REVELATION 14 [†]Then I looked, and behold, on  v Mount Zion  w stood the Lamb, and with him  x 144,000 who  y had his name and his Father’s name written  z on their foreheads. 2[†]And I heard a voice from heaven  a like the roar of many waters and  b like the sound of loud thunder. The voice I heard was like the sound of  c harpists playing on their harps, 3[†]and they were singing  d a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders.  e No one could learn that song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. 4[†]It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for  f they are virgins. It is these  g who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These have been redeemed from mankind as  h firstfruits for God and the Lamb, 5and  i in their mouth no lie was found, for they are  j blameless.

6[†]Then I saw another angel  k flying directly overhead, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to  l those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and language and people. 7And he said with a loud voice,  m “Fear God and  n give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come, and  o worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the  p springs of water.”

8[†]Another angel, a second, followed, saying,  q “Fallen, fallen is  r Babylon the great,  s she who made all nations drink  t the wine of the passion [1] of her sexual immorality.”

9[†]And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone  u worships the beast and its image and receives  v a mark on his forehead or on his hand, 10he also will drink  w the wine of God’s wrath,  x poured full strength into the cup of his anger, and  y he will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. 11And  z the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and  a they have no rest, day or night, these  u worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name.”

12[†] b Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who  c keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus. [2]

13And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this:  d Blessed are the dead  e who die in the Lord from now on.” “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit,  f “that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!”

14[†]Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and seated on the cloud one  g like a son of man,  h with a golden crown on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand. 15[†]And another angel  i came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud,  j “Put in your sickle, and reap, for the hour to reap has come, for  k the harvest of the earth is fully ripe.” 16So he who sat on the cloud swung his sickle across the earth, and the earth was reaped.

17[†]Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. 18And another angel came out from the altar,  l the angel who has authority over the fire, and he called with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, “Put in your sickle and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth,  m for its grapes are ripe.” 19So the angel swung his sickle across the earth and gathered the grape harvest of the earth and threw it into the great  n winepress of the wrath of God. 20And  o the winepress was trodden  p outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress, as high as  q a horse’s bridle, for 1,600 stadia. [3]