Revelation 7-11

Revelation 7

¹After this I saw four angels in their places at the four points of the earth, keeping back the four winds in their hands, so that there might be no moving of the wind on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree.

²And I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the mark of the living God: and he said with a great voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to do damage to the earth and the sea,

³Do no damage to the earth, or the sea, or the trees, till we have put a mark on the servants of our God.

⁴And there came to my ears the number of those who had the mark on their brows, a hundred and forty-four thousand, who were marked out of every tribe of the people of Israel.

⁵Of the tribe of Judah were marked twelve thousand: of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand: of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand:

⁶Of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand: of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand: of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand:

⁷Of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand: of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand: of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand:

⁸Of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand: of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand: of the tribe of Benjamin were marked twelve thousand.

⁹After these things I saw a great army of people more than might be numbered, out of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and languages, taking their places before the high seat and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, and with branches in their hands,

¹⁰Saying with a loud voice, Salvation to our God who is seated on the high seat, and to the Lamb.

¹¹And all the angels were round about the high seat, and about the rulers and the four beasts; and they went down on their faces before the high seat, and gave worship to God, saying,

¹²So be it. Let blessing and glory and wisdom and praise and honour and power and strength be given to our God for ever and ever. So be it.

¹³And one of the rulers made answer, saying to me, These who have on white robes, who are they, and where did they come from?

¹⁴And I said to him, My lord, you have knowledge. And he said to me, These are they who came through the great testing, and their robes have been washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb.

¹⁵This is why they are before the high seat of God; and they are his servants day and night in his house: and he who is seated on the high seat will be a tent over them.

¹⁶They will never be in need of food or drink: and they will never again be troubled by the burning heat of the sun:

¹⁷For the Lamb who is on the high seat will be their keeper and their guide to fountains of living water: and God will make glad their eyes for ever.

Revelation 8

¹And when the seventh stamp was undone there was quiet in heaven for about half an hour.

²And I saw the seven angels who had their place before God; and seven horns were given to them.

³And another angel came and took his place at the altar, having a gold vessel for burning perfume; and there was given to him much perfume, so that he might put it with the prayers of all the saints on the gold altar which was before the high seat.

⁴And the smoke of the perfume, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel's hand.

⁵And the angel took the vessel; and he made it full of the fire of the altar, and sent it down on the earth: and there came thunders and voices and flames and a shaking of the earth.

⁶And the seven angels who had the seven horns made ready for sounding them.

⁷And at the sounding of the first, a rain of ice and fire, mixed with blood, was sent on the earth: and a third part of the earth, and of the trees, and all green grass was burned up.

⁸And at the sounding of the second angel, it was as if a great mountain burning with fire was sent into the sea: and a third part of the sea became blood,

⁹And destruction came on a third part of the living things which were in the sea, and on a third part of the ships.

¹⁰And at the sounding of the third angel, there went down from heaven a great star, burning like a flame, and it came on a third part of the rivers, and on the fountains of water.

¹¹And the name of the star is Wormwood: and a third part of the waters became bitter; and a number of men came to their end because of the waters, for they were made bitter.

¹²And at the sounding of the fourth angel, a third part of the sun, and of the moon, and of the stars was made dark, so that there was no light for a third part of the day and of the night.

¹³And there came to my ears the cry of an eagle in flight in the middle of heaven, saying with a great voice, Trouble, trouble, trouble, to all on the earth, because of the other voices of the horns of the three angels, whose sounding is still to come.

Revelation 9

¹And at the sounding of the fifth angel I saw a star falling from heaven to the earth: and there was given to him the key of the great deep.

²And he made the great deep open and a smoke went up from it, like the smoke of a great oven; and the sun and the air were made dark because of the smoke.

³And from the smoke locusts came out on the earth; and power was given them, like the power of scorpions.

⁴And they were ordered to do no damage to the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only to such men as have not the mark of God on their brows.

⁵And orders were given them not to put them to death, but to give them great pain for five months: and their pain was as the pain from the wound of a scorpion.

⁶And in those days men will be hoping for death, and it will not come to them; and they will have a great desire for death, and death will go in flight from them.

⁷And the forms of the locusts were like horses made ready for war; and on their heads they had crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.

⁸And they had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.

⁹And they had breastplates like iron, and the sound of their wings was as the sound of carriages, like an army of horses rushing to the fight.

¹⁰And they have pointed tails like scorpions; and in their tails is their power to give men wounds for five months.

¹¹They have over them as king the angel of the great deep: his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek language Apollyon.

¹²The first Trouble is past: see, there are still two Troubles to come.

¹³And at the sounding of the sixth angel a voice came to my ears from the horns of the gold altar which is before God,

¹⁴Saying to the sixth angel who had the horn, Make free the four angels who are chained at the great river Euphrates.

