Revelation 7

The Sealed of Israel

7After this I saw four angels ^xstanding at the four corners of the earth, ^yrestraining the four winds of the earth ^zso that no wind could blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree. ²Then I saw another angel, who had the seal of the living God ^arise up from the east. ^bHe cried out in a loud voice to the four angels who were empowered ^cto harm the earth and the sea: ³“Don’t harm the earth or the sea or the trees ^duntil we seal the slaves of our God on their foreheads.” ^e4And I heard the number of those who were sealed:

144,000 sealed from every tribe of the Israelites: ^f

⁵12,000 sealed from the tribe of Judah,

12,000 ^gfrom the tribe of Reuben,

12,000 from the tribe of Gad,

⁶12,000 from the tribe of Asher,

12,000 from the tribe of Naphtali,

12,000 from the tribe of Manasseh,

⁷12,000 from the tribe of Simeon,

12,000 from the tribe of Levi,

12,000 from the tribe of Issachar,

⁸12,000 from the tribe of Zebulun,

12,000 from the tribe of Joseph,

12,000 sealed from the tribe of Benjamin.

A Multitude from the Great Tribulation

⁹After this I looked, and there was a vast multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language, ^hwhich no one could number, ⁱstanding before the throne and before the Lamb. They were robed in white with palm branches in their hands. ^j10And they cried out in a loud voice:

Salvation belongs to our God, ^k

who is seated on the throne,

and to the Lamb!

¹¹All the angels stood around the throne, the elders, and the four living creatures, and they fell facedown before the throne and worshiped God, ¹²saying:

Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom

and thanksgiving and honor

and power and strength

be to our God forever and ever. Amen. ^l

¹³Then one of the elders asked me, “Who are these people robed in white, and where did they come from?”

¹⁴I said to him, “Sir, ^myou know.”

Then he told me:

These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. ⁿ

They washed their robes and made them white ^o

in the blood of the Lamb.

¹⁵For this reason they are before the throne of God,

and they serve Him day and night ^pin His sanctuary. ^q

The One seated on the throne will shelter ^rthem: ^s

¹⁶They will no longer hunger;

they will no longer thirst;

the sun will no longer strike them,

nor will any heat. ^t

¹⁷For the Lamb who is at the center of the throne

will shepherd them; ^u

He will guide them to springs of living waters, ^v

and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. ^w