Revelation 5:1–10

The Lamb Takes the Scroll

5Then I saw in the right hand of the One seated on the throne a scroll with writing on the inside and on the back, ^gsealed with seven seals. ^h2I also saw a mighty angel ⁱproclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?” ³But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or even to look in it. ⁴And I cried and cried because no one was found worthy to open ^jthe scroll or even to look in it.

⁵Then one of the elders said to me, “Stop crying. Look! The Lion from the tribe of Judah, ^kthe Root of David, ^lhas been victorious ^mso that He may open the scroll and ⁿits seven seals.” ⁶Then I saw One like a slaughtered lamb ^ostanding between ^pthe throne and the four living creatures and among the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God ^qsent into all the earth. ⁷He came and took the scroll ^rout of the right hand of the One seated on the throne.

The Lamb Is Worthy

⁸When He took the scroll, the four living creatures and the 24 elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp ^sand gold bowls ^tfilled with incense, ^uwhich are the prayers of the saints. ⁹And they sang a new song: ^v

You are worthy to take the scroll

and to open its seals,

because You were slaughtered,

and You redeemed ^wpeople ^x

for God by Your blood

from every tribe and language

and people and nation. ^y

¹⁰You made them a kingdom ^z

and priests to our God, ^a

and they will reign on the earth.