12 Therefore, (A)rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them! But (B)woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because (C)he knows that his time is short!”

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13 Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying with a loud voice as it flew directly overhead, (A)“Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, at the blasts of the other trumpets that the three angels are about to blow!”

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13 (A)Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth;
    break forth, O mountains, into singing!
For the Lord (B)has comforted his people
    and will have compassion on his afflicted.

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11 Let (A)the heavens be glad, and let (B)the earth rejoice;
    let (C)the sea roar, and all that fills it;
12     let (D)the field exult, and everything in it!
Then shall all (E)the trees of the forest sing for joy
13     before the Lord, for he comes,
    for he comes (F)to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness,
    and the peoples in his faithfulness.

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20 (A)Rejoice over her, O heaven,
    and you saints and (B)apostles and prophets,
for (C)God has given judgment for you against her!”

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and swore by (A)him who lives forever and ever, (B)who created heaven and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, that there would be no more delay,

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Rejoicing in Heaven

19 After this I heard (A)what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying out,

“Hallelujah!
(B)Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,
    for (C)his judgments are true and just;
for he has judged (D)the great prostitute
    who corrupted the earth with her immorality,
and (E)has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”

Once more they cried out,

“Hallelujah!
(F)The smoke from her goes up forever and ever.”

And (G)the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who was seated on the throne, saying, “Amen. Hallelujah!” And from the throne came a voice saying,

(H)“Praise our God,
    all you his servants,
(I)you who fear him,
    small and great.”

The Marriage Supper of the Lamb

Then I heard what seemed to be (J)the voice of a great multitude, like (K)the roar of many waters and (L)like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, crying out,

“Hallelujah!
For the Lord our God
    the Almighty (M)reigns.
Let us rejoice and exult
    and give him the glory,
for (N)the marriage of the Lamb has come,
    and (O)his Bride has made herself ready;

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10 and (A)those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and make merry and (B)exchange presents, because these two prophets (C)had been a torment to those who dwell on the earth.

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12 (A)The first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still to come.

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10 Just so, I tell you, there is joy before (A)the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

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Praise the Name of the Lord

148 (A)Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord (B)from the heavens;
    praise him (C)in the heights!
Praise him, all his angels;
    praise him, all his (D)hosts!

Praise him, sun and moon,
    praise him, all you shining stars!
Praise him, you (E)highest heavens,
    and you (F)waters above the heavens!

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14 (A)The second woe has passed; behold, the third woe is soon to come.

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But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and (A)a thousand years as one day.

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37 For,

(A)“Yet a little while,
    and (B)the coming one will come and will not delay;

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23 (A)Sing, O heavens, for the Lord has done it;
    shout, O (B)depths of the earth;
break forth into singing, O mountains,
    O forest, and every tree in it!
For the Lord has redeemed Jacob,
    (C)and will be glorified[a] in Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 44:23 Or will display his beauty

12 (A)“For you shall go out in joy
    and be led forth in peace;
(B)the mountains and the hills before you
    shall break forth into singing,
    and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
13 (C)Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress;
    instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle;
and it shall make a name for the Lord,
    an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.”

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