Rev 5:0-11:18 | ESV | STEP | Then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a scroll written within and on the back , sealed with seven seals .

1 Then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne ^aa scroll written within and on the back, ^bsealed with seven seals. 2 And ^cI saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?” 3 And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it, 4 and I began to weep loudly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it. 5 And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, ^dthe Lion ^eof the tribe of Judah, ^fthe Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”

6 And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders I saw ^ga Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with ^hseven eyes, which are ⁱthe seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. 7 And he went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne. 8 And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders ^jfell down before the Lamb, ^keach holding a harp, and ^lgolden bowls full of incense, ^mwhich are the prayers of the saints. 9 And they sang ⁿa new song, saying,

“Worthy are you to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
for ^oyou were slain, and by your blood ^pyou ransomed people for God
from ^qevery tribe and language and people and nation,
10 and you have made them ^ra kingdom and priests to our God,
and they shall reign on the earth.”
11 Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering ^smyriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, 12 saying with a loud voice,

^t“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain,
to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might
and honor and glory and blessing!”
13 And I heard ^uevery creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying,

“To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!”
14 And the four living creatures ^vsaid, “Amen!” and the elders ^wfell down and worshiped.

Revelation of John 6

The Seven Seals

1 Now I watched when the Lamb opened one of ^xthe seven seals, and I heard ^yone of the four living creatures say ^zwith a voice like thunder, ^aa“Come!” 2 And I looked, and behold, ^aba white horse! And ^acits rider had a bow, and ^ada crown was given to him, and he came out ^aeconquering, and to conquer.

3 When he opened the second seal, I heard ^afthe second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, ^agbright red. Its rider was permitted ^ahto take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.

5 When he opened the third seal, I heard the ^aithird living creature say, “Come!” And I looked, and behold, ^aja black horse! And its rider had a pair of scales in his hand. 6 And I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures, saying, ^ak“A quart ^{▼▼Greek choinix, a dry measure equal to about a quart} of wheat for a denarius, ^{▼▼A denarius was a day’s wage for a laborer} and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and ^ando not harm the oil and wine!”

7 When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of ^aothe fourth living creature say, “Come!” 8 And I looked, and behold, ^apa pale horse! And its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed him. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill ^aqwith sword and with famine and with pestilence and ^arby wild beasts of the earth.

9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under ^asthe altar ^atthe souls of those who had been slain ^aufor the word of God and for ^avthe witness they had borne. 10 They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, ^awholy and true, ^axhow long ^aybefore you will judge and ^azavenge our blood on ^bathose who dwell on the earth?” 11 Then they were each given ^bba white robe and ^bctold to rest a little longer, ^bduntil the number of their fellow servants ^{▼▼Greek fellow bondservants} and their brothers ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God’s family, the church} ^bgshould be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been.

12 When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, ^bhthere was a great earthquake, and ^bithe sun became black as ^bjsackcloth, the full moon became like blood, 13 and ^bkthe stars of the sky fell to the earth ^blas the fig tree sheds its winter fruit when shaken by a gale. 14 ^bmThe sky vanished ^bnlike a scroll that is being rolled up, and ^boevery mountain and island was removed from its place. 15 Then the kings of the earth and the great ones and the generals and the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave ^{▼▼Or servant; Greek bondservant} and free, ^bqhid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, 16 ^brcalling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of ^bshim who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, 17 for ^btthe great day of their wrath has come, and ^buwho can stand?”

Revelation of John 7

The 144,000 of Israel Sealed

1 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back ^bvthe four winds of the earth, ^bwthat no wind might blow on earth or sea or against any tree. 2 Then I saw another angel ascending ^bxfrom the rising of the sun, with ^bythe seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm earth and sea, 3 saying, ^bz“Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the servants ^{▼▼Greek bondservants} of our God ^cbon their foreheads.” 4 And ^ccI heard the number of the sealed, 144,000, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:

5 12,000 from the tribe of Judah were sealed,
12,000 from the tribe of Reuben,
12,000 from the tribe of Gad,
6 12,000 from the tribe of Asher,
12,000 from the tribe of Naphtali,
12,000 from the tribe of Manasseh,
7 12,000 from the tribe of Simeon,
12,000 from the tribe of Levi,
12,000 from the tribe of Issachar,
8 12,000 from the tribe of Zebulun,
12,000 from the tribe of Joseph,
12,000 from the tribe of Benjamin were sealed.

