Revelation 7  Christian Standard Bible

The Sealed of Israel

7 After this I saw four angels^(A) standing at the four corners of the earth, restraining the four winds of the earth^(B) so that no wind could blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree. ² Then I saw another angel rising up from the east,^(C) who had the seal of the living God.^(D) He cried out in a loud voice to the four angels who were allowed to harm the earth and the sea, ³ “Don’t harm the earth or the sea or the trees^(E) until we seal the servants of our God on their foreheads.”^{(F) 4} And I heard the number of the sealed:

A Multitude from the Great Tribulation

⁹ After this I looked, and there was a vast multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language,^(H) which no one could number,^(I) standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes with palm branches in their hands.^{(J) 10} And they cried out in a loud voice:

¹¹ All the angels stood around the throne, and along with the elders and the four living creatures they fell facedown before the throne and worshiped God, ¹² saying,

¹³ Then one of the elders asked me, “Who are these people in white robes, and where did they come from?”

¹⁴ I said to him, “Sir,^[a] you know.”

Then he told me: These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation.^(M) They washed their robes and made them white^(N) in the blood of the Lamb.