Revelation

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Look, he is coming with the clouds, and
every eye will see him, even those who
1The revelation of Jesus Christ, which pierced him; and all the peoples of the
earth will mourn because of him. So
God gave him to show his servants what shall it be! Amen.
must soon take place. He made it
known by sending his angel to his 8
servant John, "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says
the Lord God, "who is, and who was,
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and who is to come, the Almighty."
who testifies to everything he saw--that
is, the word of God and the testimony of 9
Jesus Christ. I, John, your brother and companion in
the suffering and kingdom and patient
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endurance that are ours in Jesus, was
Blessed is the one who reads the on the island of Patmos because of the
words of this prophecy, and blessed are word of God and the testimony of Jesus.
those who hear it and take to heart what
is written in it, because the time is near. 10
On the Lord's Day I was in the Spirit,
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and I heard behind me a loud voice like
John, To the seven churches in the a trumpet,
province of Asia: Grace and peace to
you from him who is, and who was, and 11
who is to come, and from the seven which said: "Write on a scroll what you
spirits see and send it to the seven churches:
to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum,
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Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and
before his throne, and from Jesus Laodicea."
Christ, who is the faithful witness, the
firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of 12
the kings of the earth. I turned around to see the voice that
was speaking to me. And when I turned
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I saw seven golden lampstands,
To him who loves us and has freed us
from our sins by his blood, and has 13
made us to be a kingdom and priests to and among the lampstands was
serve his God and Father--to him be someone "like a son of man," dressed in
glory and power for ever and ever! a robe reaching down to his feet and
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His head and hair were white like wool, I know your deeds, your hard work and
as white as snow, and his eyes were your perseverance. I know that you
like blazing fire. cannot tolerate wicked men, that you
have tested those who claim to be
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His feet were like bronze glowing in a apostles but are not, and have found
furnace, and his voice was like the them false.
sound of rushing waters.
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You have persevered and have
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In his right hand he held seven stars, endured hardships for my name, and
and out of his mouth came a sharp have not grown weary.
double-edged sword. His face was like
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the sun shining in all its brilliance. Yet I hold this against you: You have
forsaken your first love.
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When I saw him, I fell at his feet as
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though dead. Then he placed his right Remember the height from which you
hand on me and said: "Do not be afraid. have fallen! Repent and do the things
I am the First and the Last. you did at first. If you do not repent, I will
come to you and remove your
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I am the Living One; I was dead, and lampstand from its place.
behold I am alive for ever and ever! And
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I hold the keys of death and Hades. But you have this in your favor: You
hate the practices of the Nicolaitans,
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"Write, therefore, what you have seen, which I also hate.
what is now and what will take place
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later. He who has an ear, let him hear what
the Spirit says to the churches. To him
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The mystery of the seven stars that who overcomes, I will give the right to
you saw in my right hand and of the eat from the tree of life, which is in the
seven golden lampstands is this: The paradise of God.
seven stars are the angels of the seven
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churches, and the seven lampstands "To the angel of the church in Smyrna
are the seven churches. write: These are the words of him who is
the First and the Last, who died and
came to life again.
2"To the angel of the church in
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I know your afflictions and your poverty-
Ephesus write: These are the words of
him who holds the seven stars in his yet you are rich! I know the slander of
right hand and walks among the seven those who say they are Jews and are
golden lampstands: not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

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Do not be afraid of what you are about who overcomes, I will give some of the
to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put hidden manna. I will also give him a
some of you in prison to test you, and white stone with a new name written on
you will suffer persecution for ten days. it, known only to him who receives it.
Be faithful, even to the point of death,
and I will give you the crown of life. 18
"To the angel of the church in Thyatira
write: These are the words of the Son of
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He who has an ear, let him hear what God, whose eyes are like blazing fire
the Spirit says to the churches. He who and whose feet are like burnished
overcomes will not be hurt at all by the bronze.
second death.
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I know your deeds, your love and faith,
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"To the angel of the church in your service and perseverance, and that
Pergamum write: These are the words you are now doing more than you did at
of him who has the sharp, doubleedged first.
sword.
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Nevertheless, I have this against you:
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I know where you live-where Satan You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who
has his throne. Yet you remain true to calls herself a prophetess. By her
my name. You did not renounce your teaching she misleads my servants into
faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, sexual immorality and the eating of food
my faithful witness, who was put to sacrificed to idols.
death in your city-where Satan lives.
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I have given her time to repent of her
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Nevertheless, I have a few things immorality, but she is unwilling.
against you: You have people there who
hold to the teaching of Balaam, who 22
So I will cast her on a bed of suffering,
taught Balak to entice the Israelites to and I will make those who commit
sin by eating food sacrificed to idols and adultery with her suffer intensely, unless
by committing sexual immorality. they repent of her ways.
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Likewise you also have those who 23
I will strike her children dead. Then all
hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans. the churches will know that I am he who
searches hearts and minds, and I will
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Repent therefore! Otherwise, I will repay each of you according to your
soon come to you and will fight against deeds.
them with the sword of my mouth.
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Now I say to the rest of you in Thyatira,
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He who has an ear, let him hear what to you who do not hold to her teaching
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deep secrets (I will not impose any other Yet you have a few people in Sardis
burden on you): who have not soiled their clothes. They
will walk with me, dressed in white, for
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Only hold on to what you have until I they are worthy.
come.
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He who overcomes will, like them, be
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To him who overcomes and does my dressed in white. I will never blot out his
will to the end, I will give authority over name from the book of life, but will
the nations-- acknowledge his name before my
Father and his angels.
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'He will rule them with an iron scepter;
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he will dash them to pieces like pottery' - He who has an ear, let him hear what
- the Spirit says to the churches.

