14
1 I
saw, and behold,
the Lamb standing
on Mount Zion,
and with him
a number, one
hundred forty-four
thousand, having
his name and
the name of
his Father written
on their foreheads.
2 I heard
a sound from
heaven like the
sound of many
waters and like
the sound of
a great thunder.
The sound which
I heard was like
that of harpists
playing on their
harps.
3 They sing
a new song
before the throne
and before the
four living
creatures and the
elders. No one
could learn the
song except the
one hundred
forty-four thousand,
those who had
been redeemed out
of the earth.
4 These
are those who
were not defiled
with women, for
they are virgins.
These are those
who follow the Lamb
wherever he goes.
These were redeemed
by Jesus from
among men, the
first fruits to
God and to
the Lamb.
5 In
their mouth was
found no lie,
for they
are blameless.
6 I
saw an angel
flying in mid
heaven, having
an eternal Good
News to proclaim
to those who
dwell on the
earth—to every
nation, tribe,
language, and
people.
7 He
said with a
loud voice, “Fear
the Lord, and
give him glory,
for the hour
of his judgment
has come. Worship
him who made
the heaven, the
earth, the sea,
and the springs
of waters!”
8 Another,
a second angel, followed,
saying, “Babylon the
great has fallen,
which has made
all the nations
to drink of
the wine of
the wrath of
her sexual
immorality.”
9 Another angel,
a third, followed
them, saying with
a great voice, “If
anyone worships
the beast and
his image, and
receives a mark
on his forehead
or on his
hand,
10 he
also will drink
of the wine
of the wrath
of God, which
is prepared unmixed in
the cup of
his anger. He
will be tormented
with fire and
sulfur in the
presence of
the holy angels and
in the presence
of the Lamb.
11 The
smoke of
their torment goes up
forever and ever.
They have no
rest day and
night, those who
worship the beast
and his image,
and whoever
receives the mark
of his name.
12 Here
is the
perseverance of
the saints, those
who keep the
commandments of
God and the
faith of Jesus.”
13 I heard
a voice from
heaven saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are
the dead who die
in the Lord
from now on.’ ”
“Yes,” says the
Spirit, “that they
may rest from
their labors, for
their works follow
with them.”
14 I
looked, and saw
a white cloud,
and on the
cloud one sitting
like a son
of man,
having on his
head a golden
crown, and in
his hand a
sharp sickle.
15 Another angel came
out of the
temple, crying
with a loud
voice to him
who sat on
the cloud, “Send
your sickle and
reap, for the
hour to reap
has come; for
the harvest of
the earth is
ripe!”
16 He
who sat on
the cloud thrust
his sickle on
the earth, and
the earth was
reaped.
17 Another angel came
out of the
temple which is
in heaven. He
also had a
sharp sickle.
18 Another angel came
out from the
altar, he who
has power over
fire, and he
called with a
great voice to
him who had
the sharp sickle,
saying, “Send your
sharp sickle and
gather the
clusters of the
vine of the
earth, for the
earth’s grapes
are fully ripe!”
19 The angel
thrust his sickle
into the earth,
and gathered
the vintage of the
earth and threw it
into the great
wine press of
the wrath of
God.
20 The
wine press was
trodden outside of
the city, and blood
came out of
the wine press,
up to the
bridles of the
horses, as far
as one thousand
six hundred stadia.