⁸ “I am the Alpha and the Omega,”^(A) says the Lord God, “the one who is, who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”

¹⁷ When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man.^(A) He laid his right hand on me and said, “Don’t be afraid. I am the First and the Last,^(B)

⁸ Each of the four living creatures had six wings;^(A) they were covered with eyes around and inside. Day and night^(B) they never stop,^[a] saying,

⁵ I heard the angel of the waters say,