“You have heard; now see all this;
    and will you not declare it?
From this time forth (A)I announce to you new things,
    hidden things that you have not known.

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The Throne in Heaven

After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me (A)like a trumpet, said, (B)“Come up here, and (C)I will show you what must take place after this.”

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Doxology

25 (A)Now to him who is able to strengthen you (B)according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, (C)according to the revelation of the mystery (D)that was kept secret for (E)long ages 26 but (F)has now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has been made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, (G)to bring about the obedience of faith—

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Behold, the former things have come to pass,
    (A)and new things I now declare;
before they spring forth
    I tell you of them.”

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27 What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on (A)the housetops.

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19 (A)Behold, I am doing a new thing;
    now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
(B)I will make a way in the wilderness
    (C)and rivers in the desert.

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Bring out (A)the people who are blind, yet have eyes,
    who are deaf, yet have ears!
(B)All the nations gather together,
    and the peoples assemble.
Who among them can declare this,
    and show us the former things?
Let them bring their witnesses to prove them right,
    and let them hear and say, It is true.
10 (C)“You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord,
    “and (D)my servant whom I have chosen,
that you may know and believe me
    and understand that I am he.
(E)Before me no god was formed,
    nor shall there be any after me.

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15 (A)No longer do I call you servants,[a] for the servant (B)does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for (C)all that I have heard from my Father (D)I have made known to you.

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Footnotes

  1. John 15:15 Or bondservants, or slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface); likewise for servant later in this verse and in verse 20

I heard, (A)but I did not understand. Then I said, “O my lord, what shall be the outcome of these things?” He said, (B)“Go your way, Daniel, (C)for the words are shut up and sealed until the time of the end. 10 (D)Many shall purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined, but (E)the wicked shall act wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, (F)but those who are wise shall understand. 11 And from the time that (G)the regular burnt offering is taken away and (H)the abomination that makes desolate is set up, there shall be 1,290 days. 12 (I)Blessed is he who waits and arrives at the 1,335 days. 13 (J)But go your way till the end. (K)And you shall rest and shall stand in your allotted place at (L)the end of the days.”

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“Declare among the nations and proclaim,
    set up a banner and proclaim,
    conceal it not, and say:
(A)‘Babylon is taken,
    (B)Bel is put to shame,
    Merodach is dismayed.
(C)Her images are put to shame,
    her idols are dismayed.’

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31 And you, O generation, behold the word of the Lord.
Have I been a wilderness to Israel,
    or a land of thick darkness?
Why then do my people say, ‘We are free,
    we will come no more to you’?

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10 O (A)my threshed and winnowed one,
    what I have heard from the Lord of hosts,
    the God of Israel, I announce to you.

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(A)One generation shall commend your works to another,
    and shall declare your mighty acts.
On (B)the glorious splendor of your majesty,
    and on your wondrous works, I will meditate.

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13 With my lips I (A)declare
    all the rules[a] of your mouth.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 119:13 Or all the just decrees

43 (A)Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things;
    let them consider the steadfast love of the Lord.

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things that we have heard and known,
    that our (A)fathers have told us.
We will not (B)hide them from their children,
    but (C)tell to the coming generation
the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might,
    and (D)the wonders that he has done.

He established (E)a testimony in (F)Jacob
    and appointed a law in (G)Israel,
which he commanded our fathers
    to teach to their children,
that (H)the next generation might know them,
    the children yet unborn,
and arise and tell them to their children,

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15 My (A)mouth will tell of your righteous acts,
    of your deeds of salvation all the day,
    for (B)their number is past my knowledge.
16 With the mighty deeds of the Lord God I will come;
    I will remind them of your righteousness, yours alone.

17 O God, from my youth you have taught me,
    and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.
18 So even to (C)old age and gray hairs,
    O God, (D)do not forsake me,
until I proclaim your might to another generation,
    your power to all those to come.

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I have told the glad news of deliverance[a]
    in (A)the great congregation;
behold, I have not (B)restrained my lips,
    (C)as you know, O Lord.
10 I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart;
    I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation;
I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness
    from the great congregation.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 40:9 Hebrew righteousness; also verse 10

The Seven Seals

Now I watched when the Lamb opened one of (A)the seven seals, and I heard (B)one of the four living creatures say (C)with a voice like thunder, (D)“Come!” And I looked, and behold, (E)a white horse! And (F)its rider had a bow, and (G)a crown was given to him, and he came out (H)conquering, and to conquer.

When he opened the second seal, I heard (I)the second living creature say, “Come!” And out came another horse, (J)bright red. Its rider was permitted (K)to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.

When he opened the third seal, I heard the (L)third living creature say, “Come!” And I looked, and behold, (M)a black horse! And its rider had a pair of scales in his hand. And I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures, saying, (N)“A quart[a] of wheat for a denarius,[b] and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and (O)do not harm the oil and wine!”

When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of (P)the fourth living creature say, “Come!” And I looked, and behold, (Q)a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill (R)with sword and with famine and with pestilence and (S)by wild beasts of the earth.

When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under (T)the altar (U)the souls of those who had been slain (V)for the word of God and for (W)the witness they had borne. 10 They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, (X)holy and true, (Y)how long (Z)before you will judge and (AA)avenge our blood on (AB)those who dwell on the earth?” 11 Then they were each given (AC)a white robe and (AD)told to rest a little longer, (AE)until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers[c] (AF)should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been.

12 When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, (AG)there was a great earthquake, and (AH)the sun became black as (AI)sackcloth, the full moon became like blood, 13 and (AJ)the stars of the sky fell to the earth (AK)as the fig tree sheds its winter fruit when shaken by a gale. 14 (AL)The sky vanished (AM)like a scroll that is being rolled up, and (AN)every mountain and island was removed from its place. 15 Then the kings of the earth and the great ones and the generals and the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave[d] and free, (AO)hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, 16 (AP)calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of (AQ)him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, 17 for (AR)the great day of their wrath has come, and (AS)who can stand?”

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 6:6 Greek choinix, a dry measure equal to about a quart
  2. Revelation 6:6 A denarius was a day's wage for a laborer
  3. Revelation 6:11 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters
  4. Revelation 6:15 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface

The Scroll and the Lamb

Then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne (A)a scroll written within and on the back, (B)sealed with seven seals. And (C)I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?”

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19 (A)Write therefore (B)the things that you have seen, those that are and those that are to take place after this.

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10 Concerning this salvation, (A)the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, 11 inquiring (B)what person or time[a] (C)the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating (D)when he predicted (E)the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories. 12 (F)It was revealed to them that (G)they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you (H)by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, (I)things into which angels long to look.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 1:11 Or what time or circumstances

But, as it is written,

(A)“What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,
    nor the heart of man imagined,
what God has (B)prepared (C)for those who love him”—

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But you will receive (A)power (B)when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and (C)you will be (D)my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and (E)Samaria, and (F)to the end of the earth.”

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Destruction of the Wicked

The voice of the Lord cries to the city—
    and it is sound wisdom to fear (A)your name:
“Hear of (B)the rod and of him who appointed it![a]

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 6:9 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

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