Revelation 7

CHAPTER 7

The 144,000

¹After this I saw ^afour angels standing at the ^bfour corners of the earth, holding back ^cthe four winds of the earth, ^dso that no wind would blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree.

²Then I saw another angel ascending ^afrom the rising of the sun, having the ^bseal of ^cthe living God; and he cried out with a loud voice to the ^dfour angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea,

³saying, “^aDo not harm the earth or the sea or the trees until we have ^bsealed the slaves of our God on their ^cforeheads.”

⁴And I heard the ^anumber of those having been sealed, ^b144,000 sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:

⁵from the tribe of Judah, 12,000 having been sealed, from the tribe of Reuben 12,000, from the tribe of Gad 12,000,

⁶from the tribe of Asher 12,000, from the tribe of Naphtali 12,000, from the tribe of Manasseh 12,000,

⁷from the tribe of Simeon 12,000, from the tribe of Levi 12,000, from the tribe of Issachar 12,000,

⁸from the tribe of Zebulun 12,000, from the tribe of Joseph 12,000, from the tribe of Benjamin, 12,000 having been sealed.

A Multitude from Every Nation

⁹After these things I looked, and behold, a great ¹multitude which no one could count, from ^aevery nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing ^bbefore the throne and ^cbefore the Lamb, clothed in ^dwhite robes, and ^epalm branches were in their hands;

¹⁰and they cry out with a loud voice, saying,

“^aSalvation belongs to our God ^bwho sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.”

¹¹And all the angels were standing ^aaround the throne and ^bthe elders and the ^cfour living creatures, and they ^dfell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,

¹²saying,

“^aAmen, ^bthe blessing and the glory and the wisdom and the thanksgiving and the honor and the power and the strength, be to our God forever and ever. ^cAmen.”

¹³Then one of the elders ^aanswered, saying to me, “These, clothed in the ^bwhite robes, who are they, and from where have they come?”

¹⁴And I ¹said to him, “My lord, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the ^agreat tribulation, and they ^bwashed their robes and made them ^cwhite in the ^dblood of the Lamb.

¹⁵“For this reason, they are ^abefore the throne of God; and they ^bserve Him day and night in His ^1csanctuary; and ^dHe who sits on the throne will ^2edwell over them.

¹⁶“^aThey will hunger no longer, nor thirst anymore; nor will the sun ¹beat down on them, nor any heat;

¹⁷for the Lamb at the center of the throne will ^ashepherd them and will guide them to springs of the ^1bwater of life. And ^cGod will wipe every tear from their eyes.”