¹⁴ But the woman was given the two wings of a great ·eagle [or vulture; Ex. 19:4; Deut. 32:10–11; Is. 40:31] so she could fly to the place prepared for her in the ·desert [wilderness]. There she would be ·taken care of [nourished; fed] for ·three and one-half years [^La time, times, and half a time; 11:2, 3; 13:5; Dan. 7:25; 12:7], away from the ·snake [serpent; ^CGod will spiritually nourish his people though they are persecuted]. ¹⁵ Then the ·snake [serpent] ·poured [spewed; ^Lthrew] water out of its mouth like a river ·toward [after] the woman so the flood would ·carry [sweep] her away [^Coverwhelming water signifies overwhelming trouble; Ps. 18:4; 69:2]. ¹⁶ But the earth ·helped [rescued] the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that ·came [spewed; ^Lwas thrown] from the mouth of the dragon.