Rejoicing in Heaven

1After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying:

“Hallelujah!†

The salvation and the glory and the power of our God!†

2For true and righteous are His judgments,

because He judged the great prostitute

who was corrupting the earth in her sexual immorality,

and He avenged the blood of His servants,

out of her hand.”

3And a second time they said:

“Hallelujah! And

her smoke goes up to the ages of the ages.”

4And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God, the One sitting on the throne, saying:

“Amen, Hallelujah!”

5And a voice came out from the throne, saying:

“Praise our God,

all you His servants,

and those fearing Him,

the small and the great!”

The Marriage of the Lamb

6And I heard something like a voice of a great multitude, and as a voice of many waters, and as a voice of strong thunders, saying:

“Hallelujah!

For the Lord our God,† the Almighty, has reigned.

7We should rejoice and should exult

and we will give to Him the glory,

because the marriage of the Lamb has come,

and His bride has prepared herself.

8And it was given to her

that she should be clothed in fine linen, bright and pure.†”

For the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.

9And he says to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those having been called to the supper of the marriage of the Lamb.’” And he says to me, “These are the true words of God.”

10And I fell before his feet to worship him. And he says to me, “See, no! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers, those having the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

The Rider on the White Horse

11And I saw heaven having been opened, and behold, a white horse, and the One sitting upon it called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. 12Now His eyes are like a flame of fire, and upon His head many diadems, having a name written, which no one knows except He Himself,† 13and clothed with a garment dipped in blood,† and His name is called The Word of God.

14And the armies who were in heaven were following Him upon white horses, dressed in fine linen, white and pure. 15And out of His mouth proceeds a sharp sword,† so that with it He may strike down the nations; and He will shepherd them with a rod of iron.† And He treads the press of the wine of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. 16And He has a name written upon the robe and upon His thigh:

Defeat of the Beast and False Prophet

17And I saw one angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice, saying to all the birds flying in mid-heaven, “Come, gather yourselves together unto the great supper of God,† 18so that you⁺ may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of commanders, and the flesh of strong men, and the flesh of horses and of those sitting on them, and the flesh of all, both† free and slaves and small† and great.”

19And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies having been gathered together to make war with the One sitting on the horse and with His army. 20And the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet, the one having done the signs before him, by which he deceived those having received the mark of the beast and those worshiping its image. The two were cast living into the lake of fire burning with sulfur. 21And the rest were killed with the sword of the One sitting on the horse, having gone forth out of His mouth.

And all the birds were filled with their flesh.

Footnotes:

1 Hallelujah is a transliteration of the Hebrew Hallelu YAH, meaning Praise the LORD; also in verses 3, 4, and 6.
1 TR to the Lord our God
6 GOC, SBL, and TR the Lord God
8 TR pure and bright
12 RP having names written on Him, and a name written that only He Himself knows
13 WH sprinkled with blood
15 RP a sharp, double-edged sword
15 See Psalm 2:9 (see also LXX).
17 ALT and TR the supper of the great God
18 Stephanus TR does not include both.
18 BYZ slaves, both small