1 Then I looked, and there was the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads. 2 And I heard a voice from heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder. The voice I heard was like harpists playing their harps. 3 They sing what is like a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been purchased from the earth. 4 These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were purchased from humanity as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb. 5 No lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.

6 Then I saw another angel flying in midheaven, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth and to every nation and tribe and language and people. 7 He said with a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship the one who made heaven and earth and sea and springs of water.”

8 Another angel, a second, followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality!”

9 Another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, 10 he too will drink the wine of God's fury, poured undiluted into the cup of his wrath, and he will be tormented with fire and sulfur before the holy angels and before the Lamb. 11 The smoke of their torment rises forever and ever, and they have no rest day or night, those who worship the beast and its image, and anyone who receives the mark of its name.”

12 Here is the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and faith in Jesus.

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, “they will rest from their toil, for their works follow them.”

14 Then I looked, and there was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man, with a golden crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. 15 Another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to the one seated on the cloud, “Put in your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come, because the earth's harvest is ripe.” 16 The one seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.

17 Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. 18 And another angel came from the altar, the one who has authority over the fire. He called with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, saying, “Put in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the earth's vine, for its grapes are ripe.” 19 So the angel swung his sickle into the earth, harvested the earth's vine, and threw the grapes into the great winepress of God's fury. 20 The winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress as high as the horses' bridles for about 180 miles.