Revelation 13:9

9 "Listen, then, if you have ears!

Revelation 13:9 Meaning and Commentary

Revelation 13:9

If any man have an ear, let him hear.
] And diligently attend to this mystical description of antichrist, as being matter of some difficulty to understand, as well as of great moment and importance, and seriously consider it, that he may know him, and his followers, and avoid them; (See Gill on Revelation 1:7).

Revelation 13:9 In-Context

7 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 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!
10 Whoever is meant to be captured will surely be captured; whoever is meant to be killed by the sword will surely be killed by the sword. This calls for endurance and faith on the part of God's people."
11 Then I saw another beast, which came up out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb's horns, and it spoke like a dragon.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.