Revelation 14

¹And I saw, and look—the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him one hundred forty-four thousand who had his name and the name of his Father written on their foreheads.

²And I heard a sound from heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of great thunder, and the sound I heard was like harpists playing on their harps. ³And they sing what seems a 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 one hundred forty-four thousand—those who had been purchased from the earth. ⁴These are the ones who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were purchased from among humanity as firstfruits for God and for the Lamb, ⁵and in their mouth no lie was found—they are unblemished.

⁶And I saw another angel flying at the zenith of the sky, having an eternal proclamation of good news to announce to those dwelling on the earth—to every nation and tribe and tongue and people— ⁷saying with a loud voice: "Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come! Worship the one who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and the springs of waters!"

⁸And another angel, a second, followed, saying: "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great—she who has made all the nations drink from the wine of her passionate immorality!"

⁹And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice: "If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, ¹⁰he also will drink from the wine of God's fury, poured full-strength into the cup of his wrath, and he will be tormented with fire and sulfur before the holy angels and before the Lamb. ¹¹And the smoke of their torment rises into the ages of ages, and they have no rest day or night—those who worship the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name."

¹²Here is the endurance of the holy ones: those who keep the commandments of God and the faithfulness of Jesus.

¹³And 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 works follow with them."

¹⁴And I saw, and look—a white cloud, and seated on the cloud one like a son of man, having on his head a golden victor's wreath and in his hand a sharp sickle. ¹⁵And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to the one seated on the cloud: "Send forth your sickle and reap, because the hour to reap has come—the harvest of the earth has dried!" ¹⁶And the one seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.

¹⁷And another angel came out of the temple in heaven, himself also having a sharp sickle. ¹⁸And another angel came from the altar—the one having authority over fire—and he called with a loud voice to the one holding the sharp sickle, saying: "Send forth your sharp sickle and cut the grape clusters from the vine of the earth, because its grapes have reached full ripeness." ¹⁹And the angel swung his sickle into the earth and cut the grapes of the vine of the earth and threw them into the great winepress of God's fury. ²⁰And the winepress was trampled outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress up to the bridles of horses, for one thousand six hundred stadia.