1.
I saw in the right hand of Him who
sat on the throne a
book written inside and on the back,
sealed up with seven seals.
2. And
I saw a
strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open
the book and to break its seals?"
3. And
no one
in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the book
or to look into it.
4. Then
I began to weep greatly because no one was found worthy to open the book
or to look into it;
5. and
one of the elders *said to me, "Stop weeping; behold, the
Lion that is
from the tribe of Judah, the
Root of David, has overcome so as to open the book and its seven
seals."
6. And
I saw between the throne (with the four living creatures) and
the elders a
Lamb standing, as if
slain, having seven
horns and
seven eyes, which are
the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.
7. And
He came and took
the book out of the right hand of Him who
sat on the throne.
8. When
He had taken the book, the
four living creatures and the
twenty-four elders
fell down before the
Lamb, each one holding a
harp and
golden bowls full of incense, which are the
prayers of the saints.
9. And
they *sang a
new song, saying, "
Worthy are You to take the book and to break its seals; for You were
slain, and
purchased for God with Your blood men from
every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
10. "You
have made them to be a
kingdom and
priests to our God; and they will
reign upon the earth."
11. Then
I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels
around the throne and the
living creatures and the
elders; and the number of them was
myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands,
12. saying
with a loud voice, "
Worthy is the
Lamb that was
slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and
glory and blessing."
13. And
every created thing which is in heaven and on the earth and under the
earth and on the sea, and all things in them, I heard saying, "To
Him who
sits on the throne, and to the
Lamb,
be blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever."
14. And
the
four living creatures kept saying, "
Amen." And the
elders
fell down and worshiped.
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Scripture taken from the NASB®.
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