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just as I have received authority from "To the angel of the church in
my Father. I will also give him the Philadelphia write: These are the words
morning star. of him who is holy and true, who holds
the key of David. What he opens no one
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He who has an ear, let him hear what can shut, and what he shuts no one can
open.
the Spirit says to the churches.
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I know your deeds. See, I have placed
3"To the angel of the church in Sardis before you an open door that no one
can shut. I know that you have little
write: These are the words of him who strength, yet you have kept my word
holds the seven spirits of God and the and have not denied my name.
seven stars. I know your deeds; you
have a reputation of being alive, but you 9
I will make those who are of the
are dead. synagogue of Satan, who claim to be
Jews though they are not, but are liars--I
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Wake up! Strengthen what remains and will make them come and fall down at
is about to die, for I have not found your your feet and acknowledge that I have
deeds complete in the sight of my God. loved you.
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Remember, therefore, what you have 10
Since you have kept my command to
received and heard; obey it, and repent. endure patiently, I will also keep you
But if you do not wake up, I will come from the hour of trial that is going to
like a thief, and you will not know at come upon the whole world to test those
what time I will come to you. who live on the earth.

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I am coming soon. Hold on to what Those whom I love I rebuke and
you have, so that no one will take your discipline. So be earnest, and repent.
crown.
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Here I am! I stand at the door and
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Him who overcomes I will make a pillar knock. If anyone hears my voice and
in the temple of my God. Never again opens the door, I will come in and eat
will he leave it. I will write on him the with him, and he with me.
name of my God and the name of the
city of my God, the new Jerusalem, 21
To him who overcomes, I will give the
which is coming down out of heaven right to sit with me on my throne, just as
from my God; and I will also write on I overcame and sat down with my
him my new name. Father on his throne.
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He who has an ear, let him hear what 22
He who has an ear, let him hear what
the Spirit says to the churches. the Spirit says to the churches."
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"To the angel of the church in
Laodicea write: These are the words of
the Amen, the faithful and true witness,
4After this I looked, and there before
the ruler of God's creation. me was a door standing open in heaven.
And the voice I had first heard speaking
15 to me like a trumpet said, "Come up
I know your deeds, that you are here, and I will show you what must take
neither cold nor hot. I wish you were place after this."
either one or the other!
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16 At once I was in the Spirit, and there
So, because you are lukewarm-- before me was a throne in heaven with
neither hot nor cold--I am about to spit someone sitting on it.
you out of my mouth.
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17 And the one who sat there had the
You say, 'I am rich; I have acquired appearance of jasper and carnelian. A
wealth and do not need a thing.' But you rainbow, resembling an emerald,
do not realize that you are wretched, encircled the throne.
pitiful, poor, blind and naked.
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18 Surrounding the throne were twenty-
I counsel you to buy from me gold four other thrones, and seated on them
refined in the fire, so you can become were twenty-four elders. They were
rich; and white clothes to wear, so you dressed in white and had crowns of gold
can cover your shameful nakedness; on their heads.
and salve to put on your eyes, so you
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From the throne came flashes of
lightning, rumblings and peals of
thunder. Before the throne, seven lamps
5Then I saw in the right hand of him
who sat on the throne a scroll with
were blazing. These are the seven writing on both sides and sealed with
spirits of God. seven seals.
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Also before the throne there was what 2
And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in
looked like a sea of glass, clear as a loud voice, "Who is worthy to break
crystal. the seals and open the scroll?"
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In the center, around the throne, were 3
But no one in heaven or on earth or
four living creatures, and they were under the earth could open the scroll or
covered with eyes, in front and in back. even look inside it.
The first living creature was like a lion,
the second was like an ox, the third had 4
a face like a man, the fourth was like a I wept and wept because no one was
flying eagle. found who was worthy to open the scroll
or look inside.
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Each of the four living creatures had six 5
wings and was covered with eyes all Then one of the elders said to me, "Do
around, even under his wings. Day and not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of
night they never stop saying: "Holy, holy, Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed.
holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, He is able to open the scroll and its
and is, and is to come." seven seals."

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Whenever the living creatures give Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had
glory, honor and thanks to him who sits been slain, standing in the center of the
on the throne and who lives for ever and throne, encircled by the four living
ever, creatures and the elders. He had seven
horns and seven eyes, which are the
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seven spirits of God sent out into all the
the twenty-four elders fall down before earth.
him who sits on the throne, and worship
him who lives for ever and ever. They 7
lay their crowns before the throne and He came and took the scroll from the
say: right hand of him who sat on the throne.

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"You are worthy, our Lord and God, to And when he had taken it, the four
receive glory and honor and power, for living creatures and the twenty-four
you created all things, and by your will elders fell down before the Lamb. Each
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the prayers of the saints. voice like thunder, "Come!"

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And they sang a new song: "You are I looked, and there before me was a
worthy to take the scroll and to open its white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he
seals, because you were slain, and with was given a crown, and he rode out as a
your blood you purchased men for God conqueror bent on conquest.
from every tribe and language and
people and nation. 3
When the Lamb opened the second
seal, I heard the second living creature
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You have made them to be a kingdom say, "Come!"
and priests to serve our God, and they
will reign on the earth." 4
Then another horse came out, a fiery
red one. Its rider was given power to
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Then I looked and heard the voice of take peace from the earth and to make
many angels, numbering thousands men slay each other. To him was given
upon thousands, and ten thousand a large sword.
times ten thousand. They encircled the
throne and the living creatures and the 5
When the Lamb opened the third seal, I
elders. heard the third living creature say,
"Come!" I looked, and there before me
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In a loud voice they sang: "Worthy is was a black horse! Its rider was holding
the Lamb, who was slain, to receive a pair of scales in his hand.
power and wealth and wisdom and
strength and honor and glory and 6
Then I heard what sounded like a voice
praise!" among the four living creatures, saying,
"A quart of wheat for a day's wages, and
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Then I heard every creature in heaven three quarts of barley for a day's wages,
and on earth and under the earth and on and do not damage the oil and the
the sea, and all that is in them, singing: wine!"
"To him who sits on the throne and to
the Lamb be praise and honor and glory 7
When the Lamb opened the fourth seal,
and power, for ever and ever!" I heard the voice of the fourth living
creature say, "Come!"
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The four living creatures said, "Amen,"
and the elders fell down and worshiped. 8
I looked, and there before me was a
pale horse! Its rider was named Death,
and Hades was following close behind
6I watched as the Lamb opened the him. They were given power over a
fourth of the earth to kill by sword,
first of the seven seals. Then I heard
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famine and plague, and by the wild They called to the mountains and the
beasts of the earth. rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the
face of him who sits on the throne and
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When he opened the fifth seal, I saw from the wrath of the Lamb!
under the altar the souls of those who
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had been slain because of the word of For the great day of their wrath has
God and the testimony they had come, and who can stand?"
maintained.

