The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Revelation 14
1 I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing
on Mount Zion, and with him a number,
one hundred forty-four thousand, having
his name and the name of his Father
written on their foreheads.
2 I heard a sound from heaven like the
sound of many waters and like the sound
of a great thunder. The sound which I
heard was like that of harpists playing on
their harps.
3 They sing a new song before the throne
and before the four living creatures and
the elders. No one could learn the song
except the one hundred forty-four thousand,
those who had been redeemed out of the
earth.
4 These are those who were not defiled
with women, for they are virgins. These
are those who follow the Lamb wherever
he goes. These were redeemed by Jesus
from among men, the first fruits to God
and to the Lamb.
5 In their mouth was found no lie, for
they are blameless.†
6 I saw an angel flying in mid heaven,
having an eternal Good News to proclaim
to those who dwell on the earth—to every
nation, tribe, language, and people.
7 He said with a loud voice, “Fear the
Lord, and give him glory, for the hour of
his judgment has come. Worship him who
made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and
the springs of waters!”
8 Another, a second angel, followed, saying,
“Babylon the great has fallen, which
has made all the nations to drink of the
wine of the wrath of her sexual immorality.”
9 Another angel, a third, followed them,
saying with a great voice, “If anyone
worships the beast and his image, and receives
a mark on his forehead or on his hand,
10 he also will drink of the wine of the
wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed
in the cup of his anger. He will be tormented
with fire and sulfur in the presence of
the holy angels and in the presence
of the Lamb.
11 The smoke of their torment goes up
forever and ever. They have no rest day
and night, those who worship the beast
and his image, and whoever receives the
mark of his name.
12 Here is the perseverance of the saints,
those who keepthe commandments of God
and the faith of Jesus.”
13 I heard a voice from heaven saying,
“Write, ‘Blessedare thedead whodie inthe
Lord from now on.’ ” “Yes,” says the Spirit,
“that they may rest from their labors,
for their works follow with them.”
14 I looked, and saw a white cloud, and
on the cloud one sitting like a son of man,*
having on his head a golden crown, and in
his hand a sharp sickle.
15 Another angel came out of the temple,
crying with a loud voice to him who sat on
the cloud, “Send your sickle and reap, for
the hour to reap has come; for the harvest
of the earth is ripe!”
16 He who sat on the cloud thrust his
sickle on the earth, and the earth was
reaped.
17 Another angel came out of the temple
which is in heaven. He also had a sharp
sickle.
18 Another angel came out from the altar,
he who has power over fire, and he
called with a great voice to him who had
the sharp sickle, saying, “Send your sharp
sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of
the earth, for the earth’s grapes are fully
ripe!”
19 The angel thrust his sickle into the
earth, and gathered the vintage of the
earthandthrew itinto the great winepress
of the wrath of God.
20 The wine press was trodden outside of
the city, and blood came out of the wine
press, up to the bridles of the horses, as far
as one thousand six hundred stadia.‡