Revelation 19:1-4

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. ¹ 

For he has judged ²  the great prostitute

who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality,

and has avenged the blood of his servants ³  poured out by her own hands!” ⁴ 

19:3 Then ⁵  a second time the crowd shouted, “Hallelujah!” The smoke rises from her forever and ever. ⁶  19:4 The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures threw themselves to the ground ⁷  and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne, saying: “Amen! Hallelujah!”

[19:2]  ¹ tn Compare the similar phrase in Rev 16:7.

[19:2]  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.

[19:2]  ³ tn See the note on the word “servants” in 1:1.

[19:2]  ⁴ tn Grk “from her hand” (referring to her responsibility in causing the blood of God’s followers to be shed).

[19:3]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

[19:3]  ⁶ tn Or “her smoke ascends forever and ever.”

[19:4]  ⁷ 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.”