Revelation 14

¹Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 {} who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.

²And I heard a sound from heaven like [the] roar of many waters and [the] loud rumbling of thunder. And the sound I heard [was] like harpists strumming their harps.

³And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. And no one could learn the song except the 144,000 {} who had been redeemed from the earth.

⁴These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men [as] firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.

⁵And no lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.

⁶Then I saw another angel flying overhead, with [the] eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth — to every nation and tribe and tongue and people.

⁷[And] he said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the [One who] made the heavens and the earth and [the] sea and [the] springs of waters.”

⁸Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who {has made} all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”

⁹And a third angel followed them, calling out in a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives [its] mark on his forehead or on his hand,

¹⁰he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of [the] holy angels and of the Lamb.

¹¹And the smoke of their torment rises forever [and] ever. Day and night [there is] no rest for those who worship the beast and its image, [or] [for] anyone who receives the mark of its name.”

¹²Here is [a call for] the perseverance of the saints, who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

¹³And I heard a voice from heaven telling [me] to write, “Blessed [are] the dead — those who die in [the] Lord from this moment on.”“Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.”

¹⁴And I looked and saw a white cloud, and seated on the cloud [was One] like [the] Son of Man, with a golden crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand.

¹⁵Then another angel came out of the temple, crying out in a loud voice to the [One] seated on the cloud, “Swing Your sickle and reap, because the time has come to harvest, for the crop of the earth is ripe.”

¹⁶[So] the [One] seated on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.

¹⁷Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he [too] had a sharp sickle.

¹⁸[Still] another angel, with authority over the fire, came from the altar and called out in a loud voice to the [angel] with the sharp sickle, “Swing your sharp sickle and gather the clusters [of grapes] from the vine of the earth, because its grapes are ripe.”

¹⁹[So] the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the [grapes] of the earth, and he threw [them] into the great winepress of God’s wrath.

²⁰And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and [the] blood [that] flowed from [it] [rose] as high as the bridles of the horses for a distance of 1,600 {} stadia.