8:1 Now ¹  when the Lamb ²  opened the seventh seal there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. 8:2 Then ³  I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. 8:3 Another ⁴  angel holding ⁵  a golden censer ⁶  came and was stationed ⁷  at the altar. A ⁸  large amount of incense was given to him to offer up, with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar that is before the throne. 8:4 The ⁹  smoke coming from the incense, ¹⁰  along with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel’s hand. 8:5 Then ¹¹  the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it on the earth, and there were crashes of thunder, roaring, ¹²  flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

8:6 Now ¹³  the seven angels holding ¹⁴  the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.

8:7 The ¹⁵  first angel blew his trumpet, and there was hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was thrown at the earth so that ¹⁶  a third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.

8:8 Then ¹⁷  the second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain of burning fire was thrown into the sea. A ¹⁸  third of the sea became blood, 8:9 and a third of the creatures ¹⁹  living in the sea died, and a third of the ships were completely destroyed. ²⁰ 

8:10 Then ²¹  the third angel blew his trumpet, and a huge star burning like a torch fell from the sky; ²²  it landed ²³  on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. 8:11 (Now ²⁴  the name of the star is ²⁵  Wormwood.) ²⁶  So ²⁷  a third of the waters became wormwood, ²⁸  and many people died from these waters because they were poisoned. ²⁹ 

8:12 Then ³⁰  the fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. And there was no light for a third of the day ³¹  and for a third of the night likewise. 8:13 Then ³²  I looked, and I heard an ³³  eagle ³⁴  flying directly overhead, ³⁵  proclaiming with a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe to those who live on the earth because of the remaining sounds of the trumpets of the three angels who are about to blow them!” ³⁶ 

9:1 Then ³⁷  the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky ³⁸  to the earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the abyss. ³⁹  9:2 He ⁴⁰  opened the shaft of the abyss and smoke rose out of it ⁴¹  like smoke from a giant furnace. The ⁴²  sun and the air were darkened with smoke from the shaft. 9:3 Then ⁴³  out of the smoke came locusts onto the earth, and they were given power ⁴⁴  like that of the scorpions of the earth. 9:4 They ⁴⁵  were told ⁴⁶  not to damage the grass of the earth, or any green plant or tree, but only those people ⁴⁷  who did not have the seal of God on their ⁴⁸  forehead. 9:5 The locusts ⁴⁹  were not given permission ⁵⁰  to kill ⁵¹  them, but only to torture ⁵²  them ⁵³  for five months, and their torture was like that ⁵⁴  of a scorpion when it stings a person. ⁵⁵  9:6 In ⁵⁶  those days people ⁵⁷  will seek death, but ⁵⁸  will not be able to ⁵⁹  find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.

9:7 Now ⁶⁰  the locusts looked like horses equipped for battle. On ⁶¹  their heads were something like crowns similar to gold, ⁶²  and their faces looked like men’s ⁶³  faces. 9:8 They ⁶⁴  had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth. 9:9 They had breastplates ⁶⁵  like iron breastplates, and the sound of their wings was like the noise of many horse-drawn chariots charging into battle. 9:10 They have ⁶⁶  tails and stingers like scorpions, and their ability ⁶⁷  to injure people for five months is in their tails. 9:11 They have as king over them the angel of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon. ⁶⁸ 

9:12 The first woe has passed, but ⁶⁹  two woes are still coming after these things!

9:13 Then ⁷⁰  the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a single voice coming from the ⁷¹  horns on the golden altar that is before God, 9:14 saying to the sixth angel, the one holding ⁷²  the trumpet, “Set free ⁷³  the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!” 9:15 Then ⁷⁴  the four angels who had been prepared for this ⁷⁵  hour, day, ⁷⁶  month, and year were set free to kill ⁷⁷  a third of humanity. 9:16 The ⁷⁸  number of soldiers on horseback was two hundred million; ⁷⁹  I heard their number. 9:17 Now ⁸⁰  this is what the horses and their riders ⁸¹  looked like in my ⁸²  vision: The riders had breastplates that were fiery red, ⁸³  dark blue, ⁸⁴  and sulfurous ⁸⁵  yellow in color. ⁸⁶  The ⁸⁷  heads of the horses looked like lions’ heads, and fire, smoke, and sulfur ⁸⁸  came out of their mouths. 9:18 A third of humanity was killed by these three plagues, that is, ⁸⁹  by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur that came out of their mouths. 9:19 For the power ⁹⁰  of the horses resides ⁹¹  in their mouths and in their tails, because their tails are like snakes, having heads that inflict injuries. 9:20 The rest of humanity, who had not been killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so that they did not stop worshiping demons and idols made ⁹²  of gold, silver, ⁹³  bronze, stone, and wood – idols that cannot see or hear or walk about. 9:21 Furthermore, ⁹⁴  they did not repent of their murders, of their magic spells, ⁹⁵  of their sexual immorality, or of their stealing.

10:1 Then ⁹⁶  I saw another powerful angel descending from heaven, wrapped ⁹⁷  in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun and his legs were like pillars of fire. ⁹⁸  10:2 He held ⁹⁹  in his hand a little scroll that was open, and he put his right foot on the sea and his left on the land. 10:3 Then ¹⁰⁰  he shouted in a loud voice like a lion roaring, and when he shouted, the seven thunders sounded their voices. 10:4 When the seven thunders spoke, I was preparing to write, but ¹⁰¹  just then ¹⁰²  I heard a voice from heaven say, “Seal up what the seven thunders spoke and do not write it down.” 10:5 Then ¹⁰³  the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven 10:6 and swore by the one who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, and the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, “There will be no more delay! ¹⁰⁴  10:7 But in the days ¹⁰⁵  when the seventh angel is about to blow his trumpet, the mystery of God is completed, ¹⁰⁶  just as he has ¹⁰⁷  proclaimed to his servants ¹⁰⁸  the prophets.” 10:8 Then ¹⁰⁹  the voice I had heard from heaven began to speak ¹¹⁰  to me ¹¹¹  again, ¹¹²  “Go and take the open ¹¹³  scroll in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.” 10:9 So ¹¹⁴  I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He ¹¹⁵  said to me, “Take the scroll ¹¹⁶  and eat it. It ¹¹⁷  will make your stomach bitter, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth.” 10:10 So ¹¹⁸  I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it, and it did taste ¹¹⁹  as sweet as honey in my mouth, but ¹²⁰  when I had eaten it, my stomach became bitter. 10:11 Then ¹²¹  they ¹²²  told me: “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, ¹²³  languages, and kings.”

