit, that they may rest from their toils; for
their deeds do accompany them.-(14) And I 14
looked, and lo, a white cloud; and upon the
cloud sat one who was like the Son of man; and
on his head was a crown of gold, and in his hand a
sharp sickle. (15) And another angel came out of 15
the temple, crying with a loud voice, to him that
sat on the cloud. (16) And he thrust his sickle 16
over the earth; and the earth was reaped. (17) 17
And another angel came out of the temple that is
in heaven, having also a sharp sickle. (18) And 18
another angel came out from the altar, having au-
thority over fire. And he cried with a loud voice,
to him who had the sharp sickle, saying: Thrust
in thy sickle which is sharp, and gather the clusters
of the vineyard of the earth, because the grapes of
the earth are ripe. (19) And the angel thrust in 19
his sickle on the earth, and gathered the vintage of
the earth, and cast [it] into the wine-press of the
wrath of the great God. (20) And the wine-press 20
was trodden, up to the horses' bridles, for a thou-
sand and six hundred furlongs.

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And I saw another prodigya in heaven, great XV. and wonderful; seven angels, having seven plagues, the last in order, because with them the wrath of God is consummated. (2) And I saw as it were, a sea of glass mixed with fire: and they, who had been victorious over the beast of prey, and over its image, and over the number of its name, were standing on the sea of glass; and they had the harps of God. (3) And they sing the song of Moses 3 the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying: Great and marvellous are thy deeds, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, O King of worlds.b (4) Who shall not fear thee, O 4 Lord, and glorify thy name? Because thou only art holy and just: Because all nations shall come and worship before thee, since thy righteousnesses have been revealed.-(5) And after this I beheld, 5 and the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in

6 heaven, was opened. (6) And the seven angels who had the seven plagues, went forth from the temple, clothed in clean splendid linen, and girded about 7 their breast with girdles of gold. (7) And one of the four Animals gave to those seven angels seven cupsd of gold, full of the wrath of God who liveth 8 for ever and ever. (8) And the temple was filled with smoke, from the glory of God and from his power; and no one was able to enter the temple, until the seven plagues of the seven angels were accomplished.

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XVI. And I heard a voice, which said to the seven
angels: Go forth, and pour those seven cups of the
2 wrath of God upon the earth.—(2) And the first
went, and poured his cup upon the earth; and there
was a malignant and painful ulcer upon those men
who had the mark of the beast of prey, and who
3 worshipped its image.—(3) And the second angel
poured his cup upon the sea; and it became blood,
like that of a dead person; and every living soul
4 of things in the sea, died.—(4) And the third angel
poured his cup upon the rivers and the fountains
5 of water; and they became blood. (5) And I
heard the angel of the waters say: Righteous art
thou, who art and who wast, and art holy; because
6 thou hast done this judgment. (6) For they have
shed the blood of saints and prophets; and thou
hast given them blood to drink, for they deserve it.
7 (7) And I heard [one from] the altara
Yes,
Lord God Almighty: true and righteous is thy
8 judgment. (8) And the fourth poured his cup
upon the sun: and it was permitted him, to scorchor, it.
9 men with fire. (9) And men were scorched with
great heat; and men blasphemed the name of God,
who hath authority over these plagues; and they
10 repented not, to give glory to him.-(10) And the
fifth poured his cup on the throne of the beast of
prey; and his kingdom became darkness; and they
il gnawed their tongues, from pain; (11) and they
blasphemed the God of heaven, on account of their
pains and their ulcers, and did not repent of their
12 deeds. (12) And the sixth poured his cup upon
the great river Euphrates; and its waters dried up, Sy. 2
so that a way might be prepared for the kings
13 from the rising of the sun. (13) And I saw [issu-

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ing] from the mouth of the dragon, and from the
mouth of the beast of prey, and from the mouth of
the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs:
(14) (for they are the spirits of demons, who work 14
prodigies;d) and they go forth to all the kings of
all the habitable world, to gather them to the battle
of the great day of God Almighty. (15) (And lo, 15
I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth,
and keepeth his garments; lest he walk naked, and
they see his shame.) (16) And they collected them 16
together in a place called, in Hebrew, Armaged-
don.e-(17) And the seventh poured his cup on 17
the air; and there issued a loud voice from the
temple, from the throne, which said: It is done!
(18) And there were lightnings, and thunders, and 18
voices; and there was a great earthquake, the like
of which there was never, since men were on the
earth, such an earthquake, and so great. (19) And 19
the great city became three parts. And the city
of the nations fell; and Babylon the great was
remembered before God, to give her the cup of
the wine of the heat of his wrath. (20) And 20
every island fled away; and the mountains were
not found. (21) And a great hail, as it were 21
of a talent weight, fell from heaven upon men:
and the men blasphemed God, on account of the
plague of hail; for the plague of it was very great.

Then came one of the seven angels who have XVII.
the seven cups, and talked with me, saying: Come,
I will show thee the judgment of the great harlot,
who sitteth upon many waters; (2) with whom the 2
kings of the earth have practised whoredom, and
the inhabitants of the earth have been inebriated
with the wine of her whoredom. (3) And he led 3
me in spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a wom-
an sitting on a red beast of prey, which was full
of names of blasphemy, and had seven heads and
ten horns. (4) And the woman was clothed in
purple and scarlet, and gilded with gold, and pre-
cious stones, and pearls; and she had a cupa of gold
in her hand, which was full of the pollutions and
impurity of her whoredoms of the earth. (5) And 5
upon her forehead was the name written: Mys-
tery: Babylon the great; the Mother of Harlots,
and of the contaminations of the Earth (6) And 6

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