²^abecause His ^bjudgments are ^ctrue and righteous; for He has judged the ^dgreat harlot who was corrupting the earth with her immorality, and He has ^eavenged the blood of His bond-servants ¹on her.”

³And a second time they said, “^aHallelujah! ^bHer smoke rises up forever and ever.”

⁴And the ^atwenty-four elders and the ^bfour living creatures ^cfell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne saying, “^dAmen. ^eHallelujah!”

⁵And a voice came from the throne, saying,

“^aGive praise to our God, all you His bond-servants, ^byou who fear Him, the small and the great.”

⁶Then I heard something like ^athe voice of a great multitude and like ^bthe sound of many waters and like the ^csound of mighty peals of thunder, saying,

“Hallelujah! For the ^dLord our God, the Almighty, reigns.

Marriage of the Lamb

⁷“Let us rejoice and be glad and ^agive the glory to Him, for ^bthe marriage of the Lamb has come and His ¹^cbride has made herself ready.”

⁸It was given to her to clothe herself in ^afine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the ^brighteous acts of the ¹saints.

⁹Then ^ahe ^*said to me, “^bWrite, ‘^cBlessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.’ ” And he ^*said to me, “^dThese are true words of God.”

¹⁰Then ^aI fell at his feet to worship him. ^bBut he ^*said to me, “Do not do that; I am a ^cfellow servant of yours and your brethren who ^dhold the testimony of Jesus; worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

The Coming of Christ

¹¹And I saw ^aheaven opened, and behold, a ^bwhite horse, and He who sat on it is called ^cFaithful and True, and in ^drighteousness He judges and wages war.

¹²His ^aeyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many ^bdiadems; and He has a ^cname written on Him which no one knows except Himself.

¹³He is clothed with a ^arobe dipped in blood, and His name is called ^bThe Word of God.

¹⁴And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in ^afine linen, ^bwhite and clean, were following Him on white horses.

¹⁵^aFrom His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that ^bwith it He may strike down the nations, and He will ¹^crule them with a rod of iron; and ^dHe treads the ²wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty.

¹⁶And on His robe and on His thigh He has ^aa name written, “^bKING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”

¹⁷Then I saw ¹an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud voice, saying to ^aall the birds which fly in ^bmidheaven, “^cCome, assemble for the great supper of God,

¹⁸so that you may ^aeat the flesh of kings and the flesh of ¹commanders and the flesh of mighty men and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them and the flesh of all men, ^bboth free men and slaves, and ^csmall and great.”

¹⁹And I saw ^athe beast and ^bthe kings of the earth and their armies assembled to make war against Him who ^csat on the horse and against His army.

Doom of the Beast and False Prophet

²⁰And the beast was seized, and with him the ^afalse prophet who ^bperformed the signs ¹^cin his presence, by which he ^ddeceived those who had received the ^emark of the beast and those who ^fworshiped his image; these two were thrown alive into the ^glake of ^hfire which burns with ²brimstone.

²¹And the rest were killed with the sword which ^acame from the mouth of Him who ^bsat on the horse, and ^call the birds were filled with their flesh.

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Footnotes

1Lit from her hand
1Lit wife
1Or holy ones
*A star (*) is used to mark verbs that are historical presents in the Greek which have been translated with an English past tense in order to conform to modern usage. The translators recognized that in some contexts the present tense seems more unexpected and unjustified to the English reader than a past tense would have been. But Greek authors frequently used the present tense for the sake of heightened vividness, thereby transporting their readers in imagination to the actual scene at the time of occurence. However, the translators felt that it would be wise to change these historical presents to English past tenses.
1Or shepherd
2Lit wine press of the wine of the wrath of God’s anger
1Lit one
1I.e. chiliarchs, in command of one thousand troops
1Or by his authority
2I.e. burning sulphur

Cross references

a Jer 51:48; Rev 11:15; 19:6
b Ps 104:35; Rev 19:3, 4, 6
c Rev 7:10
d Rev 4:11
a Ps 19:9
b Rev 6:10
c Rev 16:7
d Rev 17:1
e Deut 32:43; 2 Kin 9:7; Rev 16:6; 18:20
a Ps 104:35; Rev 19:1, 4, 6
b Is 34:10; Rev 14:11
a Rev 4:4, 10
b Rev 4:6
c Rev 4:10
d Ps 106:48; Rev 5:14
e Ps 104:35; Rev 19:3, 6
a Ps 22:23; 115:13; 134:1; 135:1
b Rev 11:18
a Jer 51:48; Rev 11:15; 19:1
b Ezek 1:24; Rev 1:15
c Rev 6:1
d Ps 93:1; 97:1; 99:1; Rev 1:8
a Rev 11:13
b Matt 22:2; 25:10; Luke 12:36; John 3:29; Eph 5:23, 32; Rev 19:9
c Matt 1:20; Rev 21:2, 9
a Rev 15:6; 19:14
b Rev 15:4
a Rev 17:1; 19:10
b Rev 1:19
c Matt 22:2f; Luke 14:15
d Rev 17:17; 21:5; 22:6
a Rev 22:8
b Acts 10:26; Rev 22:9
c Rev 1:1f
d Rev 12:17
a Ezek 1:1; John 1:51; Rev 4:1
b Rev 6:2; 19:19, 21
c Rev 3:14
d Ps 96:13; Is 11:4
a Dan 10:6; Rev 1:14
b Rev 6:2; 12:3
c Rev 2:17; 19:16
a Is 63:3
b John 1:1
a Rev 19:8
b Rev 3:4; 19:8
a Rev 1:16; 19:21
b Is 11:4; 2 Thess 2:8
c Ps 2:9; Rev 2:27
d Is 63:3; Joel 3:13; Rev 14:19, 20
a Rev 2:17; 19:12
b Rev 17:14
a Rev 19:21
b Rev 8:13
c 1 Sam 17:44; Jer 12:9; Ezek 39:17
a Ezek 39:18–20
b Rev 6:15
c Rev 11:18; 13:16; 19:5
a Rev 11:7; 13:1
b Rev 16:14, 16
c Rev 19:11, 21
a Rev 16:13
b Rev 13:13
c Rev 13:12
d Rev 13:14
e Rev 13:16f
f Rev 13:12, 15
g Rev 20:10, 14f; 21:8
h Is 30:33; Dan 7:11; Rev 14:10
a Rev 19:15
b Rev 19:11, 19
c Rev 19:17