1After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a great multitude1 in heaven shouting: “Hallelujah!2 Salvation3 and glory and power4 belong to our God,
2for true and just are his judgments.1 He has condemned the great prostitute2 who corrupted the earth by her adulteries. He has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”3
3And again they shouted: “Hallelujah!1 The smoke from her goes up for ever and ever.”2
4The twenty-four elders1 and the four living creatures2 fell down3 and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne. And they cried: “Amen, Hallelujah!”4
5Then a voice came from the throne, saying: “Praise our God, all you his servants,1 you who fear him, both great and small!”2
6Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude,1 like the roar of rushing waters2 and like loud peals of thunder, shouting: “Hallelujah!3 For our Lord God Almighty4 reigns.5
7Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory!1 For the wedding of the Lamb2 has come, and his bride3 has made herself ready.
8Fine linen,1 bright and clean, was given her to wear.” (Fine linen stands for the righteous acts2 of God’s holy people.)
9Then the angel said to me,1 “Write this:2 Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!”3 And he added, “These are the true words of God.”4
10At this I fell at his feet to worship him.1 But he said to me, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers and sisters who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God!2 For it is the Spirit of prophecy who bears testimony to Jesus.”3
11I saw heaven standing open1 and there before me was a white horse, whose rider2 is called Faithful and True.3 With justice he judges and wages war.4
12His eyes are like blazing fire,1 and on his head are many crowns.2 He has a name written on him3 that no one knows but he himself.4
13He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood,1 and his name is the Word of God.2
14The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen,1 white2 and clean.
15Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword1 with which to strike down2 the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.”a3 He treads the winepress4 of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty.
16On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written:1 king of kings and lord of lords.2
17And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all the birds1 flying in midair,2 “Come,3 gather together for the great supper of God,4
18so that you may eat the flesh of kings, generals, and the mighty, of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all people,1 free and slave,2 great and small.”3
19Then I saw the beast1 and the kings of the earth2 and their armies gathered together to wage war against the rider on the horse3 and his army.
20But the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet1 who had performed the signs2 on its behalf.3 With these signs he had deluded4 those who had received the mark of the beast5 and worshiped its image.6 The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake7 of burning sulfur.8
21The rest were killed with the sword1 coming out of the mouth of the rider on the horse,2 and all the birds3 gorged themselves on their flesh.