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Revelation 19:15-17
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Revelation 19:15-17
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
15 Out of his mouth came a sharp sword to strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod, and he himself will tread out in the wine press[a] the wine of the fury and wrath of God the almighty.(A) 16 He has a name written on his cloak and on his thigh, “King of kings and Lord of lords.”(B)
17 [b]Then I saw an angel standing on the sun. He cried out [in] a loud voice to all the birds flying high overhead, “Come here. Gather for God’s great feast,
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- 19:15 The treading of the wine press is a prophetic symbol used to describe the destruction of God’s enemies; cf. Is 63:1–6; Jl 4:13.
- 19:17–21 The certainty of Christ’s victory is proclaimed by an angel, followed by a reference to the mustering of enemy forces and a fearsome description of their annihilation. The gruesome imagery is borrowed from Ez 39:4, 17–20.
Revelation 19:15-17
New International Version
Revelation 19:15-17
New International Version
15 Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword(A) with which to strike down(B) the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.”[a](C) He treads the winepress(D) of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. 16 On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written:(E)
king of kings and lord of lords.(F)
17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all the birds(G) flying in midair,(H) “Come,(I) gather together for the great supper of God,(J)
Footnotes
- Revelation 19:15 Psalm 2:9
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