Revelation 19–20

Threefold Hallelujah Over Babylon’s Fall

19After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a great multitude^v in heaven shouting:

“Hallelujah!^w

Salvation^x and glory and power^y belong to our God,

²for true and just are his judgments.^z

He has condemned the great prostitute^a

who corrupted the earth by her adulteries.

He has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”^b

³And again they shouted:

“Hallelujah!^c

The smoke from her goes up for ever and ever.”^d

⁴The twenty-four elders^e and the four living creatures^f fell down^g and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne. And they cried:

“Amen, Hallelujah!”^h

⁵Then a voice came from the throne, saying:

“Praise our God,

all you his servants,ⁱ

you who fear him,

both great and small!”^j

⁶Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude,^k like the roar of rushing waters^l and like loud peals of thunder, shouting:

“Hallelujah!^m

For our Lord God Almightyⁿ reigns.^o

⁷Let us rejoice and be glad

and give him glory!^p

For the wedding of the Lamb^q has come,

and his bride^r has made herself ready.

⁸Fine linen,^s bright and clean,

was given her to wear.”

(Fine linen stands for the righteous acts^t of God’s holy people.)

⁹Then the angel said to me,^u “Write this:^v Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!”^w And he added, “These are the true words of God.”^x

¹⁰At this I fell at his feet to worship him.^y But he said to me, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers and sisters who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God!^z For it is the Spirit of prophecy who bears testimony to Jesus.”^a

The Heavenly Warrior Defeats the Beast

¹¹I saw heaven standing open^b and there before me was a white horse, whose rider^c is called Faithful and True.^d With justice he judges and wages war.^{e 12}His eyes are like blazing fire,^f and on his head are many crowns.^g He has a name written on him^h that no one knows but he himself.^{i 13}He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood,^j and his name is the Word of God.^{k 14}The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen,^l white^m and clean. ¹⁵Coming out of his mouth is a sharp swordⁿ with which to strike down^o the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.”^ap He treads the winepress^q of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. ¹⁶On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written:^r

king of kings and lord of lords.^s

¹⁷And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all the birds^t flying in midair,^u “Come,^v gather together for the great supper of God,^{w 18}so that you may eat the flesh of kings, generals, and the mighty, of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all people,^x free and slave,^y great and small.”^z

¹⁹Then I saw the beast^a and the kings of the earth^b and their armies gathered together to wage war against the rider on the horse^c and his army. ²⁰But the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet^d who had performed the signs^e on its behalf.^f With these signs he had deluded^g those who had received the mark of the beast^h and worshiped its image.ⁱ The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake^j of burning sulfur.^{k 21}The rest were killed with the sword^l coming out of the mouth of the rider on the horse,^m and all the birdsⁿ gorged themselves on their flesh.

The Thousand Years

20And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven,^o having the key^p to the Abyss^q and holding in his hand a great chain. ²He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan,^r and bound him for a thousand years.^{s 3}He threw him into the Abyss,^t and locked and sealed^u it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations^v anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time.

⁴I saw thrones^w on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge.^x And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded^y because of their testimony about Jesus^z and because of the word of God.^a They^a had not worshiped the beast^b or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands.^c They came to life and reigned^d with Christ a thousand years. ⁵(The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection.^{e 6}Blessed^f and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death^g has no power over them, but they will be priests^h of God and of Christ and will reign with himⁱ for a thousand years.

The Judgment of Satan

⁷When the thousand years are over,^j Satan will be released from his prison ⁸and will go out to deceive the nations^k in the four corners of the earth^l—Gog and Magog^m—and to gather them for battle.ⁿ In number they are like the sand on the seashore.^{o 9}They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded^p the camp of God’s people, the city he loves.^q But fire came down from heaven^r and devoured them. ¹⁰And the devil, who deceived them,^s was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur,^t where the beast^u and the false prophet^v had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.^w

The Judgment of the Dead

¹¹Then I saw a great white throne^x and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence,^y and there was no place for them. ¹²And I saw the dead, great and small,^z standing before the throne, and books were opened.^a Another book was opened, which is the book of life.^b The dead were judged^c according to what they had done^d as recorded in the books. ¹³The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades^e gave up the dead^f that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done.^{g 14}Then death^h and Hadesⁱ were thrown into the lake of fire.^j The lake of fire is the second death.^{k 15}Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life^l was thrown into the lake of fire.