11:1 Then ¹²⁴  a measuring rod ¹²⁵  like a staff was given to me, and I was told, ¹²⁶  “Get up and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and the ones who worship there. 11:2 But ¹²⁷  do not measure the outer courtyard ¹²⁸  of the temple; leave it out, ¹²⁹  because it has been given to the Gentiles, ¹³⁰  and they will trample on the holy city ¹³¹  for forty-two months. 11:3 And I will grant my two witnesses authority ¹³²  to prophesy for 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth. 11:4 (These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.) ¹³³  11:5 If ¹³⁴  anyone wants to harm them, fire comes out of their mouths ¹³⁵  and completely consumes ¹³⁶  their enemies. If ¹³⁷  anyone wants to harm them, they must be killed this way. 11:6 These two have the power ¹³⁸  to close up the sky so that it does not rain during the time ¹³⁹  they are prophesying. They ¹⁴⁰  have power ¹⁴¹  to turn the waters to blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague whenever they want. 11:7 When ¹⁴²  they have completed their testimony, the beast that comes up from the abyss will make war on them and conquer ¹⁴³  them and kill them. 11:8 Their ¹⁴⁴  corpses will lie in the street ¹⁴⁵  of the great city that is symbolically ¹⁴⁶  called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was also crucified. 11:9 For three and a half days those from every ¹⁴⁷  people, tribe, ¹⁴⁸  nation, and language will look at their corpses, because they will not permit them to be placed in a tomb. ¹⁴⁹  11:10 And those who live on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate, even sending gifts to each other, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth. 11:11 But ¹⁵⁰  after three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and tremendous fear seized ¹⁵¹  those who were watching them. 11:12 Then ¹⁵²  they ¹⁵³  heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them: “Come up here!” So the two prophets ¹⁵⁴  went up to heaven in a cloud while ¹⁵⁵  their enemies stared at them. 11:13 Just then ¹⁵⁶  a major earthquake took place and a tenth of the city collapsed; seven thousand people ¹⁵⁷  were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

11:14 The second woe has come and gone; ¹⁵⁸  the third is coming quickly.

11:15 Then ¹⁵⁹  the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying:

“The kingdom of the world

has become the kingdom of our Lord

and of his Christ, ¹⁶⁰ 

and he will reign for ever and ever.”

11:16 Then ¹⁶¹  the twenty-four elders who are seated on their thrones before God threw themselves down with their faces to the ground ¹⁶²  and worshiped God 11:17 with these words: ¹⁶³ 

“We give you thanks, Lord God, the All-Powerful, ¹⁶⁴ 

the one who is and who was,

because you have taken your great power

and begun to reign. ¹⁶⁵ 

11:18 The ¹⁶⁶  nations ¹⁶⁷  were enraged,

but ¹⁶⁸  your wrath has come,

and the time has come for the dead to be judged,

and the time has come to give to your servants, ¹⁶⁹ 

the prophets, their reward,

as well as to the saints

and to those who revere ¹⁷⁰  your name, both small and great,

and the time has come ¹⁷¹  to destroy those who destroy ¹⁷²  the earth.”

11:19 Then ¹⁷³  the temple of God in heaven was opened and the ark of his covenant was visible within his temple. And there were flashes of lightning, roaring, ¹⁷⁴  crashes of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm. ¹⁷⁵ 

12:1 Then ¹⁷⁶  a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and with the moon under her feet, and on her head was a crown of twelve stars. ¹⁷⁷  12:2 She ¹⁷⁸  was pregnant and was screaming in labor pains, struggling ¹⁷⁹  to give birth. 12:3 Then ¹⁸⁰  another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon that had seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven diadem crowns. ¹⁸¹  12:4 Now ¹⁸²  the dragon’s ¹⁸³  tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth. Then ¹⁸⁴  the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child as soon as it was born. 12:5 So ¹⁸⁵  the woman gave birth to a son, a male child, ¹⁸⁶  who is going to rule ¹⁸⁷  over all the nations ¹⁸⁸  with an iron rod. ¹⁸⁹  Her ¹⁹⁰  child was suddenly caught up to God and to his throne, 12:6 and she ¹⁹¹  fled into the wilderness ¹⁹²  where a place had been prepared for her ¹⁹³  by God, so she could be taken care of ¹⁹⁴  for 1,260 days.

12:7 Then ¹⁹⁵  war broke out in heaven: Michael ¹⁹⁶  and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. 12:8 But ¹⁹⁷  the dragon was not strong enough to prevail, ¹⁹⁸  so there was no longer any place left ¹⁹⁹  in heaven for him and his angels. ²⁰⁰  12:9 So ²⁰¹  that huge dragon – the ancient serpent, the one called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world – was thrown down to the earth, and his angels along with him. 12:10 Then ²⁰²  I heard a loud voice in heaven saying,

“The salvation and the power

and the kingdom of our God,

and the ruling authority ²⁰³  of his Christ, ²⁰⁴  have now come,

because the accuser of our brothers and sisters, ²⁰⁵ 

the one who accuses them day and night ²⁰⁶  before our God,

has been thrown down.

