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Babylon's fall lamented:

REVELATION, Rejoicings in heaven thereat. company in ships, and sailors, 24 And in her was found the and as many as trade by sea, blood of prophets, and of saints, stood afar off, and of all that were slain upon

18 And cried when they saw the earth. the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!

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CHAP. XIX.

The marriage of the Lamb. 19 And they cast dust on ND after these things I their heads, and cried, weeping heard a great voice of much and wailing, saying, Alas, alas! people in heaven, saying, Allethat great city, wherein were luia: Salvation, and glory, and made rich all that had ships in honour, and power, unto the the sea by reason of her costli-Lord our God:

made desolate.

ness! for in one hour is she 2 For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath 20 Rejoice over her, thou judged the great whore, which heaven, and ye holy apostles did corrupt the earth with her and prophets; for God hath fornication, and hath avenged avenged you on her. the blood of his servants at her

21 And a mighty angel took hand. up a stone like a great mill-stone, 3 And again they said, Alleand cast it into the sea, saying, luia. And her smoke rose up Thus with violence shall that for ever and ever.

great city Babylon be thrown 4 And the four and twenty down, and shall be found no elders and the four beasts fell more at all. down and worshipped God that 22 And the voice of harpers, sat on the throne, saying, Amen; and musicians, and of pipers, Alleluia.

and trumpeters, shall be heard 5 And a voice came out of no more at all in thee; and no the throne, saying, Praise our craftsman, of whatsoever craft God, all ye his servants, and ye he be, shall be found any more that fear him, both small and in thee; and the sound of a mill-great. stone shall be heard no more at 6 And I heard as it were the all in thee; voice of a great multitude, and 23 And the light of a candle as the voice of many waters, shall shine no more at all in and as the voice of mighty thee; and the voice of the bride-thunderings, saying, Alleluia: groom and of the bride shall be for the Lord God omnipotent heard no more at all in thee: reigneth.

for thy merchants were the great 7 Let us be glad and rejoice, men of the earth; for by thy sor- and give honour to him: for the ceries were all nations deceived. marriage of the Lamb is come,

CHAP. XIX.

The great triumph for the marriage of the Lamb. and his wife hath made herself and he shall rule them with a ready. rod of iron: and he treadeth

8 And to her was granted the wine-press of the fierceness that she should be arrayed in and wrath of Almighty God. fine linen, clean and white: for 16 And he hath on his vesture the fine linen is the righteous- and on his thigh a name writness of saints. ten, KING OF KINGS, AND

9 And he saith unto me, LORD OF LORDS. Write, Blessed are they which 17 And I saw an angel standare called unto the marriage-ing in the sun; and he cried supper of the Lamb. And he with a loud voice, saying to all saith unto me, These are the the fowls that fly in the midst true sayings of God. of heaven, Come, and gather

10 And I fell at his feet to yourselves together unto the worship him. And he said unto supper of the great God; me, See thou do it not: I am thy 18 That ye may eat the flesh fellow-servant, and of thy breth- of kings, and the flesh of capren that have the testimony of tains, and the flesh of mighty Jesus: worship God: for the men, and the flesh of horses, testimony of Jesus is the spirit and of them that sit on them, of prophecy. and the flesh of all men, both free

11 And I saw heaven opened, and bond, both small and great. and behold, a white horse; and 19 And I saw the beast, and he that sat upon him was called the kings of the earth, and their Faithful and True, and in right-armies, gathered together to eousness he doth judge and make war against him that sat make war. on the horse, and against his

12 His eyes were as a flame army. of fire, and on his head were 20 And the beast was taken, many crowns; and he had a and with him the false prophet name written, that no man knew, that wrought miracles before but he himself. him, with which he deceived

13 And he was clothed with them that had received the mark a vesture dipped in blood: and of the beast, and them that worhis name is called The Word of shipped his image. These both God. were cast alive into a lake of fire

14 And the armies which burning with brimstone. were in heaven followed him 21 And the remnant were upon white horses, clothed in slain with the sword of him that fine linen, white and clean. sat upon the horse, which sword

15 And out of his mouth proceeded out of his mouth: and goeth a sharp sword, that with all the fowls were filled with it he should smite the nations : their flesh.

Satan bound.

CHAP. XX.

REVELATION,

The first and last resurrection.

The general judgment

8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four

ND I saw an angel come quarters of the earth, Gog and A down from heaven, having Magog, to gather them together the key of the bottomless pit to battle: the number of whom and a great chain in his hand. is as the sand of the sea.

