33:1 The Lord spoke 7 to Jeremiah a second time while he was still confined in the courtyard of the guardhouse. 8
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. 11
For he has judged 12 the great prostitute
who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality,
and has avenged the blood of his servants 13 poured out by her own hands!” 14
19:3 Then 15 a second time the crowd shouted, “Hallelujah!” The smoke rises from her forever and ever. 16 19:4 The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures threw themselves to the ground 17 and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne, saying: “Amen! Hallelujah!”
19:5 Then 18 a voice came from the throne, saying:
“Praise our God
all you his servants,
and all you who fear Him,
both the small and the great!”
19:6 Then 19 I heard what sounded like the voice of a vast throng, like the roar of many waters and like loud crashes of thunder. They were shouting: 20
“Hallelujah!
For the Lord our God, 21 the All-Powerful, 22 reigns!
19:7 Let us rejoice 23 and exult
and give him glory,
because the wedding celebration of the Lamb has come,
and his bride has made herself ready.
1 tn Heb “33:10 Thus says the
2 sn What is predicted here is a reversal of the decimation caused by the Babylonian conquest that had been threatened in 7:34; 16:9; 25:10.
3 sn This is a common hymnic introduction to both individual songs of thanksgiving (e.g., Ps 118:1) and communal songs of thanksgiving (e.g., Ps 136 where it is a liturgical refrain accompanying a recital of Israel’s early history and of the
4 tn Heb “Oracle of the
5 tn Or “I will restore the fortunes of the land.”
6 tn This phrase simply means “as formerly” (BDB 911 s.v. רִאשׁוֹן 3.a). The reference to the “as formerly” must be established from the context. See the usage in Judg 20:32; 1 Kgs 13:6; Isa 1:26.
7 sn The introductory statement here ties this incident in with the preceding chapter which was the first time that the
8 tn Heb “And the word of the
9 tn Heb “be afraid of them.” The antecedent is the “whomever” in v. 7.
10 tn Heb “rescue.”
11 tn Compare the similar phrase in Rev 16:7.
12 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.
13 tn See the note on the word “servants” in 1:1.
14 tn Grk “from her hand” (referring to her responsibility in causing the blood of God’s followers to be shed).
15 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.
16 tn Or “her smoke ascends forever and ever.”
17 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.”
18 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.
19 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.
20 tn Grk “like the voice of a large crowd…saying.” Because of the complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the words “They were.”
21 tc Several
22 tn On this word BDAG 755 s.v. παντοκράτωρ states, “the Almighty, All-Powerful, Omnipotent (One) only of God…(ὁ) κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὁ π. …Rv 1:8; 4:8; 11:17; 15:3; 16:7; 21:22…κύριος ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν ὁ π. Rv 19:6.”
23 tn This verb and the next two verbs are hortatory subjunctives (giving exhortations).