CELEBRATION IN HEAVEN

19 After this I heard something like the loud voice of a vast multituded in heaven, saying,

Hallelujah!e

Salvation, glory, and power belong to our God,f

2 because his judgments are true* and righteous,g

because he has judged the notorious prostituteh

who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality;

and he has avenged the blood of his servants

that was on her hands.i

3 A second time they said,

Hallelujah!

Her smoke ascends forever and ever!j

4 Then the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God,k who is seated on the throne, saying,

Amen! Hallelujah!l

5 A voice came from the throne, saying,

Praise our God,

all his servants, and the ones who fear him,

both small and great!m

6 Then I heard something like the voice of a vast multitude, like the sound of cascading waters,n and like the rumbling of loud thunder, saying,

Hallelujah, because our Lord God, the Almighty,

reigns!o

7 Let us be glad, rejoice, and give him glory,p

because the marriage of the Lamb has come,

and his bride has prepared herself.q

8 She was given fine linen to wear, bright and pure.r

For the fine linen represents the righteous acts of the saints.s

9 Then he* said to me,t “Write: Blessed are those invited to the marriage feastu of the Lamb!” He also said to me, “These words of God are true.”v 10 Then I fell at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “Don’t do that!w I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers and sisters who hold firmly to the testimony of Jesus.x Worship God, because the testimony of Jesus is the spiritC of prophecy.”