¹⁵ so that you may be blameless^(A) and pure,^(B) children of God who are faultless^(C) in a crooked^(D) and perverted^(E) generation,^(F) among whom you shine like stars in the world,

²⁰ The mystery^(A) of the seven stars you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels^[a] of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands^[b] are the seven churches.^(B)

¹⁵ No one lights a lamp^(A) and puts it under a basket, but rather on a lampstand, and it gives light for all who are in the house.^(B)

⁴ Its tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth.^(A) And the dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she did give birth it might devour her child.^(B)

¹⁰ It grew as high as the heavenly army, made some of the army and some of the stars^[a] fall to the earth,^(A) and trampled them.^(B)

¹³ Then I heard a holy one speaking,^(A) and another holy one said to the speaker, “How long will the events of this vision last^(B)—the regular sacrifice, the rebellion that makes desolate, and the giving over of the sanctuary and of the army to be trampled?” ^(C)

¹⁴ He said to me,^[a] “For 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be restored.”