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Revelation 14 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

The Lamb and the 144,000 on Mount Zion

Rev 14:1

Rev 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.

Rev 14:2

Rev 14:2And 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.

Rev 14:3

Rev 14:3And they *sang [fn]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 144,000 who had been purchased from the earth.

Rev 14:4

Rev 14:4These 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.

Rev 14:5

Rev 14:5And no lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.

Vision of the Angel with the Gospel

Rev 14:6

Rev 14:6

And I saw another angel flying in midheaven with an eternal gospel to preach to those who [fn]live on the earth, and to every nation, tribe, language, and people;

Rev 14:7

Rev 14:7and 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.”

Rev 14:8

Rev 14:8

And another angel, a second one, followed, saying, “[fn]Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who has made all the nations drink of the wine of the [fn]passion of her sexual immorality.”

Doom for Worshipers of the Beast

Rev 14:9

Rev 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,

Rev 14:10

Rev 14:10he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed [fn]in full strength in the cup of His anger; and he will be tormented with fire and [fn]brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.

Rev 14:11

Rev 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 [fn]whoever receives the mark of his name.”

Rev 14:12

Rev 14:12Here is the [fn]perseverance of the [fn]saints who keep the commandments of God and [fn]their faith in Jesus.

Rev 14:13

Rev 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.”

The Harvest

Rev 14:14

Rev 14:14

Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and sitting on the cloud was one like [fn]a son of man, with a golden crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand.

Rev 14:15

Rev 14:15And another angel came out of the [fn]temple, calling out with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, “[fn]Put in Your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth [fn]is ripe.”

Rev 14:16

Rev 14:16Then He who sat on the cloud [fn]swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.

Rev 14:17

Rev 14:17

And another angel came out of the [fn]temple which is in heaven, and he also had a sharp sickle.

Rev 14:18

Rev 14:18Then 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, “[fn]Put in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters [fn]from the vine of the earth, because her grapes are ripe.”

Rev 14:19

Rev 14:19So the angel [fn]swung 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.

Rev 14:20

Rev 14:20And the wine press was trampled outside the city, and blood came out from the wine press, up to the horses’ bridles, [fn]for a distance of [fn]1,600 stadia.
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NASB20 Footnotes
One early ms something like a new song
Lit sit
Lit Babylon...fell, fell, she who
Or wrath (incurred from God)
Lit unmixed; in ancient times wine was usually diluted with water
I.e., burning sulfur
Lit if anyone
Or steadfastness
Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
Lit the faith of
Or the Son of Man
Or sanctuary
Lit Send forth
Lit has become dry
Lit cast
Or sanctuary
Lit Send forth
Lit of
Lit cast
Lit from
Possibly about 184 miles or 296 km; a Roman stadion perhaps averaged 607 ft. or 185 m
*
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