Revelation 19

ENGWEBEnglish21 verses
Listen Standard · Dramatized Open in Biblight

1After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and glory belong to our God:

2for true and righteous are his judgments. For he has judged the great prostitute, who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and he has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.”

3A second said, “Hallelujah! Her smoke goes up forever and ever.”

4The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying, “Amen! Hallelujah!”

5A voice came from the throne, saying, “Give praise to our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, the small and the great!”

6I heard something like the voice of a great multitude, and like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of mighty thunders, saying, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns!

7Let us rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and let us give the glory to him. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready.”

8It was given to her that she would array herself in bright, pure, fine linen: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.

9He said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.’” He said to me, “These are true words of God.”

10I fell down before his feet to worship him. He said to me, “Look! Don’t do it! I am a fellow bondservant with you and with your brothers who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy.”

11I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it is called Faithful and True. In righteousness he judges and makes war.

12His eyes are a flame of fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has names written and a name written which no one knows but he himself.

13He is clothed in a garment sprinkled with blood. His name is called “The Word of God.”

14The armies which are in heaven followed him on white horses, clothed in white, pure, fine linen.

15Out of his mouth proceeds a sharp, double-edged sword, that with it he should strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. He treads the wine press of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.

16He has on his garment and on his thigh a name written, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”

17I saw an angel standing in the sun. He cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the sky, “Come! Be gathered together to the great supper of God,

18that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave, and small and great.”

19I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him who sat on the horse, and against his army.

20The beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who worked the signs in his sight, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.

21The rest were killed with the sword of him who sat on the horse, the sword which came out of his mouth. All the birds were filled with their flesh.

Commentary

19:1 I heard a loud voice of a great multitude - Whose blood the great whore had shed. Saying, Hallelujah - This Hebrew word signifies, Praise ye Jah, or Him that is. God named himself to Moses, EHEIEH, that is, I will be, Exod 3:14; and at the same time, Jehovah, that is, He that is, and was, and is to come: during the trumpet of the seventh angel, he is styled, He that is and was, Rev 16:5; and not He that is to come; because his long - expected coming is under this trumpet actually present. At length he is styled, Jah, He that is; the past together with the future being swallowed up in the present, the former things being no more mentioned, for the greatness of those that now are. This title is of all others the most peculiar to the everlasting God. The salvation - Is opposed to the destruction which the great whore had brought upon the earth. His power and glory - Appear from the judgment executed on her, and from the setting up his kingdom to endure through all ages.

CHAPTER 19Re 19:1-21. The Church's Thanksgiving in Heaven for the Judgment on the Harlot. The Marriage of the Lamb: The Supper: The Bride's Preparation: John Is Forbidden to Worship the Angel: The Lord and His Hosts Come Forth for War: The Beast and the False Prophet Cast into the Lake of Fire: The Kings and Their Followers Slain by the Sword Out of Christ's Mouth.1. As in the case of the opening of the prophecy, Re 4:8; 5:9, &c. so now, at one of the great closing events seen in vision, the judgment on the harlot (described in Re 18:1-24), there is a song of praise in heaven to God: compare Re 7:10, &c., toward the close of the seals, and Re 11:15-18, at the close of the trumpets: Re 15:3, at the saints' victory over the beast.And—so Andreas. But A, B, C, Vulgate, Syriac, and Coptic omit.a great voice—A, B, C, Vulgate, Coptic, and Andreas read, "as it were a great voice." What a contrast to the lamentations Re 18:1-24! Compare Jer 51:48. The great manifestation of God's power in destroying Babylon calls forth a great voice of praise in heaven.people—Greek, "multitude."Alleluia—Hebrew, "Praise ye Jah," or Jehovah: here first used in Revelation, whence Ellicott infers the Jews bear a prominent part in this thanksgiving. Jah is not a contraction of "Jehovah," as it sometimes occurs jointly with the latter. It means "He who Is": whereas Jehovah is "He who will be, is, and was." It implies God experienced as a PRESENT help; so that "Hallelujah," says Kimchi in Bengel, is found first in the Psalms on the destruction of the ungodly. "Hallelu-Jah" occurs four times in this passage. Compare Ps 149:4-9, which is plainly parallel, and indeed identical in many of the phrases, as well as the general idea. Israel, especially, will join in the Hallelujah, when "her warfare is accomplished" and her foe destroyed.Salvation, &c.—Greek, "The salvation … the glory … the power."and honour—so Coptic. But A, B, C, and Syriac omit.unto the Lord our God—so Andreas. But A, B, C, and Coptic read, "(Is) of our God," that is, belongs to Him.