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They called out in a loud voice, "How
long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until
7After this I saw four angels standing
at the four corners of the earth, holding
you judge the inhabitants of the earth back the four winds of the earth to
and avenge our blood?" prevent any wind from blowing on the
land or on the sea or on any tree.
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Then each of them was given a white
robe, and they were told to wait a little 2
Then I saw another angel coming up
longer, until the number of their fellow from the east, having the seal of the
servants and brothers who were to be living God. He called out in a loud voice
killed as they had been was completed. to the four angels who had been given
power to harm the land and the sea:
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I watched as he opened the sixth seal.
There was a great earthquake. The sun 3
"Do not harm the land or the sea or the
turned black like sackcloth made of goat trees until we put a seal on the
hair, the whole moon turned blood red, foreheads of the servants of our God."
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and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as 4
Then I heard the number of those who
late figs drop from a fig tree when were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes
shaken by a strong wind. of Israel.
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The sky receded like a scroll, rolling up, 5
From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were
and every mountain and island was sealed, from the tribe of Reuben 12,000,
removed from its place. from the tribe of Gad 12,000,
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Then the kings of the earth, the 6
from the tribe of Asher 12,000, from the
princes, the generals, the rich, the tribe of Naphtali 12,000, from the tribe of
mighty, and every slave and every free Manasseh 12,000,
man hid in caves and among the rocks
of the mountains. 7
from the tribe of Simeon 12,000, from
the tribe of Levi 12,000, from the tribe of
Issachar 12,000,
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from the tribe of Zebulun 12,000, from temple; and he who sits on the throne
the tribe of Joseph 12,000, from the will spread his tent over them.
tribe of Benjamin 12,000.
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Never again will they hunger; never
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After this I looked and there before me again will they thirst. The sun will not
was a great multitude that no one could beat upon them, nor any scorching heat.
count, from every nation, tribe, people
and language, standing before the 17
For the Lamb at the center of the
throne and in front of the Lamb. They throne will be their shepherd; he will
were wearing white robes and were lead them to springs of living water. And
holding palm branches in their hands. God will wipe away every tear from their
eyes."
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And they cried out in a loud voice:
"Salvation belongs to our God, who sits
on the throne, and to the Lamb." 8When he opened the seventh seal,
11 there was silence in heaven for about
All the angels were standing around half an hour.
the throne and around the elders and
the four living creatures. They fell down 2
on their faces before the throne and And I saw the seven angels who stand
worshiped God, before God, and to them were given
seven trumpets.
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saying: "Amen! Praise and glory and 3
wisdom and thanks and honor and Another angel, who had a golden
power and strength be to our God for censer, came and stood at the altar. He
ever and ever. Amen!" was given much incense to offer, with
the prayers of all the saints, on the
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golden altar before the throne.
Then one of the elders asked me,
"These in white robes--who are they, 4
and where did they come from?" The smoke of the incense, together
with the prayers of the saints, went up
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I answered, "Sir, you know."
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15 Then the angel took the censer, filled it
And he said, "These are they who with fire from the altar, and hurled it on
have come out of the great tribulation; the earth; and there came peals of
they have washed their robes and made thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning
them white in the blood of the Lamb. and an earthquake.
Therefore, "they are before the throne of
God and serve him day and night in his 6
Then the seven angels who had the
seven trumpets prepared to sound them.
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The first angel sounded his trumpet,
and there came hail and fire mixed with
blood, and it was hurled down upon the
9The fifth angel sounded his trumpet,
and I saw a star that had fallen from the
earth. A third of the earth was burned up, sky to the earth. The star was given the
a third of the trees were burned up, and key to the shaft of the Abyss.
all the green grass was burned up.
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When he opened the Abyss, smoke
The second angel sounded his trumpet, rose from it like the smoke from a
and something like a huge mountain, all gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were
ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third darkened by the smoke from the Abyss.
of the sea turned into blood,
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And out of the smoke locusts came
a third of the living creatures in the sea down upon the earth and were given
died, and a third of the ships were power like that of scorpions of the earth.
destroyed.
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10 They were told not to harm the grass of
The third angel sounded his trumpet, the earth or any plant or tree, but only
and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell those people who did not have the seal
from the sky on a third of the rivers and of God on their foreheads.
on the springs of water--
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11 They were not given power to kill them,
the name of the star is Wormwood. A but only to torture them for five months.
third of the waters turned bitter, and And the agony they suffered was like
many people died from the waters that that of the sting of a scorpion when it
had become bitter. strikes a man.
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The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, 6
During those days men will seek death,
and a third of the sun was struck, a third but will not find it; they will long to die,
of the moon, and a third of the stars, so but death will elude them.
that a third of them turned dark. A third
of the day was without light, and also a 7
third of the night. The locusts looked like horses
prepared for battle. On their heads they
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wore something like crowns of gold, and
As I watched, I heard an eagle that their faces resembled human faces.
was flying in midair call out in a loud
voice: "Woe! Woe! Woe to the 8
inhabitants of the earth, because of the Their hair was like women's hair, and
trumpet blasts about to be sounded by their teeth were like lions' teeth.
the other three angels!"
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They had breastplates like breastplates
of iron, and the sound of their wings was
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like the thundering of many horses and A third of mankind was killed by the
chariots rushing into battle. three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur
that came out of their mouths.
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They had tails and stings like
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scorpions, and in their tails they had The power of the horses was in their
power to torment people for five months. mouths and in their tails; for their tails
were like snakes, having heads with
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They had as king over them the angel which they inflict injury.
of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is
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Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon. The rest of mankind that were not
killed by these plagues still did not
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The first woe is past; two other woes repent of the work of their hands; they
are yet to come. did not stop worshiping demons, and
idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and
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The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, wood--idols that cannot see or hear or
walk.
and I heard a voice coming from the
horns of the golden altar that is before
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God. Nor did they repent of their murders,
their magic arts, their sexual immorality
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It said to the sixth angel who had the
trumpet, "Release the four angels who
are bound at the great river Euphrates."