2 And be laid hold on the 9 And they went up on the dragon, that old serpent, which breadth of the earth, and comis the Devil, and Satan, and passed the camp of the saints bound him a thousand years, about, and the beloved city: and 3 And cast him into the bot-fire came down from God out of tomless pit, and shut him up, heaven, and devoured them. and set a seal upon him, that he 10 And the devil that deceivshould deceive the nations no ed them was cast into the lake more, till the thousand years of fire and brimstone, where the should be fulfilled; and after that beast and the false prophet are, he must be loosed a little season. and shall be tormented day and 4 And I saw thrones, and night for ever and ever. they sat upon them, and judg- 11 And I saw a great white ment was given unto them: and throne, and him that sat on it, I saw the souls of them that were from whose face the earth and beheaded for the witness of the heaven fled away; and there Jesus, and for the word of God, was found no place for them. and which had not worshipped 12 And I saw the dead, small the beast, neither his image, nei- and great, stand before God; ther had received his mark upon and the books were opened: and their forebeads, or in their hands; another book was opened, which and they lived and reigned with is the book of life: and the dead Christ a thousand years. were judged out of those things

5 But the rest of the dead which were written in the books, lived not again until the thou- according to their works. sand years were finished. This 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and

is the first resurrection.

6 Blessed and holy is he that death and hell delivered up the hath part in the first resurrec-dead which were in them: and tio: on such the second death they were judged every man hath no power, but they shall according to their works. be priests of God and of Christ,

14 And death and hell were and shall reign with him a thou- cast into the lake of fire. This sand years. is the second death.

7 And when the thousand 15 And whosoever was not years are expired, Satan shall found written in the book of life be loosed out of his prison, Iwas cast into the lake of fire.

A description of

CHAP. XXI.

CHAP. XXI.

New Jerusalem described.

the heavenly Jerusalert.

and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in

ND I saw a new heaven the lake which burneth with fire and a new earth: for the and brimstone: which is the first heaven and the first earth second death.

were passed away; and there 9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels, which

was no more sea.

2 And I John saw the holy had the seven vials full of the city, new Jerusalem, coming seven last plagues, and talked down from God out of heaven, with me, saying, Come hither, I prepared as a bride adorned for will shew thee the bride, the her husband. Lamb's wife.

3 And I heard a great voice 10 And he carried me away out of heaven, saying, Behold, in the spirit to a great and high the tabernacle of God is with mountain, and shewed me that men, and he will dwell with them, great city, the holy Jerusalem, and they shall be his people, descending out of heaven from and God himself shall be with God,

them, and be their God.

11 Having the glory of God: 4 And God shall wipe away and her light was like unto a all tears from their eyes; and stone most precious, even like there shall be no more death, a jasper-stone, clear as crystal; neither sorrow, nor crying, nei- 12 And had a wall great and ther shall there be any more high, and had twelve gates, and pain: for the former things are at the gates twelve angels, and passed away. names written thereon, which 5 And be that sat upon the are the names of the twelve tribes throne said, Behold, I make all of the children of Israel.

things new. And he said unto 13 On the east, three gates; me, Write: for these words are on the north, three gates; on true and faithful. the south, three gates; and on

6 And he said unto me, It is the west. three gates. done. I am Alpha and Omega, 14 And the wall of the city the beginning and the end. I had twelve foundations, and in will give unto him that is athirst them the names of the twelve of the fountain of the water of apostles of the Lamb.

life freely.

15 And he that talked with 7 He that overcometh shall me, had a golden reed to meainherit all things; and I will be sure the city, and the gates his God, and he shall be my son. thereof, and the wall thereof.

8 But the fearful, and unbe- 16 And the city lieth fourlieving, and the abominable, and square, and the length is as murderers, and whoremongers, large as the breadth and he

REVELATION,

A description of the heavenly Jerusalem. measured the city with the reed, the light of it: and the kings of twelve thousand furlongs. The the earth do bring their glory length, and the breadth, and the and honour into it.

height of it are equal.

25 And the gates of it shall 17 And he measured the wall not be shut at all by day: for thereof, a hundred and forty there shall be no night there. and four cubits, according to the 26 And they shall bring the measure of a man, that is, of glory and honour of the nations the angel.

into it.

18 And the building of the 27 And there shall in no wise wall of it was of jasper: and enter into it any thing that dethe city was pure gold, like unto fileth, neither whatsoever worketh clear glass. abomination, or maketh a lie; 19 And the foundations of the but they which are written in wall of the city were garnished the Lamb's book of life. with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation

CHAP. XXII.
The water and tree of life.

was jasper; the second, sap- AND he shewed me a pure phire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;

as crystal, proceeding out of 20 The fifth, sardonyx; the the throne of God and of the sixth, sardius; the seventh, Lamb.

chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; 2 In the midst of the street the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a of it, and on either side of the chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a river, was there the tree of life, jacinth; the twelfth, an ame- which bare twelve manner of thyst. fruits, and yielded her fruit every 21 And the twelve gates were month: and the leaves of the twelve pearls; every several tree were for the healing of the gate was of one pearl; and the nations. street of the city was pure gold, 3 And there shall be no more as it were transparent glass. curse: but the throne of God 22 And I saw no temple and of the Lamb shall be in it; therein for the Lord God Al-and his servants shall serve him: mighty and the Lamb are the 4 And they shall see his face; temple of it. and his name shall be in their foreheads.

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23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, 5 And there shall be no night to shine in it for the glory of there; and they need no candle, God did lighten it, and the neither light of the sun; for the Lamb is the light thereof. Lord God giveth them light: 24 And the nations of them and they shall reign for ever which are saved shall walk inland ever.

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