They haveas kingoverthem, the angelof the abyss;his namein Hebrewis Abaddon,and in the Greekhe hasthe nameApollyon.
"Nakedis SheolbeforeHim, And Abaddonhasnocovering.
"Abaddonand Deathsay,'With our earswe have hearda reportof it.'
"For it would be firethat consumesto Abaddon,And would uprootallmy increase.
Will Your lovingkindnessbe declaredin the grave,Your faithfulnessin Abaddon?
Sheoland Abaddon[lie open] beforethe LORD,Howmuchmorethe heartsof men!
They were imploringHim not to commandthem to go awayinto the abyss.
"Nowjudgmentis upon thisworld;nowthe rulerof thisworldwill be castout.
"I will not speakmuchmorewith you, for the rulerof the worldis coming,and he hasnothingin Me;
and concerningjudgment,becausethe rulerof thisworldhas been judged.
Nowthere is in Jerusalemby the sheep[gate] a pool,which is calledin HebrewBethesda,havingfiveporticoes.
"You are of [your] fatherthe devil,and you wantto dothe desiresof your father.He was a murdererfrom the beginning,and does not standin the truthbecausethere is notruthin him. Wheneverhe speaksa lie,he speaksfrom his own[nature], for he is a liarand the fatherof lies.
in whosecasethe godof thisworldhas blindedthe mindsof the unbelievingsothat they might not seethe lightof the gospelof the gloryof Christ,whois the imageof God.
in whichyou formerlywalkedaccordingto the courseof thisworld,accordingto the princeof the powerof the air,of the spiritthat is nowworkingin the sonsof disobedience.
You are from God,little children,and have overcomethem; becausegreateris He who is in you thanhe who is in the world.
We knowthat we are of God,and that the wholeworldliesin [the power of] the evil one.
And the greatdragonwas throwndown, the serpentof oldwho is calledthe deviland Satan,who deceivesthe wholeworld;he was throwndown to the earth,and his angelswere throwndown with him.
And they gathered them togetherto the placewhich in Hebrewis calledHar-Magedon.
