21 So all the people of the land rejoiced; and the city was quiet, for they had slain Athaliah with the sword.

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20 So all the people of the land rejoiced; and the city was quiet, for they had slain Athaliah with the sword in the king’s house.

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Heaven Exults over Babylon

19 After these things (A)I [a]heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Alleluia! (B)Salvation and glory and honor and power belong to [b]the Lord our God! For (C)true and righteous are His judgments, because He has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication; and He (D)has avenged on her the blood of His servants shed by her.” Again they said, “Alleluia! (E)Her smoke rises up forever and ever!” And (F)the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sat on the throne, saying, (G)“Amen! Alleluia!”

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 19:1 NU, M add something like
  2. Revelation 19:1 NU, M omit the Lord

20 (A)“Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you [a]holy apostles and prophets, for (B)God has avenged you on her!”

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 18:20 NU, M saints and apostles

10 (A)When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices;
And when the wicked perish, there is jubilation.

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10 The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the (A)vengeance;
(B)He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,
11 (C)So that men will say,
“Surely there is a reward for the righteous;
Surely He is God who (D)judges in the earth.”

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