Revelation 5:1–10

The Scroll with Seven Seals and the Lamb

5And I saw in the right hand of the one who is seated on the throne a scroll, written inside and on the back, sealed up with seven seals. ²And I saw a powerful angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to break its seals?” ³And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it. ⁴And I began to weep loudly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it. ⁵And one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.

⁶And I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures and in the midst of the elders a Lamb standing as though slaughtered, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent into all the earth. ⁷And he came and took the scroll^a from the right hand of the one who was seated on the throne. ⁸And when he took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one of whom had a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. ⁹And they were singing a new song, saying,

“You are worthy to take the scroll

and to open its seals,

because you were slaughtered,

and bought people for God by your blood

from every tribe and language and people and nation,

¹⁰and made them a kingdom and priests to our God,

and they will reign on the earth.”