Revelation 13:7-9

Good News Translation

^7 (A)It was allowed to fight against God's people and to defeat them, and it was given authority over every tribe, nation, language, and race. ^8 (B)All people living on earth will worship it, except those whose names were written before the creation of the world in the book of the living which belongs to the Lamb that was killed.

⁹ “Listen, then, if you have ears!