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10Then I saw another mighty angel
And the four angels who had been coming down from heaven. He was
kept ready for this very hour and day robed in a cloud, with a rainbow above
and month and year were released to his head; his face was like the sun, and
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The number of the mounted troops He was holding a little scroll, which lay
was two hundred million. I heard their open in his hand. He planted his right
number. foot on the sea and his left foot on the
land,
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The horses and riders I saw in my
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vision looked like this: Their breastplates and he gave a loud shout like the roar
were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as of a lion. When he shouted, the voices
sulfur. The heads of the horses of the seven thunders spoke.
resembled the heads of lions, and out of
their mouths came fire, smoke and 4
And when the seven thunders spoke, I
sulfur. was about to write; but I heard a voice
from heaven say, "Seal up what the
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write it down." 11I was given a reed like a
measuring rod and was told, "Go and
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Then the angel I had seen standing on measure the temple of God and the altar,
the sea and on the land raised his right and count the worshipers there.
hand to heaven.
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But exclude the outer court; do not
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And he swore by him who lives for ever measure it, because it has been given to
and ever, who created the heavens and the Gentiles. They will trample on the
all that is in them, the earth and all that holy city for 42 months.
is in it, and the sea and all that is in it,
and said, "There will be no more delay! 3
And I will give power to my two
witnesses, and they will prophesy for
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But in the days when the seventh angel 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth."
is about to sound his trumpet, the
mystery of God will be accomplished, 4
These are the two olive trees and the
just as he announced to his servants the two lampstands that stand before the
prophets." Lord of the earth.
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Then the voice that I had heard from 5
If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes
heaven spoke to me once more: "Go, from their mouths and devours their
take the scroll that lies open in the hand enemies. This is how anyone who wants
of the angel who is standing on the sea to harm them must die.
and on the land."
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9 These men have power to shut up the
So I went to the angel and asked him to sky so that it will not rain during the time
give me the little scroll. He said to me, they are prophesying; and they have
"Take it and eat it. It will turn your power to turn the waters into blood and
stomach sour, but in your mouth it will to strike the earth with every kind of
be as sweet as honey." plague as often as they want.
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I took the little scroll from the angel's 7
Now when they have finished their
hand and ate it. It tasted as sweet as testimony, the beast that comes up from
honey in my mouth, but when I had the Abyss will attack them, and
eaten it, my stomach turned sour. overpower and kill them.
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Then I was told, "You must prophesy 8
Their bodies will lie in the street of the
again about many peoples, nations, great city, which is figuratively called
languages and kings." Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord
was crucified.
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For three and a half days men from And the twenty-four elders, who were
every people, tribe, language and nation seated on their thrones before God, fell
will gaze on their bodies and refuse on their faces and worshiped God,
them burial.
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saying: "We give thanks to you, Lord
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The inhabitants of the earth will gloat God Almighty, the One who is and who
over them and will celebrate by sending was, because you have taken your great
each other gifts, because these two power and have begun to reign.
prophets had tormented those who live
on the earth. 18
The nations were angry; and your
wrath has come. The time has come for
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But after the three and a half days a judging the dead, and for rewarding your
breath of life from God entered them, servants the prophets and your saints
and they stood on their feet, and terror and those who reverence your name,
struck those who saw them. both small and great-- and for
destroying those who destroy the earth."
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Then they heard a loud voice from
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heaven saying to them, "Come up here." Then God's temple in heaven was
And they went up to heaven in a cloud, opened, and within his temple was seen
while their enemies looked on. the ark of his covenant. And there came
flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of
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At that very hour there was a severe thunder, an earthquake and a great
earthquake and a tenth of the city hailstorm.
collapsed. Seven thousand people were
killed in the earthquake, and the
survivors were terrified and gave glory
to the God of heaven.
12A great and wondrous sign
appeared in heaven: a woman clothed
with the sun, with the moon under her
14
The second woe has passed; the third feet and a crown of twelve stars on her
woe is coming soon. head.
15
The seventh angel sounded his 2
She was pregnant and cried out in pain
trumpet, and there were loud voices in as she was about to give birth.
heaven, which said: "The kingdom of the
world has become the kingdom of our 3
Then another sign appeared in heaven:
Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign an enormous red dragon with seven
for ever and ever." heads and ten horns and seven crowns
on his heads.

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His tail swept a third of the stars out of testimony; they did not love their lives so
the sky and flung them to the earth. The much as to shrink from death.
dragon stood in front of the woman who
was about to give birth, so that he might 12
Therefore rejoice, you heavens and
devour her child the moment it was born. you who dwell in them! But woe to the
earth and the sea, because the devil
5
She gave birth to a son, a male child, has gone down to you! He is filled with
who will rule all the nations with an iron fury, because he knows that his time is
scepter. And her child was snatched up short."
to God and to his throne.
13
When the dragon saw that he had
6
The woman fled into the desert to a been hurled to the earth, he pursued the
place prepared for her by God, where woman who had given birth to the male
she might be taken care of for 1,260 child.
days.
14
The woman was given the two wings
7
And there was war in heaven. Michael of a great eagle, so that she might fly to
and his angels fought against the the place prepared for her in the desert,
dragon, and the dragon and his angels where she would be taken care of for a
fought back. time, times and half a time, out of the
serpent's reach.
8
But he was not strong enough, and
15
they lost their place in heaven. Then from his mouth the serpent
spewed water like a river, to overtake
9
The great dragon was hurled down-- the woman and sweep her away with
that ancient serpent called the devil, or the torrent.
Satan, who leads the whole world astray.
16
He was hurled to the earth, and his But the earth helped the woman by
angels with him. opening its mouth and swallowing the
river that the dragon had spewed out of
10
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven his mouth.
say: "Now have come the salvation and
17
the power and the kingdom of our God, Then the dragon was enraged at the
and the authority of his Christ. For the woman and went off to make war
accuser of our brothers, who accuses against the rest of her offspring--those
them before our God day and night, has who obey God's commandments and
been hurled down. hold to the testimony of Jesus.

