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Then I heard ·what sounded like a great many people [L the voice/sound of a great crowd], like the noise of ·flooding water [many waters], and like the noise of loud thunder. The people were saying:

“Hallelujah [19:1]!
    [L For] Our Lord God, the ·Almighty [All-powerful], ·rules [reigns].
  Let us rejoice and ·be happy [exult]
    and give ·God [L him] ·glory [honor],
because the ·wedding [marriage] of the Lamb has come,
    and the Lamb’s bride has made herself ready.
  Fine linen, bright and ·clean [pure], was given to her to wear.”

(The fine linen ·means [is; stands for] the ·good things done by God’s holy people [L righteousness/righteous deeds of the saints/holy ones].)

And the angel said to me, “Write this: ·Blessed [Happy] are those who have been invited to the wedding ·meal [supper; banquet] of the Lamb!” And the angel said [L to me], “These are the true words of God.”

10 Then I ·bowed down [fell] at the angel’s feet to worship him, but he said to me, “·Do not worship me [Don’t do that!; L See, not]! I am a ·servant like you [fellow servant with you] and your brothers and sisters who have the ·message [witness; testimony] of Jesus. Worship God, because the ·message [witness; testimony] ·about [or from] Jesus ·is the spirit that gives all prophecy [or is the essence of true prophecy; or is Spirit-inspired prophecy; L is the spirit/Spirit of prophecy].”

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Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude,(A) like the roar of rushing waters(B) and like loud peals of thunder, shouting:

“Hallelujah!(C)
    For our Lord God Almighty(D) reigns.(E)
Let us rejoice and be glad
    and give him glory!(F)
For the wedding of the Lamb(G) has come,
    and his bride(H) has made herself ready.
Fine linen,(I) bright and clean,
    was given her to wear.”

(Fine linen stands for the righteous acts(J) of God’s holy people.)

Then the angel said to me,(K) “Write this:(L) Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!”(M) And he added, “These are the true words of God.”(N)

10 At this I fell at his feet to worship him.(O) But he said to me, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers and sisters who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God!(P) For it is the Spirit of prophecy who bears testimony to Jesus.”(Q)

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