Book of Revelation - Chapter 5

Chapter 5

[¹In the right hand of the one sitting on the throne I saw a scroll that had writing on the inside and on the outside. And it was sealed by seven seals. I saw a mighty angel asking with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?” ³No one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or see inside it. ⁴I cried hard because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or see inside it. ⁵Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not cry and look! The one who is called both the ‘Lion from the Tribe of Judah’ and ‘King David’s Great Descendant’ has overcome. He will open the scroll and its seven seals.”

⁶Then I looked and saw a Lamb standing in the center of the throne that was surrounded by the four living creatures and the elders. The standing Lamb looked as if it had once been slaughtered. It had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God, sent out to all the earth. ⁷The Lamb went over and took the scroll from the right hand of the one who sat on the throne. ⁸After he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders knelt down before him. Each of them had a harp and a gold bowl full of incense, which are the prayers of God’s people. ⁹Then they sang a new song, saying “You are worthy to receive the scroll and open its seals, because you were slaughtered. And with your own blood you bought for God people from every tribe, language, nation, and race. ¹⁰You let them become kings and serve God as priests, and they will rule on earth.”

¹¹As I looked, I heard the voices of a lot of angels around the throne and the voices of the living creatures and of the elders. There were millions and millions of them, ¹²and they were saying in a loud voice, “The Lamb who was killed is worthy to receive power, riches, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and praise.”

¹³Then I heard all beings in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and in the sea offer praise. Together, all of them were saying, “Praise, honor, glory, and strength forever and ever to the one who sits on the throne and to the Lamb!”

¹⁴The four living creatures said “Amen,” while the twenty-four elders knelt down and prostrated to the One Who lives for eternity.]

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