Revelation

¹After these things, I heard something like²⁶²⁴ the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, exclaiming, “Alleluia!²⁶²⁵ Salvation and glory²⁶²⁶ and power belong to²⁶²⁷ our God,^{2628 2}for true and righteous are his judgments! For he has judged the great prostitute who thoroughly corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and he has avenged the blood of his bondservants [who had suffered] at her hand.”

³Again they said, “Alleluia!²⁶²⁹ Her smoke shall ascend unto the ages of ages.” ⁴Then the twenty-four presbyters and the four living creatures fell down and expressed adoration²⁶³⁰ to God who sits on the throne, saying, “Amen! Alleluia!”²⁶³¹

⁵A voice came forth from the throne, saying, “Give praise to our God, all you his bondservants and you who fear him, small and great!”

⁶And I heard something like the voice of a great multitude and like the roar of many waters, and like the peal of mighty thunders, saying, “Alleluia!²⁶³² For the Lord²⁶³³ God, the Almighty, reigns! ⁷Let us rejoice and be extremely glad, and let us give the glory to him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his bride²⁶³⁴ has prepared herself!” ⁸To her it has been granted that she would array herself in bright, pure, fine linen; for the fine linen represents²⁶³⁵ the righteous deeds of the saints.

⁹He said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb!’” He also told me, “These are true words of God!”

¹⁰I fell down before his feet to express adoration²⁶³⁶ to him. But he said to me, “See that you do not do it! I am a fellow bondservant with you and with your brethren who hold the testimony of Jesus. Express adoration to God, for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”²⁶³⁷

The King of kings

¹¹I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! And its rider is called Faithful and True. He judges and makes war in righteousness. ¹²His eyes are as a flame of fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has names written²⁶³⁸ and a Name written which no one knows but himself. ¹³He is clothed in a garment dipped in blood, and His Name is “The Word of God.” ¹⁴The heavenly hosts²⁶³⁹ followed him on white horses, clothed in white, pure, fine linen. ¹⁵Out of his mouth comes a sharp, double-edged²⁶⁴⁰ sword by which he should strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod.²⁶⁴¹ He treads the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty. ¹⁶He has on his garment and on his thigh a Name written, “KING OF KINGS,²⁶⁴² AND LORD OF LORDS.”

¹⁷Then I saw an angel standing in the sun. He cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the sky, “Come! Be gathered together for the great supper of God!^{2643 18}You may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and riders, and the flesh of all people, both free and slave, small and great.” ¹⁹I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies gathered together to make war against the one who sat on the horse, and against his army. ²⁰But the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked the signs in his sight and by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who expressed adoration²⁶⁴⁴ to his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. ²¹The rest were killed with the sword of him who sat on the horse, with the sword which came forth out of his mouth. And all the birds gorged themselves with their flesh.

The thousand years—The first resurrection

2624. TR omits “something like”
2625. Or “Hallelujah” (“Praise YH” or perhaps “Shine YH,” where YH (“Yah” or “Jah” is a shortened form of the divine Name YHWH)
2626. TR adds “and honor” after “glory”
2627. TR adds “the Lord”
2628. Compare Tobit 13:18
2629. Or “Hallelujah”
2630. proskuneo can also be translated “worship (in the broad sense),” “venerate,” “fall down in reverence,” “do obeisance” (see NT introduction regarding proskuneo)
2631. Or “Hallelujah”
2632. Or “Hallelujah”
2633. CT and TR add “our”
2634. Greek gunh (woman)
2635. Greek “is”
2636. proskuneo can also be translated “worship (in the broad sense),” “venerate,” “fall down in reverence,” “do obeisance” (see NT introduction regarding proskuneo)
2637. Or “Spirit of Prophecy”
2638. TR/CT omits “names written”
2639. Or “armies which are in heaven.” Sabbaoth meant “of hosts” or “the armies”
2640. CT and TR omit “double-edged”
2641. Psalm 2:9
2642. Compare 2 Maccabees 13:4; 3 Maccabees 5:35 (The title “King of kings” does not appear as a title for God in the Hebrew Old Testament. Instead, it is used of Artaxerxes (Ezra 7.12) and Nebuchadnezzar (Ezekiel 26:7 and Daniel 2:37). See also 1 Timothy 6:15-16.
2643. TR reads “supper of the great God” instead of “great supper of God”
2644. proskuneo can also be translated “worship (in the broad sense),” “venerate,” “fall down in reverence,” “do obeisance” (see NT introduction regarding proskuneo)