Then<n id="1" /> I heard a loud voice in heaven saying,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;The salvation and the powerp> <p class="poetry">and the kingdom of our God,p> <p class="poetry">and the ruling authority<n id="2" /> of his Christ,<n id="3" /> have now come,p> <p class="poetry">because the accuser of our brothers and sisters,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">the one who accuses them day and night<n id="5" /> before our God,p> <p class="poetry">has been thrown down.p>

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> I heard a voice from heaven say, &#8220;Write this:p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;Blessed are the dead,p> <p class="poetry">those who die in the Lord from this moment on!&#8217;&#8221;p> <p class="bodytext">&#8220;Yes,&#8221; says the Spirit, &#8220;so they can rest from their hard work,<n id="2" /> because their deeds will follow them.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Even the light from a lampp> <p class="poetry">will never shine in you again!p> <p class="poetry">The voices of the bridegroom and his bridep> <p class="poetry">will never be heard in you again.p> <p class="poetry">For your merchants were the tycoons of the world,p> <p class="poetry">because all the nations<n id="1" /> were deceived by your magic spells!<n id="2" />p>