5. The woman gave birth to a son, who would rule all the nations with an iron rod. And her child was taken up to God and to his throne.
6. The woman ran away into the desert to a place that God had prepared for her. There she would be taken care of for 1260 days.
7. Then there was a war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. The dragon and its angels fought back,
8. but they were not strong enough. The dragon and its angels lost their place in heaven.
9. It was thrown down out of heaven. (This giant dragon is that old snake, the one called the devil or Satan, who leads the whole world into the wrong way.) The dragon and its angels were thrown to the earth.