Bible Gateway passage: Revelation 7 - New International Version (2024)

144,000 Sealed

7After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners^(A) of the earth, holding back the four winds^(B) of the earth to prevent^(C) any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree. ²Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal^(D) of the living God.^(E) He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea:^{(F) 3}“Do not harm^(G) the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads^(H) of the servants of our God.” ⁴Then I heard the number^(I) of those who were sealed: 144,000^(J) from all the tribes of Israel.

The Great Multitude in White Robes

⁹After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language,^(K) standing before the throne^(L) and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes^(M) and were holding palm branches in their hands. ¹⁰And they cried out in a loud voice:

“Salvation belongs to our God,^(N)
who sits on the throne,^(O)
and to the Lamb.”

¹¹All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders^(P) and the four living creatures.^(Q) They fell down on their faces^(R) before the throne and worshiped God, ¹²saying:

“Amen!
Praise and glory
and wisdom and thanks and honor
and power and strength
be to our God for ever and ever.
Amen!”^(S)

¹³Then one of the elders asked me, “These in white robes^(T)—who are they, and where did they come from?”

¹⁴I answered, “Sir, you know.”

And he said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes^(U) and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.^{(V) 15}Therefore,

“they are before the throne of God^(W)
and serve him^(X) day and night in his temple;^(Y)
and he who sits on the throne^(Z)
will shelter them with his presence.^(AA)
16‘Never again will they hunger;
never again will they thirst.^(AB)
The sun will not beat down on them,’^[a]
nor any scorching heat.^(AC)
17For the Lamb at the center of the throne
will be their shepherd;^(AD)
‘he will lead them to springs of living water.’^[b](AE)
‘And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’^[c]”^(AF)

Footnotes

1. Revelation 7:16 Isaiah 49:10
2. Revelation 7:17 Isaiah 49:10
3. Revelation 7:17 Isaiah 25:8

Cross references

1. Revelation 7:1 : Isa 11:12
2. Revelation 7:1 : Jer 49:36; Eze 37:9; Da 7:2; Zec 6:5; Mt 24:31
3. Revelation 7:1 : S Rev 6:6
4. Revelation 7:2 : Rev 9:4
5. Revelation 7:2 : S Mt 16:16
6. Revelation 7:2 : ver 1
7. Revelation 7:3 : S Rev 6:6
8. Revelation 7:3 : Eze 9:4; Rev 9:4; 14:1; 22:4
9. Revelation 7:4 : Rev 9:16
10. Revelation 7:4 : Rev 14:1, 3
11. Revelation 7:9 : S Rev 13:7
12. Revelation 7:9 : ver 15
13. Revelation 7:9 : S Rev 3:4
14. Revelation 7:10 : Ps 3:8; Rev 12:10; 19:1
15. Revelation 7:10 : S Rev 5:1
16. Revelation 7:11 : S Rev 4:4
17. Revelation 7:11 : S Rev 4:6
18. Revelation 7:11 : S Rev 4:10
19. Revelation 7:12 : S Ro 11:36; Rev 5:12-14
20. Revelation 7:13 : S Rev 3:4
21. Revelation 7:14 : Rev 22:14
22. Revelation 7:14 : Heb 9:14; 1Jn 1:7; Rev 12:11
23. Revelation 7:15 : ver 9
24. Revelation 7:15 : Rev 22:3
25. Revelation 7:15 : Rev 11:19
26. Revelation 7:15 : S Rev 5:1
27. Revelation 7:15 : Isa 4:5, 6; Rev 21:3
28. Revelation 7:16 : Jn 6:35
29. Revelation 7:16 : Isa 49:10
30. Revelation 7:17 : S Jn 10:11
31. Revelation 7:17 : S Jn 4:10
32. Revelation 7:17 : Isa 25:8; 35:10; 51:11; 65:19; Rev 21:4