Heaven Exults over Babylon

19 After these things (A)I [a]heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Alleluia! (B)Salvation and glory and honor and power belong to [b]the Lord our God! For (C)true and righteous are His judgments, because He has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication; and He (D)has avenged on her the blood of His servants shed by her.” Again they said, “Alleluia! (E)Her smoke rises up forever and ever!” And (F)the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sat on the throne, saying, (G)“Amen! Alleluia!” Then a voice came from the throne, saying, (H)“Praise our God, all you His servants and those who fear Him, (I)both[c] small and great!”

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 19:1 NU, M add something like
  2. Revelation 19:1 NU, M omit the Lord
  3. Revelation 19:5 NU, M omit both

Rejoicing in Heaven

19 After these things I heard something like the loud sound of a great crowd in heaven saying,

“Hallelujah!
Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,
    because his judgments are true and righteous,
because he has passed judgment on the great prostitute
    who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality,
and has avenged the blood of his slaves shed by[a] her hand!”

And a second time they said,

“Hallelujah!”

And her smoke goes up forever and ever[b]. And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who is seated on the throne, saying,

“Amen! Hallelujah!”

And a voice came out from the throne, saying,

“Praise our God
    all his slaves,
and those who fear him,
    the small and the great!”

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 19:2 Literally “from”
  2. Revelation 19:3 Literally “for the ages of the ages”