² Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal^(A) of the living God.^(B) He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea:^{(C) 3} “Do not harm^(D) the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads^(E) of the servants of our God.” ⁴ Then I heard the number^(F) of those who were sealed: 144,000^(G) from all the tribes of Israel.

The Great Multitude in White Robes

⁹ After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language,^(A) standing before the throne^(B) and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes^(C) and were holding palm branches in their hands.