14:1 Then 1 I looked, and here was 2 the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him were one hundred and forty-four thousand, who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads. 14:2 I also heard a sound 3 coming out of heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder. Now 4 the sound I heard was like that made by harpists playing their harps, 14:3 and they were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No 5 one was able to learn the song except the one hundred and forty-four thousand who had been redeemed from the earth.
14:4 These are the ones who have not defiled themselves 6 with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed from humanity as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb, 14:5 and no lie was found on their lips; 7 they 8 are blameless.
14:6 Then 9 I saw another 10 angel flying directly overhead, 11 and he had 12 an eternal gospel to proclaim 13 to those who live 14 on the earth – to every nation, tribe, 15 language, and people. 14:7 He declared 16 in a loud voice: “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has arrived, and worship the one who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water!”
14:8 A 17 second 18 angel 19 followed the first, 20 declaring: 21 “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great city! 22 She made all the nations 23 drink of the wine of her immoral passion.” 24
14:9 A 25 third angel 26 followed the first two, 27 declaring 28 in a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and takes the mark on his forehead or his hand, 14:10 that person 29 will also drink of the wine of God’s anger 30 that has been mixed undiluted in the cup of his wrath, and he will be tortured with fire and sulfur 31 in front of the holy angels and in front of the Lamb. 14:11 And the smoke from their 32 torture will go up 33 forever and ever, and those who worship the beast and his image will have 34 no rest day or night, along with 35 anyone who receives the mark of his name.” 14:12 This requires 36 the steadfast endurance 37 of the saints – those who obey 38 God’s commandments and hold to 39 their faith in Jesus. 40
14:13 Then 41 I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this:
‘Blessed are the dead,
those who die in the Lord from this moment on!’”
“Yes,” says the Spirit, “so they can rest from their hard work, 42 because their deeds will follow them.” 43
14:14 Then 44 I looked, and a white cloud appeared, 45 and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man! 46 He had 47 a golden crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. 14:15 Then 48 another angel came out of the temple, shouting in a loud voice to the one seated on the cloud, “Use 49 your sickle and start to reap, 50 because the time to reap has come, since the earth’s harvest is ripe!” 14:16 So 51 the one seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.
14:17 Then 52 another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. 14:18 Another 53 angel, who was in charge of 54 the fire, came from the altar and called in a loud voice to the angel 55 who had the sharp sickle, “Use 56 your sharp sickle and gather 57 the clusters of grapes 58 off the vine of the earth, 59 because its grapes 60 are now ripe.” 61 14:19 So 62 the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the grapes from the vineyard 63 of the earth and tossed them into the great 64 winepress of the wrath of God. 14:20 Then 65 the winepress was stomped 66 outside the city, and blood poured out of the winepress up to the height of horses’ bridles 67 for a distance of almost two hundred miles. 68
16:1 Then 69 I heard a loud voice from the temple declaring to the seven angels: “Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls containing God’s wrath.” 70 16:2 So 71 the first angel 72 went and poured out his bowl on the earth. Then 73 ugly and painful sores 74 appeared on the people 75 who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image.
16:3 Next, 76 the second angel 77 poured out his bowl on the sea and it turned into blood, like that of a corpse, and every living creature that was in the sea died.
16:4 Then 78 the third angel 79 poured out his bowl on the rivers and the springs of water, and they turned into blood. 16:5 Now 80 I heard the angel of the waters saying:
“You are just 81 – the one who is and who was,
the Holy One – because you have passed these judgments, 82
16:6 because they poured out the blood of your saints and prophets,
so 83 you have given them blood to drink. They got what they deserved!” 84
16:7 Then 85 I heard the altar reply, 86 “Yes, Lord God, the All-Powerful, 87 your judgments are true and just!”
16:8 Then 88 the fourth angel 89 poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was permitted to scorch people 90 with fire. 16:9 Thus 91 people 92 were scorched by the terrible heat, 93 yet 94 they blasphemed the name of God, who has ruling authority 95 over these plagues, and they would not repent and give him glory.
16:10 Then 96 the fifth angel 97 poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast so that 98 darkness covered his kingdom, 99 and people 100 began to bite 101 their tongues because 102 of their pain. 16:11 They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their sufferings 103 and because of their sores, 104 but nevertheless 105 they still refused to repent 106 of their deeds.
