6. It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling and those who dwell in heaven.
7. It was also allowed to wage war against the holy ones and conquer them, and it was granted authority over every tribe, people, tongue, and nation.
8. All the inhabitants of the earth will worship it, all whose names were not written from the foundation of the world in the book of life, which belongs to the Lamb who was slain.
9. Whoever has ears ought to hear these words.
10. Anyone destined for captivity goes into captivity.Anyone destined to be slain by the sword shall be slain by the sword.Such is the faithful endurance of the holy ones.
11. Then I saw another beast come up out of the earth; it had two horns like a lamb’s but spoke like a dragon.
12. It wielded all the authority of the first beast in its sight and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose mortal wound had been healed.