¹⁵And the four angels were made free, who were ready for the hour and day and month and year, that they might put to death a third part of men.

¹⁶And the number of the armies of the horsemen was twice ten thousand times ten thousand: the number of them came to my ears.

¹⁷And so I saw the horses in the vision, and those who were seated on them, having breastplates of fire and glass and of burning stone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths came fire and smoke and a smell of burning.

¹⁸By these evils a third part of men was put to death, by the fire, and the smoke, and the burning smell which came out of their mouths.

¹⁹For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails: because their tails are like snakes, and have heads, and with them they give wounds.

²⁰And the rest of the people, who were not put to death by these evils, were not turned from the works of their hands, but went on giving worship to evil spirits, and images of gold and silver and brass and stone and wood which have no power of seeing or hearing or walking:

²¹And they had no regret for putting men to death, or for their use of secret arts, or for the evil desires of the flesh, or for taking the property of others.

Revelation 10

¹And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud; and an arch of coloured light was round his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire;

²And he had in his hand a little open book: and he put his right foot on the sea, and his left on the earth;

³And he gave a loud cry, like the angry voice of a lion: and at his cry the voices of the seven thunders were sounding.

⁴And when the seven thunders had given out their voices, I was about to put their words down: and a voice from heaven came to my ears, saying, Keep secret the things which the seven thunders said, and do not put them in writing.

⁵And the angel which I saw taking his position on the sea and on the earth, put up his right hand to heaven,

⁶And took his oath by him who is living for ever and ever, who made the heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that there would be no more waiting:

⁷But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when the sound of his horn is about to come, then will the secret of God be complete, of which he gave the good news to his servants the prophets.

⁸And the voice came to me again from heaven, saying, Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel who has his place on the sea and on the earth.

⁹And I went to the angel, and said to him, Give me the little book. And he said to me: Put it in your mouth; and it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.

¹⁰And I took the little book out of the angel's hand and did as he said; and it was sweet as honey in my mouth: and when I had taken it, my stomach was made bitter.

¹¹And they said to me, You are to give word again of what is coming in the future to the peoples and nations and languages and kings.

Revelation 11

¹And there was given to me a measuring rod: and one said, Go up and take the measure of the house of God, and the altar, and the worshippers in it.

²But do not take the measure of the space outside the house; because it has been given to the nations: and the holy town will be under their feet for forty-two months.

³And I will give orders to my two witnesses, and they will be prophets for a thousand, two hundred and sixty days, clothed with haircloth.

⁴These are the two olive-trees and the two lights, which are before the Lord of the earth.

⁵And if any man would do them damage, fire comes out of their mouth and puts an end to those who are working against them: and if any man has a desire to do them damage, in this way will he be put to death.

⁶These have the power to keep the heaven shut, so that there may be no rain in the days when they are prophets: and they have power over the waters to make them into blood, and to send every sort of disease on the earth as their pleasure is.

⁷And when they have come to the end of their witness, the beast which comes up out of the great deep will make war on them and overcome them and put them to death.

⁸And their dead bodies will be in the open street of the great town, which in the spirit is named Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was put to death on the cross.

⁹And the peoples and tribes and languages and nations will be looking on their dead bodies three days and a half, and will not let their dead bodies be put in the earth.

¹⁰And those who are on the earth will have pleasure and delight over them; and they will send offerings one to another because these two prophets gave great trouble to all on the earth.

¹¹And after three days and a half the breath of life from God went into them, and they got up on their feet; and great fear came on those who saw them.

¹²And a great voice from heaven came to their ears, saying to them, Come up here. And they went up into heaven in the cloud, and were seen by those desiring their death.

¹³And in that hour there was a great earth-shock and a tenth part of the town came to destruction; and in the earth-shock seven thousand persons came to their end: and the rest were in fear, and gave glory to the God of heaven.

¹⁴The second Trouble is past: see, the third Trouble comes quickly.

¹⁵And at the sounding of the seventh angel there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ, and he will have rule for ever and ever.

¹⁶And the four and twenty rulers, who are seated before God on their high seats, went down on their faces and gave worship to God, saying,

¹⁷We give you praise, O Lord God, Ruler of all, who is and who was; because you have taken up your great power and are ruling your kingdom.

¹⁸And the nations were angry, and your wrath has come, and the time for the dead to be judged, and the time of reward for your servants, the prophets, and for the saints, and for those in whom is the fear of your name, small and great, and the time of destruction for those who made the earth unclean.

¹⁹And the house of God which is in heaven was open; and the ark of his agreement was seen in his house, and there were flames and voices and thunders and an earth-shock and a rain of ice.