People’s Open Bible
Revelation 19
Heaven Celebrates Lamb's Wedding
Open in the reader →1After these things I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,”
2because his judgments are true and just; because he judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and he avenged the blood of his servants from her hand.
3And a second time they said, “Hallelujah!” And her smoke goes up forever and ever.
4And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God, the one seated on the throne, saying, “Amen! Hallelujah!”
5And a voice came from the throne, saying, “Praise our God, all his servants, and those who fear him, the small and the great.”
6And I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, and like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of mighty thunders, saying, “Hallelujah! For the Lord God, the Almighty, reigns.”
7Let us rejoice and exult, and let us give glory to him, because the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.
8And it was given to her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and clean, for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints.
9And he says to me, “Write: Blessed are those who have been invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb.” And he says to me, “These are the true words of God.”
10And I fell before his feet to worship him. But he says to me, “See that you do not! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
11And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and the one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and wages war.
12His eyes were a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns, and he had a name written that no one knows except himself.
13And he is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is called the Word of God.
14And the armies in heaven were following him on white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15And from his mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it he may strike the nations, and he himself will shepherd them with an iron rod; and he himself treads the winepress of the wine of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
16And he has a name written on his robe and on his thigh: King of kings and Lord of lords.
17And I saw one angel standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud voice, saying to all the birds flying in midheaven, “Come, gather for the great supper of God,”
18so that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of commanders, the flesh of the mighty, the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all, both free and servant, and small and great.
19And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered to make war against the one seated on the horse and against his army.
20And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who had performed the signs in its presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. The two of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
21And the rest were killed by the sword of the one seated on the horse, the sword that came out from his mouth, and all the birds were filled from their flesh.
Composed from original Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and Ge’ez manuscripts, rendered in multiple passes to stay as close to the originals as possible. About this project