12:11 But ²⁰⁷  they overcame him

by the blood of the Lamb

and by the word of their testimony,

and they did not love their lives ²⁰⁸  so much that they were afraid to die.

12:12 Therefore you heavens rejoice, and all who reside in them!

But ²⁰⁹  woe to the earth and the sea

because the devil has come down to you!

He ²¹⁰  is filled with terrible anger,

for he knows that he only has a little time!”

12:13 Now ²¹¹  when the dragon realized ²¹²  that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. 12:14 But ²¹³  the woman was given the two wings of a giant eagle so that she could fly out into the wilderness, ²¹⁴  to the place God ²¹⁵  prepared for her, where she is taken care of – away from the presence of the serpent – for a time, times, and half a time. ²¹⁶  12:15 Then ²¹⁷  the serpent spouted water like a river out of his mouth after the woman in an attempt to ²¹⁸  sweep her away by a flood, 12:16 but ²¹⁹  the earth came to her rescue; ²²⁰  the ground opened up ²²¹  and swallowed the river that the dragon had spewed from his mouth. 12:17 So ²²²  the dragon became enraged at the woman and went away to make war on the rest of her children, ²²³  those who keep ²²⁴  God’s commandments and hold to ²²⁵  the testimony about Jesus. ²²⁶  And the dragon ²²⁷  stood ²²⁸  on the sand ²²⁹  of the seashore. ²³⁰ 

13:1 Then ²³¹  I saw a beast coming up out of the sea. It ²³²  had ten horns and seven heads, and on its horns were ten diadem crowns, ²³³  and on its heads a blasphemous name. ²³⁴  13:2 Now ²³⁵  the beast that I saw was like a leopard, but its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth was like a lion’s mouth. The ²³⁶  dragon gave the beast ²³⁷  his power, his throne, and great authority to rule. ²³⁸  13:3 One of the beast’s ²³⁹  heads appeared to have been killed, ²⁴⁰  but the lethal wound had been healed. ²⁴¹  And the whole world followed ²⁴²  the beast in amazement; 13:4 they worshiped the dragon because he had given ruling authority ²⁴³  to the beast, and they worshiped the beast too, saying: “Who is like the beast?” and “Who is able to make war against him?” ²⁴⁴  13:5 The beast ²⁴⁵  was given a mouth speaking proud words ²⁴⁶  and blasphemies, and he was permitted ²⁴⁷  to exercise ruling authority ²⁴⁸  for forty-two months. 13:6 So ²⁴⁹  the beast ²⁵⁰  opened his mouth to blaspheme against God – to blaspheme both his name and his dwelling place, ²⁵¹  that is, those who dwell in heaven. 13:7 The beast ²⁵²  was permitted to go to war against the saints and conquer them. ²⁵³  He was given ruling authority ²⁵⁴  over every tribe, people, ²⁵⁵  language, and nation, 13:8 and all those who live on the earth will worship the beast, ²⁵⁶  everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world ²⁵⁷  in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was killed. ²⁵⁸  13:9 If anyone has an ear, he had better listen!

13:10 If anyone is meant for captivity,

into captivity he will go.

If anyone is to be killed by the sword, ²⁵⁹ 

then by the sword he must be killed.

This ²⁶⁰  requires steadfast endurance ²⁶¹  and faith from the saints.

13:11 Then ²⁶²  I saw another beast ²⁶³  coming up from the earth. He ²⁶⁴  had two horns like a lamb, ²⁶⁵  but ²⁶⁶  was speaking like a dragon. 13:12 He ²⁶⁷  exercised all the ruling authority ²⁶⁸  of the first beast on his behalf, ²⁶⁹  and made the earth and those who inhabit it worship the first beast, the one whose lethal wound had been healed. 13:13 He ²⁷⁰  performed momentous signs, even making fire come down from heaven in front of people ²⁷¹  13:14 and, by the signs he was permitted to perform on behalf of the beast, he deceived those who live on the earth. He told ²⁷²  those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who had been wounded by the sword, but still lived. 13:15 The second beast ²⁷³  was empowered ²⁷⁴  to give life ²⁷⁵  to the image of the first beast ²⁷⁶  so that it could speak, and could cause all those who did not worship the image of the beast to be killed. 13:16 He also caused ²⁷⁷  everyone (small and great, rich and poor, free and slave ²⁷⁸ ) to obtain a mark on their right hand or on their forehead. 13:17 Thus no one was allowed to buy ²⁷⁹  or sell things ²⁸⁰  unless he bore ²⁸¹  the mark of the beast – that is, his name or his number. ²⁸²  13:18 This calls for wisdom: ²⁸³  Let the one who has insight calculate the beast’s number, for it is man’s number, ²⁸⁴  and his number is 666. ²⁸⁵ 

14:1 Then ²⁸⁶  I looked, and here was ²⁸⁷  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 ²⁸⁸  coming out of heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder. Now ²⁸⁹  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 ²⁹⁰  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 ²⁹¹  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; ²⁹²  they ²⁹³  are blameless.

