Revelation 7:9-8:13

New International Version

The Great Multitude in White Robes

⁹After 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. ¹⁰And they cried out in a loud voice:

“Salvation belongs to our God,^(D)
who sits on the throne,^(E)
and to the Lamb.”

¹¹All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders^(F) and the four living creatures.^(G) They fell down on their faces^(H) before the throne and worshiped God, ¹²saying:

“Amen!
Praise and glory
and wisdom and thanks and honor
and power and strength
be to our God for ever and ever.
Amen!”^(I)

¹³Then one of the elders asked me, “These in white robes^(J)—who are they, and where did they come from?”

¹⁴I answered, “Sir, you know.”

And he said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes^(K) and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.^(L) ¹⁵Therefore,

“they are before the throne of God^(M)
    and serve him^(N) day and night in his temple;^(O)
and he who sits on the throne^(P)
    will shelter them with his presence.^(Q)
¹⁶‘Never again will they hunger;
    never again will they thirst.^(R)
The sun will not beat down on them,’^[a]
    nor any scorching heat.^(S)
¹⁷For the Lamb at the center of the throne
    will be their shepherd;^(T)
‘he will lead them to springs of living water.’^[b]^(U)
    ‘And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’^[c]”^(V)

The Seventh Seal and the Golden Censer

8 When he opened the seventh seal,^(W) there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

²And I saw the seven angels^(X) who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.^(Y)

³Another angel,^(Z) who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, with the prayers of all God’s people,^(AA) on the golden altar^(AB) in front of the throne. ⁴The smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of God’s people, went up before God^(AC) from the angel’s hand. ⁵Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar,^(AD) and hurled it on the earth; and there came peals of thunder,^(AE) rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake.^(AF)

The Trumpets

⁶Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets^(AG) prepared to sound them.

⁷The first angel^(AH) sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and fire^(AI) mixed with blood, and it was hurled down on the earth. A third^(AJ) of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.^(AK)

⁸The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a huge mountain,^(AL) all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third^(AM) of the sea turned into blood,^(AN) ⁹a third^(AO) of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

¹⁰The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky^(AP) on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water^(AQ)— ¹¹the name of the star is Wormwood.^[d] A third^(AR) of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.^(AS)

¹²The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third^(AT) of them turned dark.^(AU) A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night.^(AV)

¹³As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in midair^(AW) call out in a loud voice: “Woe! Woe! Woe^(AX) to the inhabitants of the earth,^(AY) because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other three angels!”