12. So rejoice, you heavensand all who live there!But it will be terrible for the earth and the sea,because the devil has come down to you!He is filled with anger,because he knows he does not have much time.”
13. When the dragon saw he had been thrown down to the earth, he hunted for the woman who had given birth to the son.
14. But the woman was given the two wings of a great eagle so she could fly to the place prepared for her in the desert. There she would be taken care of for three and one-half years, away from the snake.
15. Then the snake poured water out of its mouth like a river toward the woman so the flood would carry her away.
16. But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that came from the mouth of the dragon.
17. Then the dragon was very angry at the woman, and he went off to make war against all her other children—those who obey God’s commands and who have the message Jesus taught.
18. And the dragon stood on the seashore.