14:6 Then ²⁹⁴  I saw another ²⁹⁵  angel flying directly overhead, ²⁹⁶  and he had ²⁹⁷  an eternal gospel to proclaim ²⁹⁸  to those who live ²⁹⁹  on the earth – to every nation, tribe, ³⁰⁰  language, and people. 14:7 He declared ³⁰¹  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 ³⁰²  second ³⁰³  angel ³⁰⁴  followed the first, ³⁰⁵  declaring: ³⁰⁶  “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great city! ³⁰⁷  She made all the nations ³⁰⁸  drink of the wine of her immoral passion.” ³⁰⁹ 

14:9 A ³¹⁰  third angel ³¹¹  followed the first two, ³¹²  declaring ³¹³  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 ³¹⁴  will also drink of the wine of God’s anger ³¹⁵  that has been mixed undiluted in the cup of his wrath, and he will be tortured with fire and sulfur ³¹⁶  in front of the holy angels and in front of the Lamb. 14:11 And the smoke from their ³¹⁷  torture will go up ³¹⁸  forever and ever, and those who worship the beast and his image will have ³¹⁹  no rest day or night, along with ³²⁰  anyone who receives the mark of his name.” 14:12 This requires ³²¹  the steadfast endurance ³²²  of the saints – those who obey ³²³  God’s commandments and hold to ³²⁴  their faith in Jesus. ³²⁵ 

14:13 Then ³²⁶  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, ³²⁷  because their deeds will follow them.” ³²⁸ 

14:14 Then ³²⁹  I looked, and a white cloud appeared, ³³⁰  and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man! ³³¹  He had ³³²  a golden crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. 14:15 Then ³³³  another angel came out of the temple, shouting in a loud voice to the one seated on the cloud, “Use ³³⁴  your sickle and start to reap, ³³⁵  because the time to reap has come, since the earth’s harvest is ripe!” 14:16 So ³³⁶  the one seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.

14:17 Then ³³⁷  another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. 14:18 Another ³³⁸  angel, who was in charge of ³³⁹  the fire, came from the altar and called in a loud voice to the angel ³⁴⁰  who had the sharp sickle, “Use ³⁴¹  your sharp sickle and gather ³⁴²  the clusters of grapes ³⁴³  off the vine of the earth, ³⁴⁴  because its grapes ³⁴⁵  are now ripe.” ³⁴⁶  14:19 So ³⁴⁷  the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the grapes from the vineyard ³⁴⁸  of the earth and tossed them into the great ³⁴⁹  winepress of the wrath of God. 14:20 Then ³⁵⁰  the winepress was stomped ³⁵¹  outside the city, and blood poured out of the winepress up to the height of horses’ bridles ³⁵²  for a distance of almost two hundred miles. ³⁵³ 

15:1 Then ³⁵⁴  I saw another great and astounding sign in heaven: seven angels who have seven final plagues ³⁵⁵  (they are final because in them God’s anger is completed).

15:2 Then ³⁵⁶  I saw something like a sea of glass ³⁵⁷  mixed with fire, and those who had conquered ³⁵⁸  the beast and his image and the number of his name. They were standing ³⁵⁹  by ³⁶⁰  the sea of glass, holding harps given to them by God. ³⁶¹  15:3 They ³⁶²  sang the song of Moses the servant ³⁶³  of God and the song of the Lamb: ³⁶⁴ 

“Great and astounding are your deeds,

Lord God, the All-Powerful! ³⁶⁵ 

Just ³⁶⁶  and true are your ways,

King over the nations! ³⁶⁷ 

15:4 Who will not fear you, O Lord,

and glorify ³⁶⁸  your name, because you alone are holy? ³⁶⁹ 

All nations ³⁷⁰  will come and worship before you

for your righteous acts ³⁷¹  have been revealed.”

15:5 After ³⁷²  these things I looked, and the temple (the tent ³⁷³  of the testimony) ³⁷⁴  was opened in heaven, 15:6 and the seven angels who had the seven plagues came out of the temple, dressed in clean bright linen, wearing wide golden belts ³⁷⁵  around their chests. 15:7 Then ³⁷⁶  one of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls filled with the wrath ³⁷⁷  of God who lives forever and ever, 15:8 and the temple was filled with smoke from God’s glory and from his power. Thus ³⁷⁸  no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues from the seven angels were completed.

16:1 Then ³⁷⁹  I heard a loud voice from the temple declaring to the seven angels: “Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls containing God’s wrath.” ³⁸⁰  16:2 So ³⁸¹  the first angel ³⁸²  went and poured out his bowl on the earth. Then ³⁸³  ugly and painful sores ³⁸⁴  appeared on the people ³⁸⁵  who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image.

16:3 Next, ³⁸⁶  the second angel ³⁸⁷  poured out his bowl on the sea and it turned into blood, like that of a corpse, and every living creature that was in the sea died.

16:4 Then ³⁸⁸  the third angel ³⁸⁹  poured out his bowl on the rivers and the springs of water, and they turned into blood. 16:5 Now ³⁹⁰  I heard the angel of the waters saying:

“You are just ³⁹¹  – the one who is and who was,

the Holy One – because you have passed these judgments, ³⁹² 

16:6 because they poured out the blood of your saints and prophets,

so ³⁹³  you have given them blood to drink. They got what they deserved!” ³⁹⁴ 

16:7 Then ³⁹⁵  I heard the altar reply, ³⁹⁶  “Yes, Lord God, the All-Powerful, ³⁹⁷  your judgments are true and just!”

16:8 Then ³⁹⁸  the fourth angel ³⁹⁹  poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was permitted to scorch people ⁴⁰⁰  with fire. 16:9 Thus ⁴⁰¹  people ⁴⁰²  were scorched by the terrible heat, ⁴⁰³  yet ⁴⁰⁴  they blasphemed the name of God, who has ruling authority ⁴⁰⁵  over these plagues, and they would not repent and give him glory.

16:10 Then ⁴⁰⁶  the fifth angel ⁴⁰⁷  poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast so that ⁴⁰⁸  darkness covered his kingdom, ⁴⁰⁹  and people ⁴¹⁰  began to bite ⁴¹¹  their tongues because ⁴¹²  of their pain. 16:11 They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their sufferings ⁴¹³  and because of their sores, ⁴¹⁴  but nevertheless ⁴¹⁵  they still refused to repent ⁴¹⁶  of their deeds.