"\nAnd after these things,.... After the angel had declared the fall of Babylon, a voice from heaven had called the people of God out of her, and had ordered them to take vengeance on her; after the mournful lamentation of the kings, merchants, and seafaring men; after another voice had called upon the saints to rejoice at her overthrow, and a mighty angel had described the manner of it, and had expressed her ruin in the strongest terms, with the reasons of it, John heard the songs of the righteous, as follow:\n\nI heard a great voice of much people in heaven: not literally taken, for these are not the innumerable company of angels, who are never called people; nor the spirits of just men made perfect, or the souls of departed saints, but men on earth; wherefore heaven designs the church, as in Re 18:20 and frequently in this book; the people are the same with the 144000 seen with the Lamb on Mount Zion,\n Re 14:1 and with those on the sea of glass, who had got the victory over the beast, Re 15:2 and are no other than God's covenant people, who are given to Christ, and made willing to be his in the day of his power; and though they are but a seed, a remnant, a small company, when compared with the world and carnal professors; yet are a large body of themselves, especially they will be at this time, when the nation of the Jews shall be born at once, and the fulness of the Gentiles will be brought in: and their voice on this occasion, the downfall of Rome, is said to be "great" partly on account of their number, who will join together in acclamations of praise, and partly on account of their great affection and vehemency of spirit, which will be raised hereby:\n\nsaying Alleluia; an Hebrew word, which signifies "praise ye the Lord".

Read the full commentary Audio, full commentary and offline reading

Translations8 · 5

AMHEVG ከዚህ በኋላ በሰማይ፦ “ሃሌ ሉያ፤ በዝሙትዋ ምድርን ያጠፋችይቱን ታላቂቱን ጋለሞታ ስለ ፈረደባት፥ የባሪያዎቹንም ደም ከእጅዋ ስለ ተበቀለ፥ ፍርዶቹ እውነትና ጽድቅ ናቸውና ማዳንና ክብር ኃይ… አማርኛ ENGNIV After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a great multitude in heaven shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory… English BCV ድሕሪዙይ፥ ኣብ ሰማይ ከም ናይ ብዙሕ ህዝቢ ዝበለ፥ ብርቱዕ ድምፂ፥ “ሃሌ ሉያ! ምድሓንን ክብርን ሓይልን ናይ ኣምላኽና እዩ። ትግርኛ GAZBIB Kana booddee tuuta baay'ee sagalee guddaadhaan waaqa keessaa huursu nan dhaga'e; innis, ?Haaleluyaa! Fayyinni, guddinni… Afaan Oromoo BCV GIZ ወእምድኅረ ዝንቱ ተሰምዐ ቃል ዐቢይ እምሰማይ ከመ ዘብዙኅ ሰብእ ወይብሉ፦ “ሃሌ ሉያ እስመ ስብሐት ወፍርቃን ወኀይል ለአምላክነ። giz GAZGAZ Kana booddee tuuta baay'ee sagalee guddaadhaan waaqa keessaa huursu nan dhaga'e; innis, ?Haaleluyaa! Fayyinni, guddinni… Afaan Oromoo BCV aksum ድሕሪዙይ፥ ኣብ ሰማይ ከም ናይ ብዙሕ ህዝቢ ዝበለ፥ ብርቱዕ ድምፂ፥ “ሃሌ ሉያ! ምድሓንን ክብርን ሓይልን ናይ ኣምላኽና እዩ። ትግርኛ AMHNIV “ከዚህ በኋላ የብዙ ሰዎችን ድምፅ የሚመስል ታላቅ ድምፅ በሰማይ እንዲህ ሲል ሰማሁ፤ ሃሌ ሉያ! ማዳን፣ ክብርና ኀይል የአምላካችን ነው፤ አማርኛ