1And I looked, and, lo, a Lambstoodon the mountSion, andwithhim an hundredfortyandfourthousand, havinghis Father's namewrittenintheirforeheads.
2And I heard a voicefromheaven, as the voice of manywaters, andas the voice of a greatthunder: and I heard the voice of harpersharpingwiththeirharps:
3And they sung as it were a newsongbefore the throne, andbefore the fourbeasts, and the elders: and no mancouldlearn that songbut the hundredandfortyandfourthousand, whichwereredeemedfrom the earth.
4Thesearetheywhichwerenotdefiledwithwomen; fortheyarevirgins. Thesearetheywhichfollow the Lambwhithersoever he goeth. Thesewereredeemedfrom among men, being the firstfruits unto Godand to the Lamb.
5Andintheirmouth was foundnoguile: for they are without faultbefore the throne of God.
6And I sawanotherangelflyin the midst of heaven, having the everlastinggospel to preach unto them that dwellon the earth, and to everynation, andkindred, andtongue, andpeople,
7Sayingwith a loudvoice, FearGod, andgiveglory to him; for the hour of hisjudgment is come: andworshiphim that madeheaven, andearth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
8And there followedanotherangel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that greatcity, because she madeallnationsdrinkof the wineof the wrathofherfornication.
9And the thirdangelfollowedthem, sayingwith a loudvoice, If any manworship the beastandhisimage, andreceivehismarkinhisforehead, orinhishand,
10
The same shall drinkof the wineof the wrathofGod, which is poured out without mixtureinto the cupofhisindignation; and he shall be tormentedwithfireandbrimstone in the presenceof the holyangels, and in the presenceof the Lamb:
11And the smoke of theirtorment ascendeth upforeverandever: and they havenorestdaynornight, whoworship the beastandhisimage, andwhosoeverreceiveth the mark of hisname.
12Hereis the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
13And I heard a voicefromheavensaying unto me, Write, Blessed are the deadwhichdiein the Lordfromhenceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may restfromtheirlabours; andtheirworks do followthem.
14And I looked, andbehold a whitecloud, andupon the cloud one satlike unto the Son of man, havingonhishead a goldencrown, andinhishand a sharpsickle.
15Andanotherangelcame out of the temple, cryingwith a loudvoice to him that saton the cloud, Thrust inthysickle, andreap: for the time is comeforthee to reap; for the harvestof the earth is ripe.
16And he that saton the cloud thrust inhissickleon the earth; and the earth was reaped.
17Andanotherangelcame out of the templewhich is inheaven, healsohaving a sharpsickle.
18Andanotherangelcameout from the altar, which hadpoweroverfire; andcried with a loudcry to him that had the sharpsickle, saying, Thrust inthysharpsickle, andgather the clusters of the vine of the earth; forhergrapes are fully ripe.
19And the angel thrust inhissickleinto the earth, andgathered the vine of the earth, andcast it into the greatwinepress of the wrath of God.
20And the winepress was troddenwithout the city, andbloodcame out of the winepress, even unto the horsebridles, by the space of a thousandand six hundredfurlongs.