11
They overcame him by the blood of
the Lamb and by the word of their

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All inhabitants of the earth will worship
13And the dragon stood on the the beast--all whose names have not
been written in the book of life belonging
shore of the sea.
to the Lamb that was slain from the
2
creation of the world.
And I saw a beast coming out of the
sea. He had ten horns and seven heads, 9
with ten crowns on his horns, and on He who has an ear, let him hear.
each head a blasphemous name. The
10
beast I saw resembled a leopard, but If anyone is to go into captivity, into
had feet like those of a bear and a captivity he will go. If anyone is to be
mouth like that of a lion. The dragon killed with the sword, with the sword he
gave the beast his power and his throne will be killed. This calls for patient
and great authority. endurance and faithfulness on the part
of the saints.
3
One of the heads of the beast seemed
11
to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal Then I saw another beast, coming out
wound had been healed. The whole of the earth. He had two horns like a
world was astonished and followed the lamb, but he spoke like a dragon.
beast.
12
He exercised all the authority of the
4
Men worshiped the dragon because he first beast on his behalf, and made the
had given authority to the beast, and earth and its inhabitants worship the first
they also worshiped the beast and beast, whose fatal wound had been
asked, "Who is like the beast? Who can healed.
make war against him?"
13
And he performed great and
5
The beast was given a mouth to utter miraculous signs, even causing fire to
proud words and blasphemies and to come down from heaven to earth in full
exercise his authority for forty-two view of men.
months.
14
Because of the signs he was given
6
He opened his mouth to blaspheme power to do on behalf of the first beast,
God, and to slander his name and his he deceived the inhabitants of the earth.
dwelling place and those who live in He ordered them to set up an image in
heaven. honor of the beast who was wounded by
the sword and yet lived.
7
He was given power to make war
15
against the saints and to conquer them. He was given power to give breath to
And he was given authority over every the image of the first beast, so that it
tribe, people, language and nation.
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to worship the image to be killed. as firstfruits to God and the Lamb.

16 5
He also forced everyone, small and No lie was found in their mouths; they
great, rich and poor, free and slave, to are blameless.
receive a mark on his right hand or on
his forehead, 6
Then I saw another angel flying in
midair, and he had the eternal gospel to
17
so that no one could buy or sell unless proclaim to those who live on the earth--
he had the mark, which is the name of to every nation, tribe, language and
the beast or the number of his name. people.

18 7
This calls for wisdom. If anyone has He said in a loud voice, "Fear God and
insight, let him calculate the number of give him glory, because the hour of his
the beast, for it is man's number. His judgment has come. Worship him who
number is 666. made the heavens, the earth, the sea
and the springs of water."

14Then I looked, and there before 8

A second angel followed and said,
"Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great,
me was the Lamb, standing on Mount
Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his which made all the nations drink the
name and his Father's name written on maddening wine of her adulteries."
their foreheads.
9
A third angel followed them and said in
2
And I heard a sound from heaven like a loud voice: "If anyone worships the
the roar of rushing waters and like a beast and his image and receives his
loud peal of thunder. The sound I heard mark on the forehead or on the hand,
was like that of harpists playing their
10
harps. he, too, will drink of the wine of God's
fury, which has been poured full
3
And they sang a new song before the strength into the cup of his wrath. He will
throne and before the four living be tormented with burning sulfur in the
creatures and the elders. No one could presence of the holy angels and of the
learn the song except the 144,000 who Lamb.
had been redeemed from the earth.
11
And the smoke of their torment rises
4
These are those who did not defile for ever and ever. There is no rest day
themselves with women, for they kept or night for those who worship the beast
themselves pure. They follow the Lamb and his image, or for anyone who
wherever he goes. They were receives the mark of his name."

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This calls for patient endurance on the The angel swung his sickle on the
part of the saints who obey God's earth, gathered its grapes and threw
commandments and remain faithful to them into the great winepress of God's
Jesus. wrath.

13 20
Then I heard a voice from heaven say, They were trampled in the winepress
"Write: Blessed are the dead who die in outside the city, and blood flowed out of
the Lord from now on." "Yes," says the the press, rising as high as the horses'
Spirit, "they will rest from their labor, for bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia.
their deeds will follow them."

14
I looked, and there before me was a
white cloud, and seated on the cloud
15I saw in heaven another great and
marvelous sign: seven angels with the
was one "like a son of man" with a seven last plagues--last, because with
crown of gold on his head and a sharp them God's wrath is completed.
sickle in his hand.
2
15
And I saw what looked like a sea of
Then another angel came out of the glass mixed with fire and, standing
temple and called in a loud voice to him beside the sea, those who had been
who was sitting on the cloud, "Take your victorious over the beast and his image
sickle and reap, because the time to and over the number of his name. They
reap has come, for the harvest of the held harps given them by God
earth is ripe."
3
16
and sang the song of Moses the
So he who was seated on the cloud servant of God and the song of the
swung his sickle over the earth, and the Lamb: "Great and marvelous are your
earth was harvested. deeds, Lord God Almighty. Just and true
are your ways, King of the ages.
17
Another angel came out of the temple
in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. 4
Who will not fear you, O Lord, and bring
glory to your name? For you alone are
18
Still another angel, who had charge of holy. All nations will come and worship
the fire, came from the altar and called before you, for your righteous acts have
in a loud voice to him who had the sharp been revealed."
sickle, "Take your sharp sickle and
gather the clusters of grapes from the 5
After this I looked and in heaven the
earth's vine, because its grapes are temple, that is, the tabernacle of the
ripe." Testimony, was opened.

