Then I looked
, and behold
, athe Lamb
was standing
on bMount
Zion
, and with Him cone
hundred
and forty-four
thousand
, having
dHis name
and the dname
of His Father
written
eon their foreheads
.
And I heard a voice
from heaven
, like
athe sound
of many
waters
and like
the bsound
of loud
thunder
, and the voice
which
I heard
was like
the sound of charpists
playing
on their harps
.
And they * 1sang aa new
song
before
the throne
and before
the bfour
living
creatures
and the celders
; and dno
one
could
learn
the song
except
the eone
hundred
and forty-four
thousand
who had been apurchased
from the earth
.
aThese are the ones who have not been defiled
with women
, for they 1have kept themselves
chaste
. These
are the ones who bfollow
the Lamb
wherever
He goes
. These
have been cpurchased
from among
men
das first
fruits
to God
and to the Lamb
.
And ano lie
was found
in their mouth
; they are bblameless
.
And I saw another
angel
flying
in amidheaven
, having
ban eternal
gospel
to preach
to cthose
who 1live
on the earth
, and to devery
nation
and tribe
and tongue
and people
;
and he said with a loud
voice
, " aFear
God
, and bgive
Him glory
, because
the hour
of His judgment
has come
; worship
Him who cmade
the heaven
and the earth
and sea
and dsprings
of waters."
And another angel
, a second
one
, followed
, saying
, " 1 aFallen
, fallen
is bBabylon
the great
, she who
has cmade
all
the nations
drink
of the dwine
of the 2passion
of her immorality
."
Then another
angel
, a third
one
, followed
them, saying
with a loud
voice
, "If
anyone
aworships
the beast
and his bimage
, and receives
a cmark
on his forehead
or
on his hand
,
he also will drink
of the awine
of the wrath
of God
, which is mixed
1in full
strength
bin the cup
of His anger
; and he will be tormented
with cfire
and 2brimstone
in the presence
of the dholy
angels
and in the presence
of the Lamb
.
"And the asmoke of their torment
goes
up forever
and ever
; bthey have
no
rest
day
and night
, those
who cworship
the beast
and his cimage
, and 1whoever
receives
the dmark
of his name
."
Here is athe 1perseverance
of the 2saints
who bkeep
the commandments
of God
and 3 ctheir faith
in Jesus
.
And I heard a voice
from heaven
, saying
, "Write
, ` aBlessed
are the dead
who bdie
in the Lord
from now
on!' " "Yes
," csays
the Spirit
, "so
that they may drest
from their labors
, for their edeeds
follow
with them."
Then I looked
, and behold
, a awhite
cloud
, and sitting
on the cloud
was one
blike
1a son
of man
, having
a golden
ccrown
on His head
and a sharp
sickle
in His hand
.
And another angel
acame
out of the 1temple
, crying
out with a loud
voice
to Him who sat
on the cloud
, " 2 bPut
in your sickle
and reap
, for the hour
to reap
has come
, because
the charvest
of the earth
3is ripe
."
Then He who sat
on the cloud
1swung
His sickle
over
the earth
, and the earth
was reaped
.
And another angel
acame
out of the 1temple
which
is in heaven
, and he also
had
a sharp
sickle
.
Then another
angel
, athe one who has
power
over
fire
, came
out from bthe altar
; and he called
with a loud
voice
to him who had
the sharp
sickle
, saying
, " 1 cPut
in your sharp
sickle
and gather
the clusters
2from the vine
of the earth
, dbecause
her grapes
are ripe
."
So the angel
1swung
his sickle
to the earth
and gathered
the clusters from the vine
of the earth
, and threw
them into athe great
wine
press
of the wrath
of God
.
And athe wine press
was trodden
boutside
the city
, and cblood
came
out from the wine
press
, up to the horses'
bridles
, 1for a distance
of 2two
hundred miles
.