The Lamb and the 144,000

1And I saw, and behold, the Lamb was standing upon Mount Zion, and with Him a hundred forty-four thousand having His name and the name of His Father written on their foreheads. 2And I heard a voice out of heaven like a voice of many waters, and like a voice of great thunder. And the voice that I heard was as of harpists harping with their harps.

3And they sing as a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. And no one was able to learn the song except the one hundred forty-four thousand having been bought from the earth. 4These are they who were not defiled with women; for they are virgins, these following the Lamb wherever He may go. These were bought out from men† as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb. 5And in their mouth no lie† was found; they are blameless.†

The Three Angels and Babylon’s Fall

6And I saw another angel† flying in mid-heaven, having the eternal gospel to preach upon those dwelling on the earth, and upon every nation and tribe and tongue and people, 7saying in a loud voice, “Fear God† and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment came. And worship the One having made the heaven and the earth and sea and springs of waters.”

8And another, a second angel,† followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon† the great,† who has given all the nations to drink of the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality.”

9And another, a third angel, followed them, saying in a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and its image, and receives a mark on his forehead or upon his hand, 10he also will drink of the wine of the fury of God, having been poured undiluted in the cup of His wrath; and he will be tormented in fire and sulfur before the holy angels and before the Lamb. 11And the smoke of their torment goes up to ages of ages; and those worshiping the beast and its image have no rest day and night, and if anyone receives the mark of its name.”

12Here is the endurance of the saints, those keeping the commandments of God and the faith from Jesus.

13And I heard a voice out of heaven saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who are dying in the Lord from now on.’”

“Yes,” says the Spirit, “so that they will rest from their labors; for† their works follow with them.”

The Harvest of the Earth

14And I saw, and behold, a white cloud, and upon the cloud is sitting One like a Son of Man,† having on His head a golden crown, and in His hand a sharp sickle.

15And another angel came out of the temple, crying in a loud voice to the One sitting on the cloud, “Send forth Your sickle and reap, because the hour to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth has ripened.” 16And the One sitting on the cloud cast His sickle on the earth, and the earth was harvested.

17And another angel came forth out of the temple in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. 18And another angel came forth out from the altar, having authority over the fire, and he called in a loud voice† to the one having the sharp sickle, saying, “Send forth your sharp sickle, and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth, because its grapes have fully ripened.”

19And the angel cast his sickle to the earth and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast them into the great winepress of the wrath of God. 20And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood came forth out of the winepress up to the bridles of the horses, to the distance of one thousand six hundred stadia.†

Footnotes:

4 RP includes by Jesus.
5 TR no deceit
5 BYZ and TR for they are blameless before the throne of God
6 RP an angel
7 RP Fear the Lord
8 TR And another angel
8 RP “Fallen is Babylon
8 See Isaiah 21:9 and Revelation 18:2.
13 BYZ and TR and
14 Or one like a son of man; see Daniel 7:13.
18 BYZ and TR with a great cry
20 1,600 stadia is approximately 184 miles or 296 kilometers.