16:12 Then ⁴¹⁷  the sixth angel ⁴¹⁸  poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates and dried up its water ⁴¹⁹  to prepare the way ⁴²⁰  for the kings from the east. ⁴²¹  16:13 Then ⁴²²  I saw three unclean spirits ⁴²³  that looked like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 16:14 For they are the spirits of the demons performing signs who go out to the kings of the earth ⁴²⁴  to bring them together for the battle that will take place on the great day of God, the All-Powerful. ⁴²⁵ 

16:15 (Look! I will come like a thief!

Blessed is the one who stays alert and does not lose ⁴²⁶  his clothes so that he will not have to walk around naked and his shameful condition ⁴²⁷  be seen.) ⁴²⁸ 

16:16 Now ⁴²⁹  the spirits ⁴³⁰  gathered the kings and their armies ⁴³¹  to the place that is called Armageddon ⁴³²  in Hebrew.

16:17 Finally ⁴³³  the seventh angel ⁴³⁴  poured out his bowl into the air and a loud voice came out of the temple from the throne, saying: “It is done!” 16:18 Then ⁴³⁵  there were flashes of lightning, roaring, ⁴³⁶  and crashes of thunder, and there was a tremendous earthquake – an earthquake unequaled since humanity ⁴³⁷  has been on the earth, so tremendous was that earthquake. 16:19 The ⁴³⁸  great city was split into three parts and the cities of the nations ⁴³⁹  collapsed. ⁴⁴⁰  So ⁴⁴¹  Babylon the great was remembered before God, and was given the cup ⁴⁴²  filled with the wine made of God’s furious wrath. ⁴⁴³  16:20 Every ⁴⁴⁴  island fled away ⁴⁴⁵  and no mountains could be found. ⁴⁴⁶  16:21 And gigantic hailstones, weighing about a hundred pounds ⁴⁴⁷  each, fell from heaven ⁴⁴⁸  on people, ⁴⁴⁹  but they ⁴⁵⁰  blasphemed God because of the plague of hail, since it ⁴⁵¹  was so horrendous. ⁴⁵² 

17:1 Then ⁴⁵³  one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke to me. ⁴⁵⁴  “Come,” he said, “I will show you the condemnation and punishment ⁴⁵⁵  of the great prostitute who sits on many waters, 17:2 with whom the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality and the earth’s inhabitants got drunk with the wine of her immorality.” ⁴⁵⁶  17:3 So ⁴⁵⁷  he carried me away in the Spirit ⁴⁵⁸  to a wilderness, ⁴⁵⁹  and there ⁴⁶⁰  I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was full of blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. 17:4 Now ⁴⁶¹  the woman was dressed in purple and scarlet clothing, ⁴⁶²  and adorned with gold, ⁴⁶³  precious stones, and pearls. She held ⁴⁶⁴  in her hand a golden cup filled with detestable things and unclean things from her sexual immorality. ⁴⁶⁵  17:5 On ⁴⁶⁶  her forehead was written a name, a mystery: ⁴⁶⁷  “Babylon the Great, the Mother of prostitutes and of the detestable things of the earth.” 17:6 I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of those who testified to Jesus. ⁴⁶⁸  I ⁴⁶⁹  was greatly astounded ⁴⁷⁰  when I saw her. 17:7 But ⁴⁷¹  the angel said to me, “Why are you astounded? I will interpret ⁴⁷²  for you the mystery of the woman and of the beast with the seven heads and ten horns that carries her. 17:8 The beast you saw was, and is not, but is about to come up from the abyss ⁴⁷³  and then go to destruction. The ⁴⁷⁴  inhabitants of the earth – all those whose names have not been written in the book of life since the foundation of the world – will be astounded when they see that ⁴⁷⁵  the beast was, and is not, but is to come. 17:9 (This requires ⁴⁷⁶  a mind that has wisdom.) The seven heads are seven mountains ⁴⁷⁷  the woman sits on. They are also seven kings: 17:10 five have fallen; one is, ⁴⁷⁸  and the other has not yet come, but whenever he does come, he must remain for only a brief time. 17:11 The ⁴⁷⁹  beast that was, and is not, is himself an eighth king and yet is one of the seven, and is going to destruction. 17:12 The ⁴⁸⁰  ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but will receive ruling authority ⁴⁸¹  as kings with the beast for one hour. 17:13 These kings ⁴⁸²  have a single intent, and they will give their power and authority to the beast. 17:14 They will make war with the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those accompanying ⁴⁸³  the Lamb are the called, chosen, and faithful.”

17:15 Then ⁴⁸⁴  the angel ⁴⁸⁵  said to me, “The waters you saw (where the prostitute is seated) are peoples, multitudes, ⁴⁸⁶  nations, and languages. 17:16 The ⁴⁸⁷  ten horns that you saw, and the beast – these will hate the prostitute and make her desolate and naked. They ⁴⁸⁸  will consume her flesh and burn her up with fire. ⁴⁸⁹  17:17 For God has put into their minds ⁴⁹⁰  to carry out his purpose ⁴⁹¹  by making ⁴⁹²  a decision ⁴⁹³  to give their royal power ⁴⁹⁴  to the beast until the words of God are fulfilled. ⁴⁹⁵  17:18 As for ⁴⁹⁶  the woman you saw, she is the great city that has sovereignty over the kings of the earth.”

18:1 After these things I saw another angel, who possessed great authority, coming down out of heaven, and the earth was lit up by his radiance. ⁴⁹⁷  18:2 He ⁴⁹⁸  shouted with a powerful voice:

“Fallen, fallen, is Babylon the great!

