Living_Oracles(i)
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a savage beast ascending out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns; and upon its horns were ten diadems; and on its heads were the named of defamation.
2 And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and its feet were like those of a bear, and its mouth like the mouth of a lion; and the dragon gave it his power, and his throne, and great authority.
3 And I saw one of its heads wounded, as it were, to death; and yet its mortal wound was healed. And the whole earth wondered, and followed after the wild beast;
4 and they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the wild beast, saying, Who is like to the beast? who can war against it?
5 And there was given to it a mouth speaking great things, and defamation: and there was given to it power to practice forty-two months-
6 and it opened its mouth to utter defamation against God; to defame his name and his tabernacle, and those that dwell in heaven.