19:1 After these things I heard what sounded like the loud voice of a vast throng in heaven, saying,

“Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,

19:2 because his judgments are true and just. ¹ 

For he has judged ²  the great prostitute

who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality,

and has avenged the blood of his servants ³  poured out by her own hands!” ⁴ 

19:3 Then ⁵  a second time the crowd shouted, “Hallelujah!” The smoke rises from her forever and ever. ⁶  19:4 The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures threw themselves to the ground ⁷  and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne, saying: “Amen! Hallelujah!”

19:5 Then ⁸  a voice came from the throne, saying:

“Praise our God

all you his servants,

and all you who fear Him,

both the small and the great!”

19:6 Then ⁹  I heard what sounded like the voice of a vast throng, like the roar of many waters and like loud crashes of thunder. They were shouting: ¹⁰ 

“Hallelujah!

For the Lord our God, ¹¹  the All-Powerful, ¹²  reigns!

19:7 Let us rejoice ¹³  and exult

and give him glory,

because the wedding celebration of the Lamb has come,

and his bride has made herself ready.

19:8 She was permitted to be dressed in bright, clean, fine linen” ¹⁴  (for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints). ¹⁵ 

19:9 Then ¹⁶  the angel ¹⁷  said to me, “Write the following: Blessed are those who are invited to the banquet at the wedding celebration of the Lamb!” He also said to me, “These are the true words of God.” 19:10 So ¹⁸  I threw myself down ¹⁹  at his feet to worship him, but ²⁰  he said, “Do not do this! ²¹  I am only ²²  a fellow servant ²³  with you and your brothers ²⁴  who hold to the testimony about ²⁵  Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony about Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

19:11 Then ²⁶  I saw heaven opened and here came ²⁷  a white horse! The ²⁸  one riding it was called “Faithful” and “True,” and with justice ²⁹  he judges and goes to war. 19:12 His eyes are like a fiery ³⁰  flame and there are many diadem crowns ³¹  on his head. He has ³²  a name written ³³  that no one knows except himself. 19:13 He is dressed in clothing dipped ³⁴  in blood, and he is called ³⁵  the Word of God. 19:14 The ³⁶  armies that are in heaven, dressed in white, clean, fine linen, ³⁷  were following him on white horses. 19:15 From his mouth extends a sharp sword, so that with it he can strike the nations. ³⁸  He ³⁹  will rule ⁴⁰  them with an iron rod, ⁴¹  and he stomps the winepress ⁴²  of the furious ⁴³  wrath of God, the All-Powerful. ⁴⁴  19:16 He has a name written on his clothing and on his thigh: “King of kings and Lord of lords.”

19:17 Then ⁴⁵  I saw one angel standing in ⁴⁶  the sun, and he shouted in a loud voice to all the birds flying high in the sky: ⁴⁷ 

“Come, gather around for the great banquet ⁴⁸  of God,

19:18 to eat ⁴⁹  your fill ⁵⁰  of the flesh of kings,

the flesh of generals, ⁵¹ 

the flesh of powerful people,

the flesh of horses and those who ride them,

and the flesh of all people, both free and slave, ⁵² 

and small and great!”

19:19 Then ⁵³  I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies assembled to do battle with the one who rode the horse and with his army. 19:20 Now ⁵⁴  the beast was seized, and along with him the false prophet who had performed the signs on his behalf ⁵⁵  – signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire burning with sulfur. ⁵⁶  19:21 The ⁵⁷  others were killed by the sword that extended from the mouth of the one who rode the horse, and all the birds gorged ⁵⁸  themselves with their flesh.