And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain. He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time.

For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

And again they said, Alleluia And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.

And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.

And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.

For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.

And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed THE MOST HIGH because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.

And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of THE MOST HIGH.

And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of THE MOST HIGH.

And they sing the song of Moses the servant of THE MOST HIGH, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are thy works, THE MOST HIGH; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.

They have the name of the Lamb and of his Father on their foreheads (7:3)They are with the Lamb on Mount Zion. They were redeemed from the earth. They did not defile themselves with women; they kept themselves pure.

They were purchased from among mankind, and were offered as firstfruits to God and the Lamb No lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.

And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast