[1] Then I looked, and lo, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him a
hundred and forty-four thousand who had his name and his Father's name
written on their foreheads. [2] And I heard a voice from heaven like the
sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder; the voice I heard
was like the sound of harpers playing on their harps, [3] and they sing a
new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before
the elders. No one could learn that song except the hundred and forty-four
thousand who had been redeemed from the earth. [4] It is these who have not
defiled themselves with women, for they are chaste; it is these who follow
the Lamb wherever he goes; these have been redeemed from mankind as first
fruits for God and the Lamb, [5] and in their mouth no lie was found, for
they are spotless. [6] Then I saw another angel flying in midheaven, with
an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on earth, to every nation
and tribe and tongue and people; [7] and he said with a loud voice, "Fear
God and give him glory, for the hour of his judgment has come; and worship
him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the fountains of water." [8]
Another angel, a second, followed, saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the
great, she who made all nations drink the wine of her impure passion." [9]
And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, "If
any one worships the beast and its image, and receives a mark on his
forehead or on his hand, [10] he also shall drink the wine of God's wrath,
poured unmixed into the cup of his anger, and he shall be tormented with
fire and sulphur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of
the Lamb. [11] And the smoke of their torment goes up for ever and ever;
and they have no rest, day or night, these worshipers of the beast and its
image, and whoever receives the mark of its name." [12] Here is a call for
the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and the
faith of Jesus. [13] And I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write this:
Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord henceforth." "Blessed indeed,"
says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds
follow them!" [14] Then I looked, and lo, a white cloud, and seated on the
cloud one like a son of man, with a golden crown on his head, and a sharp
sickle in his hand. [15] And another angel came out of the temple, calling
with a loud voice to him who sat upon the cloud, "Put in your sickle, and
reap, for the hour to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is fully
ripe." [16] So he who sat upon the cloud swung his sickle on the earth, and
the earth was reaped. [17] And another angel came out of the temple in
heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. [18] Then another angel came out
from the altar, the angel who has power over fire, and he called with a
loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, "Put in your sickle, and gather
the clusters of the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe." [19] So
the angel swung his sickle on the earth and gathered the vintage of the
earth, and threw it into the great wine press of the wrath of God; [20] and
the wine press was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed from the wine
press, as high as a horse's bridle, for one thousand six hundred stadia.