A Great Multitude from Every Nation

9 After this I looked, and behold, ^cda great multitude that no one could number, ^cefrom every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, ^cfclothed in white robes, with ^cgpalm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice, ^ch“Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” 11 And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and ^cithe four living creatures, and they ^cjfell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12 ^cksaying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”

13 Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, ^clclothed in white robes, and from where have they come?” 14 I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of ^cmthe great tribulation. ^cnThey have washed their robes and ^comade them white ^cpin the blood of the Lamb.

15 “Therefore they are before the throne of God,
and ^cqserve him day and night in his temple;
and he who sits on the throne ^crwill shelter them with his presence.
16 ^csThey shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore;
^ctthe sun shall not strike them,
nor any scorching heat.
17 For the Lamb in the midst of the throne ^cuwill be their shepherd,
and he will guide them to springs of ^cvliving water,
and ^cwGod will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

Revelation of John 8

The Seventh Seal and the Golden Censer

1 When the Lamb opened ^cxthe seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. 2 Then I saw the seven angels ^cywho stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. 3 And another angel came and stood ^czat the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with ^dathe prayers of all the saints on ^dbthe golden altar before the throne, 4 and ^dcthe smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel. 5 Then the angel took the censer and ^ddfilled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth, and ^dethere were peals of ^dfthunder, rumblings, ^{▼▼Or voices, or sounds} flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

The Seven Trumpets

6 Now the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.

7 The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed ^dhhail and ^difire, mixed with blood, and these were thrown upon the earth. And a ^djthird of the earth was burned up, and a third of ^dkthe trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.

8 The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like ^dla great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea ^dmbecame blood. 9 A third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of ^dnthe ships were destroyed.

10 The third angel blew his trumpet, and ^doa great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on ^dpthe springs of water. 11 The name of the star is Wormwood. ^{▼▼ Wormwood is the name of a plant and of the bitter-tasting extract derived from it} A third of the waters ^drbecame wormwood, and many people died from the water, ^dsbecause it had been made bitter.

12 The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of ^dtthe sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light might be darkened, and a third of the day might be kept from shining, and likewise a third of the night.

13 Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying with a loud voice as it flew directly overhead, ^du“Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, at the blasts of the other trumpets that the three angels are about to blow!”

Revelation of John 9

1 And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and ^dvI saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given ^dwthe key to the shaft of ^dxthe bottomless pit. ^{▼▼Greek the abyss; also verses 2, 11} 2 He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft ^dzrose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and ^eathe sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft. 3 Then from the smoke came ^eblocusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth. 4 They were told ^ecnot to harm ^edthe grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have ^eethe seal of God on their foreheads. 5 They were allowed to torment them ^effor five months, but not to kill them, and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone. 6 And in those days ^egpeople will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them.

7 ^ehIn appearance the locusts were like horses prepared for battle: ^eion their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were ^ejlike human faces, 8 their hair like women’s hair, and ^ektheir teeth like lions’ teeth; 9 they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the noise of their wings was ^ellike the noise of many chariots with ^emhorses rushing into battle. 10 They have tails and stings like scorpions, and their power to hurt people ^enfor five months is in their tails. 11 They have ^eoas king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is ^epAbaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon. ^{▼▼ Abaddon means destruction; Apollyon means destroyer}

12 ^erThe first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still to come.

13 Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from ^esthe four horns of the golden altar before God, 14 saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release ^etthe four angels who are bound at ^euthe great river Euphrates.” 15 So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, were released ^evto kill a third of mankind. 16 The number of ^ewmounted troops was ^extwice ten thousand times ten thousand; ^eyI heard their number. 17 And this is how I saw the horses in my vision and those who rode them: they wore breastplates the color of fire and of sapphire ^{▼▼Greek hyacinth} and of sulfur, and the heads of the horses were ^falike lions’ heads, and fire and smoke and sulfur came out of their mouths. 18 By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed, by the fire and smoke and sulfur coming out of their mouths. 19 For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails, for their tails are like serpents with heads, and by means of them they wound.

