14:1 Then ¹  I looked, and here was ²  the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him were one hundred and forty-four thousand, who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads. 14:2 I also heard a sound ³  coming out of heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder. Now ⁴  the sound I heard was like that made by harpists playing their harps, 14:3 and they were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No ⁵  one was able to learn the song except the one hundred and forty-four thousand who had been redeemed from the earth.

14:4 These are the ones who have not defiled themselves ⁶  with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed from humanity as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb, 14:5 and no lie was found on their lips; ⁷  they ⁸  are blameless.

14:6 Then ⁹  I saw another ¹⁰  angel flying directly overhead, ¹¹  and he had ¹²  an eternal gospel to proclaim ¹³  to those who live ¹⁴  on the earth – to every nation, tribe, ¹⁵  language, and people. 14:7 He declared ¹⁶  in a loud voice: “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has arrived, and worship the one who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water!”

14:8 A ¹⁷  second ¹⁸  angel ¹⁹  followed the first, ²⁰  declaring: ²¹  “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great city! ²²  She made all the nations ²³  drink of the wine of her immoral passion.” ²⁴ 

14:9 A ²⁵  third angel ²⁶  followed the first two, ²⁷  declaring ²⁸  in a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and takes the mark on his forehead or his hand, 14:10 that person ²⁹  will also drink of the wine of God’s anger ³⁰  that has been mixed undiluted in the cup of his wrath, and he will be tortured with fire and sulfur ³¹  in front of the holy angels and in front of the Lamb. 14:11 And the smoke from their ³²  torture will go up ³³  forever and ever, and those who worship the beast and his image will have ³⁴  no rest day or night, along with ³⁵  anyone who receives the mark of his name.” 14:12 This requires ³⁶  the steadfast endurance ³⁷  of the saints – those who obey ³⁸  God’s commandments and hold to ³⁹  their faith in Jesus. ⁴⁰ 

14:13 Then ⁴¹  I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this:

‘Blessed are the dead,

those who die in the Lord from this moment on!’”

“Yes,” says the Spirit, “so they can rest from their hard work, ⁴²  because their deeds will follow them.” ⁴³ 

14:14 Then ⁴⁴  I looked, and a white cloud appeared, ⁴⁵  and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man! ⁴⁶  He had ⁴⁷  a golden crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. 14:15 Then ⁴⁸  another angel came out of the temple, shouting in a loud voice to the one seated on the cloud, “Use ⁴⁹  your sickle and start to reap, ⁵⁰  because the time to reap has come, since the earth’s harvest is ripe!” 14:16 So ⁵¹  the one seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.

14:17 Then ⁵²  another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. 14:18 Another ⁵³  angel, who was in charge of ⁵⁴  the fire, came from the altar and called in a loud voice to the angel ⁵⁵  who had the sharp sickle, “Use ⁵⁶  your sharp sickle and gather ⁵⁷  the clusters of grapes ⁵⁸  off the vine of the earth, ⁵⁹  because its grapes ⁶⁰  are now ripe.” ⁶¹  14:19 So ⁶²  the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the grapes from the vineyard ⁶³  of the earth and tossed them into the great ⁶⁴  winepress of the wrath of God. 14:20 Then ⁶⁵  the winepress was stomped ⁶⁶  outside the city, and blood poured out of the winepress up to the height of horses’ bridles ⁶⁷  for a distance of almost two hundred miles. ⁶⁸