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She gave birth to a son, a male child, destined to rule all the nations with an iron rod.[a] Her child was caught up to God and his throne.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 12:5 Rule…iron rod: fulfilled in Rev 19:15; cf. Ps 2:9. Was caught up to God: reference to Christ’s ascension.

Ask it of me,
    and I will give you the nations as your inheritance,
    and, as your possession, the ends of the earth.
With an iron rod you will shepherd them,
    like a potter’s vessel you will shatter them.”(A)

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