¹“When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses and chariots and people more numerous than you, do not be afraid of them; for the Lᴏʀᴅ your God is with you, who brought you up from the land of Egypt. ²So it shall be, when you are on the verge of battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people. ³And he shall say to them, ‘Hear, O Israel: Today you are on the verge of battle with your enemies. Do not let your heart faint, do not be afraid, and do not tremble or be terrified because of them; ⁴for the Lᴏʀᴅ your God is He who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.’ ⁵Then the officers shall speak to the people, saying: ‘What man is there who has built a new house and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man dedicate it. ⁶Also what man is there who has planted a vineyard and has not eaten of it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man eat of it. ⁷And what man is there who is betrothed to a woman and has not married her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man marry her.’ ⁸The officers shall speak further to the people, and say, ‘What man is there who is fearful and fainthearted? Let him go and return to his house, lest the heart of his brethren faint like his heart.’ ⁹And so it shall be, when the officers have finished speaking to the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people. ¹⁰“When you go near a city to fight against it, then proclaim an offer of peace to it. ¹¹And it shall be that if they accept your offer of peace, and open to you, then all the people who are found in it shall be placed under tribute to you, and serve you. ¹²Now if the city will not make peace with you, but makes war against you, then you shall besiege it. ¹³And when the Lᴏʀᴅ your God delivers it into your hands, you shall strike every male in it with the edge of the sword. ¹⁴But the women, the little ones, the livestock, and all that is in the city, all its spoil, you shall plunder for yourself; and you shall eat the enemies’ plunder which the Lᴏʀᴅ your God gives you. ¹⁵Thus you shall do to all the cities which are very far from you, which are not of the cities of these nations. ¹⁶But of the cities of these peoples which the Lᴏʀᴅ your God gives you as an inheritance, you shall let nothing that breathes remain alive, ¹⁷but you shall utterly destroy them: the Hittite and the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, just as the Lᴏʀᴅ your God has commanded you, ¹⁸lest they teach you to do according to all their abominations which they have done for their gods, and you sin against the Lᴏʀᴅ your God. ¹⁹“When you besiege a city for a long time, while making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an ax against them; if you can eat of them, do not cut them down to use in the siege, for the tree of the field is man’s food. ²⁰Only the trees which you know are not trees for food you may destroy and cut down, to build siegeworks against the city that makes war with you, until it is subdued.

¹Oh, give thanks to the Lᴏʀᴅ, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. ²Let the redeemed of the Lᴏʀᴅ say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy, ³And gathered out of the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south. ⁴They wandered in the wilderness in a desolate way; They found no city to dwell in. ⁵Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted in them. ⁶Then they cried out to the Lᴏʀᴅ in their trouble, And He delivered them out of their distresses. ⁷And He led them forth by the right way, That they might go to a city for a dwelling place. ⁸Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lᴏʀᴅ for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men! ⁹For He satisfies the longing soul, And fills the hungry soul with goodness. ¹⁰Those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Bound in affliction and irons— ¹¹Because they rebelled against the words of God, And despised the counsel of the Most High, ¹²Therefore He brought down their heart with labor; They fell down, and there was none to help. ¹³Then they cried out to the Lᴏʀᴅ in their trouble, And He saved them out of their distresses. ¹⁴He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, And broke their chains in pieces. ¹⁵Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lᴏʀᴅ for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men! ¹⁶For He has broken the gates of bronze, And cut the bars of iron in two. ¹⁷Fools, because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities, were afflicted. ¹⁸Their soul abhorred all manner of food, And they drew near to the gates of death. ¹⁹Then they cried out to the Lᴏʀᴅ in their trouble, And He saved them out of their distresses. ²⁰He sent His word and healed them, And delivered them from their destructions. ²¹Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lᴏʀᴅ for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men! ²²Let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, And declare His works with rejoicing. ²³Those who go down to the sea in ships, Who do business on great waters, ²⁴They see the works of the Lᴏʀᴅ, And His wonders in the deep. ²⁵For He commands and raises the stormy wind, Which lifts up the waves of the sea. ²⁶They mount up to the heavens, They go down again to the depths; Their soul melts because of trouble. ²⁷They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits’ end. ²⁸Then they cry out to the Lᴏʀᴅ in their trouble, And He brings them out of their distresses. ²⁹He calms the storm, So that its waves are still. ³⁰Then they are glad because they are quiet; So He guides them to their desired haven. ³¹Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lᴏʀᴅ for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men! ³²Let them exalt Him also in the assembly of the people, And praise Him in the company of the elders. ³³He turns rivers into a wilderness, And the watersprings into dry ground; ³⁴A fruitful land into barrenness, For the wickedness of those who dwell in it. ³⁵He turns a wilderness into pools of water, And dry land into watersprings. ³⁶There He makes the hungry dwell, That they may establish a city for a dwelling place, ³⁷And sow fields and plant vineyards, That they may yield a fruitful harvest. ³⁸He also blesses them, and they multiply greatly; And He does not let their cattle decrease. ³⁹When they are diminished and brought low Through oppression, affliction and sorrow, ⁴⁰He pours contempt on princes, And causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no way; ⁴¹Yet He sets the poor on high, far from affliction, And makes their families like a flock. ⁴²The righteous see it and rejoice, And all iniquity stops its mouth. ⁴³Whoever is wise will observe these things, And they will understand the lovingkindness of the Lᴏʀᴅ.