She ⁴⁹⁹  has become a lair for demons,

a haunt ⁵⁰⁰  for every unclean spirit,

a haunt for every unclean bird,

a haunt for every unclean and detested beast. ⁵⁰¹ 

18:3 For all the nations ⁵⁰²  have fallen ⁵⁰³  from

the wine of her immoral passion, ⁵⁰⁴ 

and the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality with her,

and the merchants of the earth have gotten rich from the power of her sensual behavior.” ⁵⁰⁵ 

18:4 Then ⁵⁰⁶  I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, so you will not take part in her sins and so you will not receive her plagues, 18:5 because her sins have piled ⁵⁰⁷  up all the way to heaven ⁵⁰⁸  and God has remembered ⁵⁰⁹  her crimes. ⁵¹⁰  18:6 Repay her the same way she repaid others; ⁵¹¹  pay her back double ⁵¹²  corresponding to her deeds. In the cup she mixed, mix double the amount for her. 18:7 As much as ⁵¹³  she exalted herself and lived in sensual luxury, ⁵¹⁴  to this extent give her torment and grief because she said to herself, ⁵¹⁵  ‘I rule as queen and am no widow; I will never experience grief!’ 18:8 For this reason, she will experience her plagues ⁵¹⁶  in a single day: disease, ⁵¹⁷  mourning, ⁵¹⁸  and famine, and she will be burned down ⁵¹⁹  with fire, because the Lord God who judges her is powerful!”

18:9 Then ⁵²⁰  the kings of the earth who committed immoral acts with her and lived in sensual luxury ⁵²¹  with her will weep and wail for her when they see the smoke from the fire that burns her up. ⁵²²  18:10 They will stand a long way off because they are afraid of her torment, and will say,

“Woe, woe, O great city,

Babylon the powerful city!

For in a single hour your doom ⁵²³  has come!”

18:11 Then ⁵²⁴  the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn for her because no one buys their cargo ⁵²⁵  any longer – 18:12 cargo such as gold, silver, ⁵²⁶  precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, silk, ⁵²⁷  scarlet cloth, ⁵²⁸  all sorts of things made of citron wood, ⁵²⁹  all sorts of objects made of ivory, all sorts of things made of expensive wood, bronze, iron and marble, 18:13 cinnamon, spice, ⁵³⁰  incense, perfumed ointment, ⁵³¹  frankincense, ⁵³²  wine, olive oil and costly flour, ⁵³³  wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and four-wheeled carriages, ⁵³⁴  slaves and human lives. ⁵³⁵ 

18:14 (The ripe fruit ⁵³⁶  you greatly desired ⁵³⁷ 

has gone from you,

and all your luxury ⁵³⁸  and splendor ⁵³⁹ 

have gone from you –

they will never ever be found again!) ⁵⁴⁰ 

18:15 The merchants who sold ⁵⁴¹  these things, who got rich from her, will stand a long way off because they are afraid of her torment. They will weep ⁵⁴²  and mourn, 18:16 saying,

“Woe, woe, O great city –

dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet clothing, ⁵⁴³ 

and adorned with gold, ⁵⁴⁴  precious stones, and pearls –

18:17 because in a single hour such great wealth has been destroyed!” ⁵⁴⁵ 

And every ship’s captain, ⁵⁴⁶  and all who sail along the coast ⁵⁴⁷  – seamen, and all who ⁵⁴⁸  make their living from the sea, stood a long way off 18:18 and began to shout ⁵⁴⁹  when they saw the smoke from the fire that burned her up, ⁵⁵⁰  “Who is like the great city?” 18:19 And they threw dust on their heads and were shouting with weeping and mourning, ⁵⁵¹ 

“Woe, Woe, O great city –

in which all those who had ships on the sea got rich from her wealth –

because in a single hour she has been destroyed!” ⁵⁵² 

18:20 (Rejoice over her, O heaven,

and you saints and apostles and prophets,

for God has pronounced judgment ⁵⁵³  against her on your behalf!) ⁵⁵⁴ 

18:21 Then ⁵⁵⁵  one powerful angel picked up a stone like a huge millstone, threw it into the sea, and said,

“With this kind of sudden violent force ⁵⁵⁶ 

Babylon the great city will be thrown down ⁵⁵⁷ 

and it will never be found again!

18:22 And the sound of the harpists, musicians,

flute players, and trumpeters

will never be heard in you ⁵⁵⁸  again.

No ⁵⁵⁹  craftsman ⁵⁶⁰  who practices any trade

will ever be found in you again;

the noise of a mill ⁵⁶¹  will never be heard in you again.

18:23 Even the light from a lamp

will never shine in you again!

The voices of the bridegroom and his bride

will never be heard in you again.

For your merchants were the tycoons of the world,

because all the nations ⁵⁶²  were deceived by your magic spells! ⁵⁶³ 

18:24 The ⁵⁶⁴  blood of the saints and prophets was found in her, ⁵⁶⁵ 

along with the blood ⁵⁶⁶  of all those who had been killed on the earth.”

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. ⁵⁶⁷ 

For he has judged ⁵⁶⁸  the great prostitute

who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality,

and has avenged the blood of his servants ⁵⁶⁹  poured out by her own hands!” ⁵⁷⁰ 

19:3 Then ⁵⁷¹  a second time the crowd shouted, “Hallelujah!” The smoke rises from her forever and ever. ⁵⁷²  19:4 The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures threw themselves to the ground ⁵⁷³  and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne, saying: “Amen! Hallelujah!”

19:5 Then ⁵⁷⁴  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 ⁵⁷⁵  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: ⁵⁷⁶ 

“Hallelujah!

For the Lord our God, ⁵⁷⁷  the All-Powerful, ⁵⁷⁸  reigns!

