Revelation 7

Chapter 7

An Interlude

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.

²And 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 bond-servants of our God on their ^cforeheads.”

The 144,000

⁴And I heard the ^anumber of those who were sealed, ^bone hundred and forty-four thousand sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:

⁵From the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand, from the tribe of Gad twelve thousand,

⁶from the tribe of Asher twelve thousand, from the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand, from the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand,

⁷from the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand, from the tribe of Levi twelve thousand, from the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand,

⁸from the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand, from the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand, from the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand were sealed.

A Multitude from the Tribulation

⁹After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude 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 to our God ^bwho sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.”

¹¹And all the angels were standing ^aaround the throne and around the elders and the ^bfour living creatures; and they ^cfell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,

¹²saying,

“^aAmen, ^bblessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might, be to our God forever and ever. Amen.”

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

¹⁴I 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 have ^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 ^1ctemple; and ^dHe who sits on the throne will spread His ^etabernacle 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 in the center of the throne will be their ^ashepherd, and will guide them to springs of the ^1bwater of life; and ^cGod will wipe every tear from their eyes.”