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6
Out of the temple came the seven the Holy One, because you have so
angels with the seven plagues. They judged;
were dressed in clean, shining linen and
wore golden sashes around their chests. 6
for they have shed the blood of your
saints and prophets, and you have given
7
Then one of the four living creatures them blood to drink as they deserve."
gave to the seven angels seven golden
bowls filled with the wrath of God, who 7
And I heard the altar respond: "Yes,
lives for ever and ever. Lord God Almighty, true and just are
your judgments."
8
And the temple was filled with smoke
from the glory of God and from his 8
The fourth angel poured out his bowl on
power, and no one could enter the the sun, and the sun was given power to
temple until the seven plagues of the scorch people with fire.
seven angels were completed.
9
They were seared by the intense heat
and they cursed the name of God, who
16Then I heard a loud voice from the had control over these plagues, but they
temple saying to the seven angels, "Go, refused to repent and glorify him.
pour out the seven bowls of God's wrath
on the earth." 10
The fifth angel poured out his bowl on
the throne of the beast, and his kingdom
2
The first angel went and poured out his was plunged into darkness. Men
bowl on the land, and ugly and painful gnawed their tongues in agony
sores broke out on the people who had
the mark of the beast and worshiped his 11
and cursed the God of heaven
image. because of their pains and their sores,
but they refused to repent of what they
3
The second angel poured out his bowl had done.
on the sea, and it turned into blood like
that of a dead man, and every living 12
The sixth angel poured out his bowl on
thing in the sea died. the great river Euphrates, and its water
was dried up to prepare the way for the
4
The third angel poured out his bowl on kings from the East.
the rivers and springs of water, and they
became blood. 13
Then I saw three evil spirits that
looked like frogs; they came out of the
5
Then I heard the angel in charge of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of
waters say: "You are just in these the beast and out of the mouth of the
judgments, you who are and who were, false prophet.
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14
They are spirits of demons performing
miraculous signs, and they go out to the
kings of the whole world, to gather them
17One of the seven angels who had
the seven bowls came and said to me,
for the battle on the great day of God "Come, I will show you the punishment
Almighty. of the great prostitute, who sits on many
waters.
15
"Behold, I come like a thief! Blessed is
he who stays awake and keeps his 2
With her the kings of the earth
clothes with him, so that he may not go committed adultery and the inhabitants
naked and be shamefully exposed." of the earth were intoxicated with the
wine of her adulteries."
16
Then they gathered the kings together
to the place that in Hebrew is called 3
Then the angel carried me away in the
Armageddon. Spirit into a desert. There I saw a
woman sitting on a scarlet beast that
17
The seventh angel poured out his bowl was covered with blasphemous names
into the air, and out of the temple came and had seven heads and ten horns.
a loud voice from the throne, saying, "It
is done!" 4
The woman was dressed in purple and
scarlet, and was glittering with gold,
18
Then there came flashes of lightning, precious stones and pearls. She held a
rumblings, peals of thunder and a golden cup in her hand, filled with
severe earthquake. No earthquake like it abominable things and the filth of her
has ever occurred since man has been adulteries.
on earth, so tremendous was the quake.
5
This title was written on her forehead:
19
The great city split into three parts,
and the cities of the nations collapsed. 6
I saw that the woman was drunk with
God remembered Babylon the Great the blood of the saints, the blood of
and gave her the cup filled with the wine those who bore testimony to Jesus.
of the fury of his wrath.
7
20
When I saw her, I was greatly
Every island fled away and the astonished. Then the angel said to me:
mountains could not be found. "Why are you astonished? I will explain
to you the mystery of the woman and of
21
From the sky huge hailstones of about the beast she rides, which has the
a hundred pounds each fell upon men. seven heads and ten horns.
And they cursed God on account of the
plague of hail, because the plague was 8
The beast, which you saw, once was,
so terrible. now is not, and will come up out of the
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Abyss and go to his destruction. The The beast and the ten horns you saw
inhabitants of the earth whose names will hate the prostitute. They will bring
have not been written in the book of life her to ruin and leave her naked; they will
from the creation of the world will be eat her flesh and burn her with fire.
astonished when they see the beast,
because he once was, now is not, and 17
For God has put it into their hearts to
yet will come. accomplish his purpose by agreeing to
give the beast their power to rule, until
9
"This calls for a mind with wisdom. The God's words are fulfilled.
seven heads are seven hills on which
the woman sits. 18
The woman you saw is the great city
that rules over the kings of the earth."
10
They are also seven kings. Five have
fallen, one is, the other has not yet
come; but when he does come, he must
remain for a little while.
18After this I saw another angel
coming down from heaven. He had
11
great authority, and the earth was
The beast who once was, and now is illuminated by his splendor.
not, is an eighth king. He belongs to the
seven and is going to his destruction. 2
With a mighty voice he shouted:
12 "Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!
"The ten horns you saw are ten kings She has become a home for demons
who have not yet received a kingdom, and a haunt for every evil spirit, a haunt
but who for one hour will receive for every unclean and detestable bird.
authority as kings along with the beast.
3
13
For all the nations have drunk the
They have one purpose and will give maddening wine of her adulteries. The
their power and authority to the beast. kings of the earth committed adultery
with her, and the merchants of the earth
14
They will make war against the Lamb, grew rich from her excessive luxuries."
but the Lamb will overcome them
because he is Lord of lords and King of 4
Then I heard another voice from
kings--and with him will be his called, heaven say: "Come out of her, my
chosen and faithful followers." people, so that you will not share in her
sins, so that you will not receive any of
15
Then the angel said to me, "The her plagues;
waters you saw, where the prostitute
sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations 5
for her sins are piled up to heaven, and
and languages. God has remembered her crimes.

