5. He was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies. And he was given authority to wage war for forty-two months.
6. He opened his mouth to speak blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle and those who dwell in heaven.
7. It was granted to him to wage war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe and tongue and nation.
8. All who dwell on the earth will worship him, all whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb who was slain from the foundation of the world.
9. If anyone has an ear, let him hear:
10. “He who is to be taken captive,into captivity he shall go;he who kills with the sword,with the sword he must be killed.”Here is a call for the patience and the faith of the saints.