10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, proclaiming,
“Now have come the salvation and the power
and the kingdom of our God
and the authority of his Messiah,
for the accuser of our comrades has been thrown down,
who accuses them day and night before our God.
11 But they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb
and by the word of their testimony,
for they did not cling to life even in the face of death.
12 Rejoice then, you heavens
and those who dwell in them!
But woe to the earth and the sea,
for the devil has come down to you
with great wrath,
because he knows that his time is short!”
Here a voice from heaven steps in to narrate the events that have happened so far, and gives humanity a warning. We are told that we are subject to 'woe to the earth and the sea' now that Satan has been cast out of heaven, and with his angels has fallen down to earth to cause chaos and consternation, (though according to the verses his time to do so is limited).
