14:1 Then I looked, and behold, the Lamb was standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and the name of His Father written on their foreheads.
14:2 And I heard a voice from heaven, like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder, and the voice which I heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps.
14:3 And they *sang ①a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders; and no one was able to learn the song except the 144,000 who had been purchased from the earth.
▷ ①One early ms something like a new song
14:4 These are the ones who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are celibate. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been purchased from mankind as first fruits to God and to the Lamb.
14:5 And no lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.
14:6 And I saw another angel flying in midheaven with an eternal gospel to preach to those who ①live on the earth, and to every nation, tribe, language, and people;
▷ ①Lit sit
14:7 and he said with a loud voice, “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come; worship Him who made the heaven and the earth, and sea and springs of waters.”
14:8 And another angel, a second one, followed, saying, “ ①Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who has made all the nations drink of the wine of the ②passion of her sexual immorality.”
▷ ①Lit Babylon...fell, fell, she who ②Or wrath (incurred from God)
14:9 Then another angel, a third one, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand,
14:10 he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed ①in full strength in the cup of His anger; and he will be tormented with fire and ②brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.
▷ ①Lit unmixed; in ancient times wine was usually diluted with water ②I.e., burning sulfur
14:11 And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; they have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and ①whoever receives the mark of his name.”
▷ ①Lit if anyone
14:12 Here is the ①perseverance of the ②saints who keep the commandments of God and ③their faith in Jesus.
▷ ①Or steadfastness ②Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ③Lit the faith of
14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, “Write: ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on!’ ” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “so that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow with them.”
14:14 Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and sitting on the cloud was one like ①a son of man, with a golden crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand.
▷ ①Or the Son of Man
14:15 And another angel came out of the ①temple, calling out with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, “ ②Put in your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth ③is ripe.”
▷ ①Or sanctuary ②Lit Send forth ③Lit has become dry
14:16 Then He who sat on the cloud ①swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.
▷ ①Lit cast
14:17 And another angel came out of the ①temple which is in heaven, and he also had a sharp sickle.
▷ ①Or sanctuary
14:18 Then another angel, the one who has power over fire, came out from the altar; and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “ ①Put in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters ②from the vine of the earth, because her grapes are ripe.”
▷ ①Lit Send forth ②Lit of
14:19 So the angel ①swung his sickle to the earth and gathered the clusters from the vine of the earth, and threw them into the great wine press of the wrath of God.
▷ ①Lit cast
14:20 And the wine press was trampled outside the city, and blood came out from the wine press, up to the horses’ bridles, ①for a distance of ②1,600 stadia.
▷ ①Lit from ②Possibly about 184 miles or 296 km; a Roman stadion perhaps averaged 607 ft. or 185 m