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Give back to her as she has given; pay wheat; cattle and sheep; horses and
her back double for what she has done. carriages; and bodies and souls of men.
Mix her a double portion from her own
cup. 14
"They will say, 'The fruit you longed for
is gone from you. All your riches and
7
Give her as much torture and grief as splendor have vanished, never to be
the glory and luxury she gave herself. In recovered.'
her heart she boasts, 'I sit as queen; I
am not a widow, and I will never mourn.' 15
The merchants who sold these things
and gained their wealth from her will
8
Therefore in one day her plagues will stand far off, terrified at her torment.
overtake her: death, mourning and They will weep and mourn
famine. She will be consumed by fire,
for mighty is the Lord God who judges 16
and cry out: " 'Woe! Woe, O great city,
her. dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet,
and glittering with gold, precious stones
9
"When the kings of the earth who and pearls!
committed adultery with her and shared
her luxury see the smoke of her burning, 17
In one hour such great wealth has
they will weep and mourn over her. been brought to ruin!'
10
Terrified at her torment, they will stand 18
"Every sea captain, and all who travel
far off and cry: " 'Woe! Woe, O great city, by ship, the sailors, and all who earn
O Babylon, city of power! In one hour their living from the sea, will stand far off.
your doom has come!' When they see the smoke of her
burning, they will exclaim, 'Was there
11
"The merchants of the earth will weep ever a city like this great city?'
and mourn over her because no one
buys their cargoes any more-- 19
They will throw dust on their heads,
and with weeping and mourning cry out:
12
cargoes of gold, silver, precious " 'Woe! Woe, O great city, where all who
stones and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk had ships on the sea became rich
and scarlet cloth; every sort of citron through her wealth! In one hour she has
wood, and articles of every kind made of been brought to ruin!
ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron and
marble; 20
Rejoice over her, O heaven! Rejoice,
saints and apostles and prophets! God
13
cargoes of cinnamon and spice, of has judged her for the way she treated
incense, myrrh and frankincense, of you.' "
wine and olive oil, of fine flour and

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Then a mighty angel picked up a The twenty-four elders and the four
boulder the size of a large millstone and living creatures fell down and worshiped
threw it into the sea, and said: "With God, who was seated on the throne.
such violence the great city of Babylon And they cried: "Amen, Hallelujah!"
will be thrown down, never to be found
again. 5
Then a voice came from the throne,
saying: "Praise our God, all you his
22
The music of harpists and musicians, servants, you who fear him, both small
flute players and trumpeters, will never and great!"
be heard in you again. No workman of
any trade will ever be found in you again. 6
Then I heard what sounded like a great
The sound of a millstone will never be multitude, like the roar of rushing waters
heard in you again. and like loud peals of thunder, shouting:
"Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty
23
The light of a lamp will never shine in reigns.
you again. The voice of bridegroom and
bride will never be heard in you again. 7
Let us rejoice and be glad and give him
Your merchants were the world's great glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has
men. By your magic spell all the nations come, and his bride has made herself
were led astray. ready.
24
In her was found the blood of prophets 8
Fine linen, bright and clean, was given
and of the saints, and of all who have her to wear." (Fine linen stands for the
been killed on the earth." righteous acts of the saints.)

9
Then the angel said to me, "Write:
19After this I heard what sounded 'Blessed are those who are invited to the
like the roar of a great multitude in wedding supper of the Lamb!' " And he
heaven shouting: "Hallelujah! Salvation added, "These are the true words of
and glory and power belong to our God, God."

10
2
for true and just are his judgments. He At this I fell at his feet to worship him.
has condemned the great prostitute who But he said to me, "Do not do it! I am a
corrupted the earth by her adulteries. He fellow servant with you and with your
has avenged on her the blood of his brothers who hold to the testimony of
servants." Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony
of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."
3
And again they shouted: "Hallelujah!
11
The smoke from her goes up for ever I saw heaven standing open and there
and ever." before me was a white horse, whose

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rider is called Faithful and True. With together to make war against the rider
justice he judges and makes war. on the horse and his army.

12 20
His eyes are like blazing fire, and on But the beast was captured, and with
his head are many crowns. He has a him the false prophet who had
name written on him that no one knows performed the miraculous signs on his
but he himself. behalf. With these signs he had deluded
those who had received the mark of the
13
He is dressed in a robe dipped in beast and worshiped his image. The two
blood, and his name is the Word of God. of them were thrown alive into the fiery
lake of burning sulfur.
14
The armies of heaven were following
21
him, riding on white horses and dressed The rest of them were killed with the
in fine linen, white and clean. sword that came out of the mouth of the
rider on the horse, and all the birds
15 gorged themselves on their flesh.
Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword
with which to strike down the nations.
"He will rule them with an iron scepter."
He treads the winepress of the fury of 20And I saw an angel coming down
the wrath of God Almighty. out of heaven, having the key to the
Abyss and holding in his hand a great
16 chain.
On his robe and on his thigh he has
this name written:
2
He seized the dragon, that ancient
KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and
LORDS. bound him for a thousand years.

17 3
And I saw an angel standing in the sun, He threw him into the Abyss, and
who cried in a loud voice to all the birds locked and sealed it over him, to keep
flying in midair, "Come, gather together him from deceiving the nations anymore
for the great supper of God, until the thousand years were ended.
After that, he must be set free for a short
18
so that you may eat the flesh of kings, time.
generals, and mighty men, of horses
4
and their riders, and the flesh of all I saw thrones on which were seated
people, free and slave, small and great." those who had been given authority to
judge. And I saw the souls of those who
19
Then I saw the beast and the kings of had been beheaded because of their
the earth and their armies gathered testimony for Jesus and because of the
word of God. They had not worshiped
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the beast or his image and had not fled from his presence, and there was
received his mark on their foreheads or no place for them.
their hands. They came to life and
reigned with Christ a thousand years. 12
And I saw the dead, great and small,
standing before the throne, and books
5
(The rest of the dead did not come to were opened. Another book was opened,
life until the thousand years were which is the book of life. The dead were
ended.) This is the first resurrection. judged according to what they had done
as recorded in the books.
6
Blessed and holy are those who have
13
part in the first resurrection. The second The sea gave up the dead that were in
death has no power over them, but they it, and death and Hades gave up the
will be priests of God and of Christ and dead that were in them, and each
will reign with him for a thousand years. person was judged according to what he
had done.
7
When the thousand years are over,
14
Satan will be released from his prison Then death and Hades were thrown
into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is
8
and will go out to deceive the nations in the second death.
the four corners of the earth--Gog and
15
Magog--to gather them for battle. In If anyone's name was not found
number they are like the sand on the written in the book of life, he was thrown
seashore. into the lake of fire.