¹“Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; Sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans! For you shall no more be called Tender and delicate. ²Take the millstones and grind meal. Remove your veil, Take off the skirt, Uncover the thigh, Pass through the rivers. ³Your nakedness shall be uncovered, Yes, your shame will be seen; I will take vengeance, And I will not arbitrate with a man.” ⁴As for our Redeemer, the Lᴏʀᴅ of hosts is His name, The Holy One of Israel. ⁵“Sit in silence, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; For you shall no longer be called The Lady of Kingdoms. ⁶I was angry with My people; I have profaned My inheritance, And given them into your hand. You showed them no mercy; On the elderly you laid your yoke very heavily. ⁷And you said, ‘I shall be a lady forever,’ So that you did not take these things to heart, Nor remember the latter end of them. ⁸“Therefore hear this now, you who are given to pleasures, Who dwell securely, Who say in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, Nor shall I know the loss of children’; ⁹But these two things shall come to you In a moment, in one day: The loss of children, and widowhood. They shall come upon you in their fullness Because of the multitude of your sorceries, For the great abundance of your enchantments. ¹⁰“For you have trusted in your wickedness; You have said, ‘No one sees me’; Your wisdom and your knowledge have warped you; And you have said in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one else besides me.’ ¹¹Therefore evil shall come upon you; You shall not know from where it arises. And trouble shall fall upon you; You will not be able to put it off. And desolation shall come upon you suddenly, Which you shall not know. ¹²“Stand now with your enchantments And the multitude of your sorceries, In which you have labored from your youth— Perhaps you will be able to profit, Perhaps you will prevail. ¹³You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels; Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, And the monthly prognosticators Stand up and save you From what shall come upon you. ¹⁴Behold, they shall be as stubble, The fire shall burn them; They shall not deliver themselves From the power of the flame; It shall not be a coal to be warmed by, Nor a fire to sit before! ¹⁵Thus shall they be to you With whom you have labored, Your merchants from your youth; They shall wander each one to his quarter. No one shall save you.

¹Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters, ²with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.” ³So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. ⁴The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication. ⁵And on her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. ⁶I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement. ⁷But the angel said to me, “Why did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns. ⁸The beast that you saw was, and is not, and will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to perdition. And those who dwell on the earth will marvel, whose names are not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. ⁹Here is the mind which has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits. ¹⁰There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come. And when he comes, he must continue a short time. ¹¹And the beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven, and is going to perdition. ¹²The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast. ¹³These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast. ¹⁴These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful.” ¹⁵Then he said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues. ¹⁶And the ten horns which you saw on the beast, these will hate the harlot, make her desolate and naked, eat her flesh and burn her with fire. ¹⁷For God has put it into their hearts to fulfill His purpose, to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled. ¹⁸And the woman whom you saw is that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth.”