The Rider on a White Horse

¹¹ Then I saw ^(A)heaven opened, and behold, ^(B)a white horse! The one sitting on it is called ^(C)Faithful and True, and ^(D)in righteousness he judges and makes war. ^12 (E)His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are ^(F)many diadems, and he has ^(G)a name written that no one knows but himself. ¹³ He is clothed in ^(H)a robe dipped in^[a] blood, and the name by which he is called is ^(I)The Word of God. ¹⁴ And the armies of heaven, ^(J)arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, ^(K)were following him on white horses. ^15 (L)From his mouth comes a sharp sword ^(M)with which to strike down the nations, and ^(N)he will rule^[b] them with a rod of iron. ^(O)He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. ¹⁶ On his robe and on his thigh ^(P)he has a name written, ^(Q)King of kings and Lord of lords.

¹⁷ Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and with a loud voice he called to ^(R)all the birds that fly directly overhead, ^(S)“Come, gather for ^(T)the great supper of God, ^18 (U)to eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave,^[c] both small and great.” ¹⁹ And I saw ^(V)the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies ^(W)gathered to make war against him who was sitting on the horse and against his army. ²⁰ And the beast was captured, and with it ^(X)the false prophet ^(Y)who in its presence^[d] had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who ^(Z)worshiped its image. These two were ^(AA)thrown alive into the lake of ^(AB)fire that burns with sulfur. ²¹ And the rest were slain by the sword ^(AC)that came from the mouth of him who was sitting on the horse, and ^(AD)all the birds were gorged with their flesh.

¹⁷ And if ^(A)any of the families of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship ^(B)the King, the Lord of hosts, ^(C)there will be no rain on them. ¹⁸ And if the family of Egypt does not go up and present themselves, then on them there shall be no rain;^[a] there shall be ^(D)the plague with which the Lord afflicts the nations that do not go up ^(E)to keep the Feast of Booths. ¹⁹ This shall be the punishment to Egypt and the punishment to all the nations that do not go up ^(F)to keep the Feast of Booths.

The Lord Will Save His People

¹⁸ And the Lord sent you on a mission and said, ‘Go, devote to destruction the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.’ ¹⁹ Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord? ^(A)Why did you pounce on the spoil and do what was evil in the sight of the Lord?” ²⁰ And Saul said to Samuel, ^(B)“I have obeyed the voice of the Lord. I have gone on the mission on which the Lord sent me. I have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and I have devoted the Amalekites to destruction. ^21 (C)But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the best of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.” ²² And Samuel said,

² Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘I have noted what Amalek did to Israel ^(A)in opposing them on the way when they came up out of Egypt. ³ Now go and strike Amalek and ^(B)devote to destruction^[a] all that they have. Do not spare them, ^(C)but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”

^2 (A)“Avenge the people of Israel on the Midianites. Afterward you shall ^(B)be gathered to your people.” ³ So Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian to execute the Lord's vengeance on Midian.