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12 So be happy, you heavens
    and 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.
    He knows that he does not have much time.”

13 The dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth. So he hunted down the woman who had given birth to the son. 14 But the woman was given the two wings of a great eagle. Then she could fly to the place that was prepared for her in the desert. There she would be taken care of for three and a half years. There she would be away from the snake.

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12 Therefore rejoice, you heavens(A)
    and you who dwell in them!
But woe(B) to the earth and the sea,(C)
    because the devil has gone down to you!
He is filled with fury,
    because he knows that his time is short.”

13 When the dragon(D) saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.(E) 14 The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle,(F) so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time,(G) out of the serpent’s reach.

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