Revelation 19:1-20:6

New American Standard Bible 1995

The Fourfold Hallelujah

19 After these things I heard something like a ^(A)loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying,

“^(B)Hallelujah! ^(C)Salvation and ^(D)glory and power belong to our God; ^2 (E)because His ^(F)judgments are ^(G)true and righteous; for He has judged the ^(H)great harlot who was corrupting the earth with her immorality, and He has ^(I)avenged the blood of His bond-servants ^[a]on her.” ³ And a second time they said, “^(J)Hallelujah! ^(K)Her smoke rises up forever and ever.” ⁴ And the ^(L)twenty-four elders and the ^(M)four living creatures ^(N)fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne saying, “^(O)Amen. ^(P)Hallelujah!” ⁵ And a voice came from the throne, saying,

“^(Q)Give praise to our God, all you His bond-servants, ^(R)you who fear Him, the small and the great.” ⁶ Then I heard something like ^(S)the voice of a great multitude and like ^(T)the sound of many waters and like the ^(U)sound of mighty peals of thunder, saying,

“^(V)Hallelujah! For the ^(W)Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns.

Marriage of the Lamb

⁷ Let us rejoice and be glad and ^(X)give the glory to Him, for ^(Y)the marriage of the Lamb has come and His ^[b](Z)bride has made herself ready.” ⁸ It was given to her to clothe herself in ^(AA)fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the ^(AB)righteous acts of the ^[c]saints.

⁹ Then ^(AC)he *said to me, “^(AD)Write, ‘^(AE)Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.’” And he *said to me, “^(AF)These are true words of God.” ¹⁰ Then ^(AG)I fell at his feet to worship him. ^(AH)But he *said to me, “Do not do that; I am a ^(AI)fellow servant of yours and your brethren who ^(AJ)hold the testimony of Jesus; worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

The Coming of Christ

¹¹ And I saw ^(AK)heaven opened, and behold, a ^(AL)white horse, and He who sat on it is called ^(AM)Faithful and True, and in ^(AN)righteousness He judges and wages war. ¹² His ^(AO)eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many ^(AP)diadems; and He has a ^(AQ)name written on Him which no one knows except Himself. ¹³ He is clothed with a ^(AR)robe dipped in blood, and His name is called ^(AS)The Word of God. ¹⁴ And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in ^(AT)fine linen, ^(AU)white and clean, were following Him on white horses. ^15 (AV)From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that ^(AW)with it He may strike down the nations, and He will ^[d](AX)rule them with a rod of iron; and ^(AY)He treads the ^[e]wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty. ¹⁶ And on His robe and on His thigh He has ^(AZ)a name written, “^(BA)KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”

¹⁷ Then I saw ^[f]an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud voice, saying to ^(BB)all the birds which fly in ^(BC)midheaven, “^(BD)Come, assemble for the great supper of God, ¹⁸ so that you may ^(BE)eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of ^[g]commanders and the flesh of mighty men and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them and the flesh of all men, ^(BF)both free men and slaves, and ^(BG)small and great.”

¹⁹ And I saw ^(BH)the beast and ^(BI)the kings of the earth and their armies assembled to make war against Him who ^(BJ)sat on the horse and against His army.

Doom of the Beast and False Prophet

²⁰ And the beast was seized, and with him the ^(BK)false prophet who ^(BL)performed the signs ^[h](BM)in his presence, by which he ^(BN)deceived those who had received the ^(BO)mark of the beast and those who ^(BP)worshiped his image; these two were thrown alive into the ^(BQ)lake of ^(BR)fire which burns with ^[i]brimstone. ²¹ And the rest were killed with the sword which ^(BS)came from the mouth of Him who ^(BT)sat on the horse, and ^(BU)all the birds were filled with their flesh.

Satan Bound

20 Then I saw ^(BV)an angel coming down from heaven, holding the ^(BW)key of the abyss and a great chain ^[j]in his hand. ² And he laid hold of the ^(BX)dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and ^(BY)bound him for a thousand years; ³ and he threw him into the ^(BZ)abyss, and shut it and ^(CA)sealed it over him, so that he would ^(CB)not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be released for a short time.

⁴ Then I saw ^(CC)thrones, and ^(CD)they sat on them, and ^(CE)judgment was given to them. And I saw ^(CF)the souls of those who had been beheaded because of ^[k]their ^(CG)testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not ^(CH)worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the ^(CI)mark on their forehead and on their hand; and they ^(CJ)came to life and ^(CK)reigned with Christ for a thousand years. ⁵ The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. ^(CL)This is the first resurrection. ^6 (CM)Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the ^(CN)second death has no power, but they will be ^(CO)priests of God and of Christ and will ^(CP)reign with Him for a thousand years.