Text -- Revelation 19:1-4 (NET)

19:1 After these things I heard what sounded like the loud voice of a vast throng in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, 19:2 because his judgments are true and just. For he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and has avenged the blood of his servants poured out by her own hands!” 19:3 Then a second time the crowd shouted, “Hallelujah!” The smoke rises from her forever and ever. 19:4 The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures threw themselves to the ground and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne, saying: “Amen! Hallelujah!”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Rev 19:2

¹ tn Compare the similar phrase in Rev 16:7.

² tn Or “has punished.” See BDAG 568 s.v. κρίνω 5.b.α, describing the OT background which involves both the vindication of the innocent and the punishment of the guilty.

³ tn See the note on the word “servants” in 1:1.

⁴ tn Grk “from her hand” (referring to her responsibility in causing the blood of God’s followers to be shed).

NET Notes: Rev 19:3

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

² tn Or “her smoke ascends forever and ever.”

NET Notes: Rev 19:4

¹ tn Grk “creatures fell down.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב. has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion or humility, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”