Revelation 7

144,000 Sealed

7After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners^r of the earth, holding back the four winds^s of the earth to prevent^t any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree. ²Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal^u of the living God.^v He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea:^{w 3}“Do not harm^x the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads^y of the servants of our God.” ⁴Then I heard the number^z of those who were sealed: 144,000^a from all the tribes of Israel.

⁵From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were 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.

The Great Multitude in White Robes

⁹After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language,^b standing before the throne^c and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes^d and were holding palm branches in their hands. ¹⁰And they cried out in a loud voice:

“Salvation belongs to our God,^e

who sits on the throne,^f

and to the Lamb.”

¹¹All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders^g and the four living creatures.^h They fell down on their facesⁱ before the throne and worshiped God, ¹²saying:

“Amen!

Praise and glory

and wisdom and thanks and honor

and power and strength

be to our God for ever and ever.

Amen!”^j

¹³Then one of the elders asked me, “These in white robes^k—who are they, and where did they come from?”

¹⁴I answered, “Sir, you know.”

And he said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes^l and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.^{m 15}Therefore,

“they are before the throne of Godⁿ

and serve him^o day and night in his temple;^p

and he who sits on the throne^q

will shelter them with his presence.^r

¹⁶‘Never again will they hunger;

never again will they thirst.^s

The sun will not beat down on them,’^a

nor any scorching heat.^t

¹⁷For the Lamb at the center of the throne

will be their shepherd;^u

‘he will lead them to springs of living water.’^bv

‘And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’^c”^w