16:12 Then 107 the sixth angel 108 poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates and dried up its water 109 to prepare the way 110 for the kings from the east. 111 16:13 Then 112 I saw three unclean spirits 113 that looked like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 16:14 For they are the spirits of the demons performing signs who go out to the kings of the earth 114 to bring them together for the battle that will take place on the great day of God, the All-Powerful. 115
16:15 (Look! I will come like a thief!
Blessed is the one who stays alert and does not lose 116 his clothes so that he will not have to walk around naked and his shameful condition 117 be seen.) 118
16:16 Now 119 the spirits 120 gathered the kings and their armies 121 to the place that is called Armageddon 122 in Hebrew.
16:17 Finally 123 the seventh angel 124 poured out his bowl into the air and a loud voice came out of the temple from the throne, saying: “It is done!” 16:18 Then 125 there were flashes of lightning, roaring, 126 and crashes of thunder, and there was a tremendous earthquake – an earthquake unequaled since humanity 127 has been on the earth, so tremendous was that earthquake. 16:19 The 128 great city was split into three parts and the cities of the nations 129 collapsed. 130 So 131 Babylon the great was remembered before God, and was given the cup 132 filled with the wine made of God’s furious wrath. 133 16:20 Every 134 island fled away 135 and no mountains could be found. 136 16:21 And gigantic hailstones, weighing about a hundred pounds 137 each, fell from heaven 138 on people, 139 but they 140 blasphemed God because of the plague of hail, since it 141 was so horrendous. 142
19:1 After these things I heard what sounded like the loud voice of a vast throng in heaven, saying,
“Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,
19:2 because his judgments are true and just. 143
For he has judged 144 the great prostitute
who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality,
and has avenged the blood of his servants 145 poured out by her own hands!” 146
19:3 Then 147 a second time the crowd shouted, “Hallelujah!” The smoke rises from her forever and ever. 148 19:4 The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures threw themselves to the ground 149 and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne, saying: “Amen! Hallelujah!”
19:5 Then 150 a voice came from the throne, saying:
“Praise our God
all you his servants,
and all you who fear Him,
both the small and the great!”
19:6 Then 151 I heard what sounded like the voice of a vast throng, like the roar of many waters and like loud crashes of thunder. They were shouting: 152
“Hallelujah!
For the Lord our God, 153 the All-Powerful, 154 reigns!
19:7 Let us rejoice 155 and exult
and give him glory,
because the wedding celebration of the Lamb has come,
and his bride has made herself ready.
19:8 She was permitted to be dressed in bright, clean, fine linen” 156 (for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints). 157
19:9 Then 158 the angel 159 said to me, “Write the following: Blessed are those who are invited to the banquet at the wedding celebration of the Lamb!” He also said to me, “These are the true words of God.” 19:10 So 160 I threw myself down 161 at his feet to worship him, but 162 he said, “Do not do this! 163 I am only 164 a fellow servant 165 with you and your brothers 166 who hold to the testimony about 167 Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony about Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
19:11 Then 168 I saw heaven opened and here came 169 a white horse! The 170 one riding it was called “Faithful” and “True,” and with justice 171 he judges and goes to war. 19:12 His eyes are like a fiery 172 flame and there are many diadem crowns 173 on his head. He has 174 a name written 175 that no one knows except himself. 19:13 He is dressed in clothing dipped 176 in blood, and he is called 177 the Word of God. 19:14 The 178 armies that are in heaven, dressed in white, clean, fine linen, 179 were following him on white horses. 19:15 From his mouth extends a sharp sword, so that with it he can strike the nations. 180 He 181 will rule 182 them with an iron rod, 183 and he stomps the winepress 184 of the furious 185 wrath of God, the All-Powerful. 186 19:16 He has a name written on his clothing and on his thigh: “King of kings and Lord of lords.”
19:17 Then 187 I saw one angel standing in 188 the sun, and he shouted in a loud voice to all the birds flying high in the sky: 189
“Come, gather around for the great banquet 190 of God,
19:18 to eat 191 your fill 192 of the flesh of kings,
the flesh of generals, 193
the flesh of powerful people,
the flesh of horses and those who ride them,
and the flesh of all people, both free and slave, 194
and small and great!”
19:19 Then 195 I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies assembled to do battle with the one who rode the horse and with his army. 19:20 Now 196 the beast was seized, and along with him the false prophet who had performed the signs on his behalf 197 – signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire burning with sulfur. 198 19:21 The 199 others were killed by the sword that extended from the mouth of the one who rode the horse, and all the birds gorged 200 themselves with their flesh.