19:7 Let us rejoice ⁵⁷⁹  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” ⁵⁸⁰  (for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints). ⁵⁸¹ 

19:9 Then ⁵⁸²  the angel ⁵⁸³  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 ⁵⁸⁴  I threw myself down ⁵⁸⁵  at his feet to worship him, but ⁵⁸⁶  he said, “Do not do this! ⁵⁸⁷  I am only ⁵⁸⁸  a fellow servant ⁵⁸⁹  with you and your brothers ⁵⁹⁰  who hold to the testimony about ⁵⁹¹  Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony about Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

19:11 Then ⁵⁹²  I saw heaven opened and here came ⁵⁹³  a white horse! The ⁵⁹⁴  one riding it was called “Faithful” and “True,” and with justice ⁵⁹⁵  he judges and goes to war. 19:12 His eyes are like a fiery ⁵⁹⁶  flame and there are many diadem crowns ⁵⁹⁷  on his head. He has ⁵⁹⁸  a name written ⁵⁹⁹  that no one knows except himself. 19:13 He is dressed in clothing dipped ⁶⁰⁰  in blood, and he is called ⁶⁰¹  the Word of God. 19:14 The ⁶⁰²  armies that are in heaven, dressed in white, clean, fine linen, ⁶⁰³  were following him on white horses. 19:15 From his mouth extends a sharp sword, so that with it he can strike the nations. ⁶⁰⁴  He ⁶⁰⁵  will rule ⁶⁰⁶  them with an iron rod, ⁶⁰⁷  and he stomps the winepress ⁶⁰⁸  of the furious ⁶⁰⁹  wrath of God, the All-Powerful. ⁶¹⁰  19:16 He has a name written on his clothing and on his thigh: “King of kings and Lord of lords.”

19:17 Then ⁶¹¹  I saw one angel standing in ⁶¹²  the sun, and he shouted in a loud voice to all the birds flying high in the sky: ⁶¹³ 

“Come, gather around for the great banquet ⁶¹⁴  of God,

19:18 to eat ⁶¹⁵  your fill ⁶¹⁶  of the flesh of kings,

the flesh of generals, ⁶¹⁷ 

the flesh of powerful people,

the flesh of horses and those who ride them,

and the flesh of all people, both free and slave, ⁶¹⁸ 

and small and great!”

19:19 Then ⁶¹⁹  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 ⁶²⁰  the beast was seized, and along with him the false prophet who had performed the signs on his behalf ⁶²¹  – 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. ⁶²²  19:21 The ⁶²³  others were killed by the sword that extended from the mouth of the one who rode the horse, and all the birds gorged ⁶²⁴  themselves with their flesh.

20:1 Then ⁶²⁵  I saw an angel descending from heaven, holding ⁶²⁶  in his hand the key to the abyss and a huge chain. 20:2 He ⁶²⁷  seized the dragon – the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan – and tied him up for a thousand years. 20:3 The angel ⁶²⁸  then ⁶²⁹  threw him into the abyss and locked ⁶³⁰  and sealed it so that he could not deceive the nations until the one thousand years were finished. (After these things he must be released for a brief period of time.)

20:4 Then ⁶³¹  I saw thrones and seated on them were those who had been given authority to judge. ⁶³²  I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. These ⁶³³  had not worshiped the beast or his image and had refused to receive his mark on their forehead or hand. They ⁶³⁴  came to life ⁶³⁵  and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. 20:5 (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were finished.) ⁶³⁶  This is the first resurrection. 20:6 Blessed and holy is the one who takes part ⁶³⁷  in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, ⁶³⁸  but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.

20:7 Now ⁶³⁹  when the thousand years are finished, Satan will be released from his prison 20:8 and will go out to deceive ⁶⁴⁰  the nations at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, ⁶⁴¹  to bring them together for the battle. They are as numerous as the grains of sand in the sea. ⁶⁴²  20:9 They ⁶⁴³  went up ⁶⁴⁴  on the broad plain of the earth ⁶⁴⁵  and encircled ⁶⁴⁶  the camp ⁶⁴⁷  of the saints and the beloved city, but ⁶⁴⁸  fire came down from heaven and devoured them completely. ⁶⁴⁹  20:10 And the devil who deceived ⁶⁵⁰  them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, ⁶⁵¹  where the beast and the false prophet are ⁶⁵²  too, and they will be tormented there day and night forever and ever.

20:11 Then ⁶⁵³  I saw a large ⁶⁵⁴  white throne and the one who was seated on it; the earth and the heaven ⁶⁵⁵  fled ⁶⁵⁶  from his presence, and no place was found for them. 20:12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne. Then ⁶⁵⁷  books were opened, and another book was opened – the book of life. ⁶⁵⁸  So ⁶⁵⁹  the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to their deeds. ⁶⁶⁰  20:13 The ⁶⁶¹  sea gave up the dead that were in it, and Death ⁶⁶²  and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each one was judged according to his deeds. 20:14 Then ⁶⁶³  Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death – the lake of fire. 20:15 If ⁶⁶⁴  anyone’s name ⁶⁶⁵  was not found written in the book of life, that person ⁶⁶⁶  was thrown into the lake of fire.

21:1 Then ⁶⁶⁷  I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had ceased to exist, ⁶⁶⁸  and the sea existed no more. 21:2 And I saw the holy city – the new Jerusalem – descending out of heaven from God, made ready like a bride adorned for her husband. 21:3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Look! The residence ⁶⁶⁹  of God is among human beings. ⁶⁷⁰  He ⁶⁷¹  will live among them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them. ⁶⁷²  21:4 He ⁶⁷³  will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will not exist any more – or mourning, or crying, or pain, for the former things have ceased to exist.” ⁶⁷⁴ 

21:5 And the one seated on the throne said: “Look! I am making all things new!” Then ⁶⁷⁵  he said to me, “Write it down, ⁶⁷⁶  because these words are reliable ⁶⁷⁷  and true.” 21:6 He also said to me, “It is done! ⁶⁷⁸  I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the one who is thirsty I will give water ⁶⁷⁹  free of charge ⁶⁸⁰  from the spring of the water of life. 21:7 The one who conquers ⁶⁸¹  will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be my son. 21:8 But to the cowards, unbelievers, detestable persons, murderers, the sexually immoral, and those who practice magic spells, ⁶⁸²  idol worshipers, ⁶⁸³  and all those who lie, their place ⁶⁸⁴  will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. ⁶⁸⁵  That ⁶⁸⁶  is the second death.”