20 The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, ^fbdid not repent of ^fcthe works of their hands nor give up worshiping ^fddemons ^feand idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk, 21 nor did they repent of their murders or their ^ffsorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.

Revelation of John 10

The Angel and the Little Scroll

1 Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with ^fga rainbow over his head, and ^fhhis face was like the sun, and ^fihis legs like pillars of fire. 2 ^fjHe had a little scroll open in his hand. And he set his right foot on the sea, and his left foot on the land, 3 and called out with a loud voice, ^fklike a lion roaring. When he called out, the seven thunders sounded. 4 And when the seven thunders had sounded, I was about to write, but I heard a voice from heaven saying, ^fl“Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.” 5 And the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land ^fmraised his right hand to heaven 6 and swore by ^fnhim who lives forever and ever, ^fowho created heaven and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, that there would be no more delay, 7 but that ^fpin the days of the trumpet call to be sounded by the seventh angel, the mystery of God would be fulfilled, ^fqjust as he announced to his servants ^{▼▼Greek bondservants} the prophets.

8 Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, “Go, take the scroll that is open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.” 9 So I went to the angel and told him to give me the little scroll. And he said to me, ^fs“Take and ^fteat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.” 10 And I took the little scroll from the hand of the angel and ate it. It was sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it my stomach was made bitter. 11 And I was told, ^fu“You must again prophesy about many peoples and nations and languages and kings.”

Revelation of John 11:1-18

The Two Witnesses

1 Then I was given ^fva measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, “Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there, 2 but do not measure ^fwthe court outside the temple; leave that out, for ^fxit is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for ^fyforty-two months. 3 And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for ^fz1,260 days, ^gaclothed in sackcloth.”

4 These are ^gbthe two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. 5 And if anyone would harm them, ^gcfire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes. If anyone would harm them, ^gdthis is how he is doomed to be killed. 6 They have the power ^geto shut the sky, that no rain may fall during the days of their prophesying, and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood and ^gfto strike the earth with every kind of plague, as often as they desire. 7 And when they have finished their testimony, ^ggthe beast that rises from ^ghthe bottomless pit ^{▼▼Or the abyss} ^gjwill make war on them and conquer them and kill them, 8 and their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city that symbolically ^{▼▼Greek spiritually} is called ^glSodom and ^gmEgypt, where their Lord was crucified. 9 For three and a half days some from the peoples and tribes and languages and nations will gaze at their dead bodies and ^gnrefuse to let them be placed in a tomb, 10 and ^gothose who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and make merry and ^gpexchange presents, because these two prophets ^gqhad been a torment to those who dwell on the earth. 11 But after the three and a half days ^gra breath of life from God entered them, and they stood up on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them. 12 Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, ^gs“Come up here!” And ^gtthey went up to heaven ^guin a cloud, and their enemies watched them. 13 And at that hour there was ^gva great earthquake, and ^gwa tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and ^gxgave glory to ^gythe God of heaven.

14 ^gzThe second woe has passed; behold, the third woe is soon to come.

The Seventh Trumpet

15 Then ^hathe seventh angel blew his trumpet, and ^hbthere were loud voices in heaven, saying, ^hc“The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of ^hdhis Christ, and ^hehe shall reign forever and ever.” 16 And the twenty-four elders ^hfwho sit on their thrones before God ^hgfell on their faces and worshiped God, 17 saying,

“We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty,
^hhwho is and who was,
for you have taken your great power
and ^hibegun to reign.
18 The nations raged,
but ^hjyour wrath came,
and ^hkthe time for the dead to be judged,
and for rewarding your servants, ^{▼▼Greek bondservants} the prophets and saints,
and ^hmthose who fear your name,
both small and great,
and ^hnfor destroying the destroyers of the earth.”