9
They marched across the breadth of
the earth and surrounded the camp of
God's people, the city he loves. But fire
21Then I saw a new heaven and a
new earth, for the first heaven and the
came down from heaven and devoured first earth had passed away, and there
them. was no longer any sea.
10
And the devil, who deceived them, 2
I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem,
was thrown into the lake of burning coming down out of heaven from God,
sulfur, where the beast and the false prepared as a bride beautifully dressed
prophet had been thrown. They will be for her husband.
tormented day and night for ever and
ever. 3
And I heard a loud voice from the
11
throne saying, "Now the dwelling of God
Then I saw a great white throne and is with men, and he will live with them.
him who was seated on it. Earth and sky They will be his people, and God himself
will be with them and be their God.
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4 11
He will wipe every tear from their eyes. It shone with the glory of God, and its
There will be no more death or brilliance was like that of a very precious
mourning or crying or pain, for the old jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal.
order of things has passed away."
12
It had a great, high wall with twelve
5
He who was seated on the throne said, gates, and with twelve angels at the
"I am making everything new!" Then he gates. On the gates were written the
said, "Write this down, for these words names of the twelve tribes of Israel.
are trustworthy and true."
13
There were three gates on the east,
6
He said to me: "It is done. I am the three on the north, three on the south
Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and three on the west.
and the End. To him who is thirsty I will
give to drink without cost from the spring 14
The wall of the city had twelve
of the water of life. foundations, and on them were the
names of the twelve apostles of the
7
He who overcomes will inherit all this, Lamb.
and I will be his God and he will be my
son. 15
The angel who talked with me had a
measuring rod of gold to measure the
8
But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the city, its gates and its walls.
vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral,
those who practice magic arts, the 16
The city was laid out like a square, as
idolaters and all liars--their place will be long as it was wide. He measured the
in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is city with the rod and found it to be
the second death." 12,000 stadia in length, and as wide and
high as it is long.
9
One of the seven angels who had the
seven bowls full of the seven last 17
He measured its wall and it was 144
plagues came and said to me, "Come, I cubits thick, by man's measurement,
will show you the bride, the wife of the which the angel was using.
Lamb."
18
The wall was made of jasper, and the
10
And he carried me away in the Spirit to city of pure gold, as pure as glass.
a mountain great and high, and showed
me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming 19
The foundations of the city walls were
down out of heaven from God.
decorated with every kind of precious
stone. The first foundation was jasper,
the second sapphire, the third
chalcedony, the fourth emerald,
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the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, down the middle of the great street of
the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the city. On each side of the river stood
the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of
the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And
amethyst. the leaves of the tree are for the healing
of the nations.
21
The twelve gates were twelve pearls,
3
each gate made of a single pearl. The No longer will there be any curse. The
great street of the city was of pure gold, throne of God and of the Lamb will be in
like transparent glass. the city, and his servants will serve him.

22 4
I did not see a temple in the city, They will see his face, and his name
because the Lord God Almighty and the will be on their foreheads.
Lamb are its temple.
5
There will be no more night. They will
23
The city does not need the sun or the not need the light of a lamp or the light
moon to shine on it, for the glory of God of the sun, for the Lord God will give
gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. them light. And they will reign for ever
and ever.
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The nations will walk by its light, and
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the kings of the earth will bring their The angel said to me, "These words
splendor into it. are trustworthy and true. The Lord, the
God of the spirits of the prophets, sent
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On no day will its gates ever be shut, his angel to show his servants the things
for there will be no night there. that must soon take place."

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The glory and honor of the nations will "Behold, I am coming soon! Blessed is
be brought into it. he who keeps the words of the prophecy
in this book."
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Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor
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will anyone who does what is shameful I, John, am the one who heard and saw
or deceitful, but only those whose these things. And when I had heard and
names are written in the Lamb's book of seen them, I fell down to worship at the
life. feet of the angel who had been showing
them to me.

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But he said to me, "Do not do it! I am a
fellow servant with you and with your
river of the water of life, as clear as brothers the prophets and of all who
crystal, flowing from the throne of God
and of the Lamb
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keep the words of this book. Worship "I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give
God!" you this testimony for the churches. I am
the Root and the Offspring of David, and
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Then he told me, "Do not seal up the the bright Morning Star."
words of the prophecy of this book,
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because the time is near. The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!"
And let him who hears say, "Come!"
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Let him who does wrong continue to Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and
do wrong; let him who is vile continue to whoever wishes, let him take the free
be vile; let him who does right continue gift of the water of life.
to do right; and let him who is holy
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continue to be holy." I warn everyone who hears the words
of the prophecy of this book: If anyone
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"Behold, I am coming soon! My reward adds anything to them, God will add to
is with me, and I will give to everyone him the plagues described in this book.
according to what he has done.
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And if anyone takes words away from
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I am the Alpha and the Omega, the this book of prophecy, God will take
First and the Last, the Beginning and away from him his share in the tree of
the End. life and in the holy city, which are
described in this book.
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"Blessed are those who wash their
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robes, that they may have the right to He who testifies to these things says,
the tree of life and may go through the "Yes, I am coming soon." Amen. Come,
gates into the city. Lord Jesus.

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Outside are the dogs, those who The grace of the Lord Jesus be with
practice magic arts, the sexually God's people. Amen.
immoral, the murderers, the idolaters
and everyone who loves and practices
falsehood.

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