21:9 Then ⁶⁸⁷  one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and spoke to me, ⁶⁸⁸  saying, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb!” 21:10 So ⁶⁸⁹  he took me away in the Spirit ⁶⁹⁰  to a huge, majestic mountain ⁶⁹¹  and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God. 21:11 The city possesses ⁶⁹²  the glory of God; its brilliance is like a precious jewel, like a stone of crystal-clear jasper. ⁶⁹³  21:12 It has ⁶⁹⁴  a massive, high wall ⁶⁹⁵  with twelve gates, ⁶⁹⁶  with twelve angels at the gates, and the names of the twelve tribes of the nation of Israel ⁶⁹⁷  are written on the gates. ⁶⁹⁸  21:13 There are ⁶⁹⁹  three gates on the east side, three gates on the north side, three gates on the south side and three gates on the west side. ⁷⁰⁰  21:14 The ⁷⁰¹  wall of the city has twelve foundations, and on them are the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

21:15 The angel ⁷⁰²  who spoke to me had a golden measuring rod with which to measure the city and its foundation stones and wall. 21:16 Now ⁷⁰³  the city is laid out as a square, ⁷⁰⁴  its length and width the same. He ⁷⁰⁵  measured the city with the measuring rod ⁷⁰⁶  at fourteen hundred miles ⁷⁰⁷  (its length and width and height are equal). 21:17 He also measured its wall, one hundred forty-four cubits ⁷⁰⁸  according to human measurement, which is also the angel’s. ⁷⁰⁹  21:18 The city’s ⁷¹⁰  wall is made ⁷¹¹  of jasper and the city is pure gold, like transparent glass. ⁷¹²  21:19 The foundations of the city’s wall are decorated ⁷¹³  with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation is jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, ⁷¹⁴  the fourth emerald, 21:20 the fifth onyx, ⁷¹⁵  the sixth carnelian, ⁷¹⁶  the seventh chrysolite, ⁷¹⁷  the eighth beryl, ⁷¹⁸  the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, ⁷¹⁹  the eleventh jacinth, ⁷²⁰  and the twelfth amethyst. 21:21 And the twelve gates are twelve pearls – each one of the gates is made from just one pearl! The ⁷²¹  main street ⁷²²  of the city is pure gold, like transparent glass.

21:22 Now ⁷²³  I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God – the All-Powerful ⁷²⁴  – and the Lamb are its temple. 21:23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God lights it up, and its lamp is the Lamb. 21:24 The nations ⁷²⁵  will walk by its light and the kings of the earth will bring their grandeur ⁷²⁶  into it. 21:25 Its gates will never be closed during the day ⁷²⁷  (and ⁷²⁸  there will be no night there). ⁷²⁹  21:26 They will bring the grandeur and the wealth ⁷³⁰  of the nations ⁷³¹  into it, 21:27 but ⁷³²  nothing ritually unclean ⁷³³  will ever enter into it, nor anyone who does what is detestable ⁷³⁴  or practices falsehood, ⁷³⁵  but only those whose names ⁷³⁶  are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

22:1 Then ⁷³⁷  the angel ⁷³⁸  showed me the river of the water of life – water as clear as crystal – pouring out ⁷³⁹  from the throne of God and of the Lamb, 22:2 flowing down the middle of the city’s ⁷⁴⁰  main street. ⁷⁴¹  On each side ⁷⁴²  of the river is the tree of life producing twelve kinds ⁷⁴³  of fruit, yielding its fruit every month of the year. ⁷⁴⁴  Its leaves are for the healing of the nations. 22:3 And there will no longer be any curse, ⁷⁴⁵  and the throne of God and the Lamb will be in the city. ⁷⁴⁶  His ⁷⁴⁷  servants ⁷⁴⁸  will worship ⁷⁴⁹  him, 22:4 and they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 22:5 Night will be no more, and they will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, because the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.

22:6 Then ⁷⁵⁰  the angel ⁷⁵¹  said to me, “These words are reliable ⁷⁵²  and true. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants ⁷⁵³  what must happen soon.”

22:7 (Look! I am coming soon!

Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy expressed in this book.) ⁷⁵⁴ 

22:8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things, ⁷⁵⁵  and when I heard and saw them, ⁷⁵⁶  I threw myself down ⁷⁵⁷  to worship at the feet of the angel who was showing them to me. 22:9 But ⁷⁵⁸  he said to me, “Do not do this! ⁷⁵⁹  I am a fellow servant ⁷⁶⁰  with you and with your brothers the prophets, and with those who obey ⁷⁶¹  the words of this book. Worship God!” 22:10 Then ⁷⁶²  he said to me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy contained in this book, because the time is near. 22:11 The evildoer must continue to do evil, ⁷⁶³  and the one who is morally filthy ⁷⁶⁴  must continue to be filthy. The ⁷⁶⁵  one who is righteous must continue to act righteously, and the one who is holy must continue to be holy.”

22:12 (Look! I am coming soon,

and my reward is with me to pay ⁷⁶⁶  each one according to what he has done!

22:13 I am the Alpha and the Omega,

the first and the last,

the beginning and the end!) ⁷⁶⁷ 

22:14 Blessed are those who wash their robes so they can have access ⁷⁶⁸  to the tree of life and can enter into the city by the gates. 22:15 Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers ⁷⁶⁹  and the sexually immoral, and the murderers, and the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood! ⁷⁷⁰ 

22:16 “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star!” ⁷⁷¹  22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say: “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wants it take the water of life free of charge.

22:18 I testify to the one who hears the words of the prophecy contained in this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described ⁷⁷²  in this book. 22:19 And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life ⁷⁷³  and in the holy city that are described in this book.

22:20 The one who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon!” Amen! Come, Lord Jesus! 22:21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all. ⁷⁷⁴