1The Lamb with his company standing on mount Sion; 6an angel preacheth the gospel; 8another proclaimeth the fall of Babylon; 9and a third the punishment of them that worship the beast. 13The blessedness of those that die in the Lord. 14The harvest of the world. 17The vintage and winepress of God's wrath.
1AND I looked, and, lo, aa Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and bwith him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.
a Jn. 1.29,36. ch. 5.6-13; 7.9,10,14,17. Ps. 2.6. He. 12.22,24. b ch. 7.4-8; 17.14; 19.14; 3.12. Lu. 12.8. He. 4.14; 10.23; 12.23,24. v.3.
2And cI heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as dthe voice of a great thunder: and I heard ethe voice of harpers harping with their harps:
c ch. 1.15; 19.1-7; 11.15; 12.10. Mat. 7.28. Mar. 1.22. Jn. 7.46. d Ac. 2.37; 24.25. e ch. 5.8,9; 15.2. 1Ch. 25.1-7. Ps. 68.25.
3And fthey sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and gno man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were hredeemed from the earth.
f ch. 5.8,9; 7.10,12; 15.3,4; 19.1-7; 4.4-10. Ps. 96-100. g v.1. Ju. 12.6. 1Co. 2.14. Mat. 11.25; 13.11. h ch. 5.9. 1Pe. 1.18,19. Is. 35.10; 51.1; 44.23.
4iThese are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which jfollow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These 1were redeemed from among men, being the kfirstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
1Or, were bought, 1Co. 6.20.
i Ro. 12.2. Ca. 1.3; 6.8. 2Co. 11.2. Mat. 25.1. ch. 17.1,5,14. j Mat. 16.24. ch. 7.17; 17.14; 3.4. Jn. 10.4,5,27. Eze. 1.12; 46.10. k Ja. 1.18. 1Co. 16.15. Ro. 16.5; 8.23.
5And lin their mouth was found no guile: for they are mwithout fault before the throne of God.
l Ps. 32.2. Zep. 3.13. m Ep. 5.27. Je. 50.20. Ca. 4.7. 1Jn. 3.9. Lu. 1.6. Tit. 2.14. Col. 1.22. Jude 24. Eze. 1.4,14.
6And I saw nanother angel fly in the midst of heaven, having othe everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
n ch. 8.13. 2Ti. 4.2. Is. 62.1,6,7. o 2Sa. 23.5. Is. 40.8. Ep. 3.9-11. Mat. 10.27; 28.19. Mar. 16.15. Lu. 21.33. 1Pe. 1.25. ch. 10.11; 13.7,8. Tit. 1.2. Ga. 1.6-9.
7Saying with pa loud voice, qFear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: rand worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
p Mat. 10.27. Is. 58.1. Ho. 8.1. Ac. 20.21,24,27. q Pr. 1.7. Ps. 89.7; 96.7. ch. 15.3,4; 11.13,15-18; 19.2; 16; 18. r Ps. 146.5,6. Ac. 14.15. Ex. 20.11.
8And there followed another angel, saying, sBabylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because tshe made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
s Is. 21.9. Je. 51.7,8. ch. 8.2; 11.8; 16.19; 17.5,18; 18.2,3,10,18,19,21. 2Th. 2.8. t ch. 13.7,8,14-17; 17.2,13,15. Je. 3.6. Eze. 16.15-34; 23.
9uAnd the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, vIf any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
u 2Pe. 3.9. Je. 44.4. v ch. 13.4,8,15,16.
10wThe same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and *brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
*brimstone-sulphur.
w Job 21.20. Ps. 75.8. Is. 51.17. Je. 25.15. ch. 16.19; 18.6; 19.20; 20.10; 21.8. Ps. 11.6. 2Th. 1.9. Mat. 25.41; 13.49,50. Ge. 19.24. Jude 7.
11xAnd the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and ythey have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
x ch. 19.3; 18.8,10,18. Is. 34.10; 33.14; 57.20,21. Mat. 25.41,46. 2Th. 1.9. Mar. 9.43,44. y ch. 4.8.
12zHere is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
z ch. 1.9. Hab. 2.10. 2Th. 1.6,7. ch. 12.17; 13.10. He. 6.12; 10.32-36.
13And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, aWrite, bBlessed are the dead which die in the Lord 2from henceforth: cYea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and dtheir works do follow them.
2Or, from henceforth saith the Spirit, Yea.
a ch. 10.4. b ch. 19.9. 1Co. 15.18,58. Phi. 3.9. 1Th. 4.14,16. He. 11.13. 2Pe. 1.11. c Lu. 16.25. Is. 57.1,2. 2Th. 1.6,7. He. 4.9. ch. 6.10,11. 1Th. 4.17. d Ps. 19.11. 1Co. 15.58. 2Ti. 4.7,8.
14And I looked, and behold ea white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat flike unto the Son of man, having on his head ga golden crown, and in his hand a hsharp sickle.
e Is. 19.1. Ps. 97.2. ch. 1.7; 10.1; 20.11. Ex. 24.10. f ch. 1.13. Ps. 80.17. Zec. 13.7. Jn. 1.14. Eze. 1.26. Da. 7.13. Mat. 16.13. g Ps. 21.3. He. 2.9. ch. 19.12; 11.17; 6.2. h v.15-17. Joel 3.13. Je. 51.33.
15And ianother angel came out of the temple, jcrying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, kThrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is 3ripe.
3Or, dried.
i ch. 1.20; 16.17. 2Co. 5.20. Ps. 103.20. He. 1.14. v.17. j Is. 62.1,6,7; 45.11. ch. 6.10. k Joel 3.13. Mat. 13.39. Je. 51.33. Is. 63.4; 34.8. ch. 15.1,2. Da. 7.22,26,27. Mar. 4.29.
16lAnd he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
l 2Sa. 22.7. Ne. 9.27. v.19. ch. 16. 2Th. 2.8.
17And manother angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
m ch. 15.1,7; 16; 18. v.15.
18nAnd another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and ocried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, pThrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; qfor her grapes are fully ripe.
n v.15. ch. 6.9,10; 11.5; 16.18. o v.15. Ps. 132.8; 122.6-9. Is. 62.1,6,7. p v.15,19. Is. 45.11. q Joel 3.13.
19And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and rgathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
r De. 32.32,33. Is. 63.1-4. ch. 16.16; 19.15-21; 11.13; 6.12-17.
20sAnd the winepress was trodden t*without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
*without-outside.
s La. 1.15. Is. 63.3. ch. 11.13,18. t ch. 11.8; 21.27; 22.15; 20.9; 19.14. He. 13.11,12. Is. 34.7; 66.24.