the twenty-four elders throw themselves to the ground<n id="1" /> before the one who sits on the throne and worship the one who lives forever and ever, and they offer their crowns<n id="2" /> before his<n id="3" /> throne, saying:p>

and when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders threw themselves to the ground<n id="1" /> before the Lamb. Each<n id="2" /> of them had a harp and golden bowls full of incense (which are the prayers of the saints).<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">And all the angels stood<n id="1" /> there in a circle around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground<n id="2" /> before the throne and worshiped God,

In<n id="1" /> those days people<n id="2" /> will seek death, but<n id="3" /> will not be able to<n id="4" /> find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> I saw another powerful angel descending from heaven, wrapped<n id="2" /> in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun and his legs were like pillars of fire.<n id="3" />

Then<n id="1" /> they<n id="2" /> heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them: &#8220;Come up here!&#8221; So the two prophets<n id="3" /> went up to heaven in a cloud while<n id="4" /> their enemies stared at them.

So<n id="1" /> that huge dragon &#8211; the ancient serpent, the one called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world &#8211; was thrown down to the earth, and his angels along with him.

<p class="poetry">Therefore you heavens rejoice, and all who reside in them!p> <p class="poetry">But<n id="1" /> woe to the earth and the seap> <p class="poetry">because the devil has come down to you!p> <p class="poetry">He<n id="2" /> is filled with terrible anger,p> <p class="poetry">for he knows that he only has a little time!&#8221;p>

and all those who live on the earth will worship the beast,<n id="1" /> everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world<n id="2" /> in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was killed.<n id="3" />

and they were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No<n id="1" /> one was able to learn the song except the one hundred and forty-four thousand who had been redeemed from the earth.p>

Thus<n id="1" /> people<n id="2" /> were scorched by the terrible heat,<n id="3" /> yet<n id="4" /> they blasphemed the name of God, who has ruling authority<n id="5" /> over these plagues, and they would not repent and give him glory.p>

And gigantic hailstones, weighing about a hundred pounds<n id="1" /> each, fell from heaven<n id="2" /> on people,<n id="3" /> but they<n id="4" /> blasphemed God because of the plague of hail, since it<n id="5" /> was so horrendous.<n id="6" />p>

five have fallen; one is,<n id="1" /> and the other has not yet come, but whenever he does come, he must remain for only a brief time.

They will make war with the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those accompanying<n id="1" /> the Lamb are the called, chosen, and faithful.&#8221;p>

For God has put into their minds<n id="1" /> to carry out his purpose<n id="2" /> by making<n id="3" /> a decision<n id="4" /> to give their royal power<n id="5" /> to the beast until the words of God are fulfilled.<n id="6" />

The<n id="1" /> others were killed by the sword that extended from the mouth of the one who rode the horse, and all the birds gorged<n id="2" /> themselves with their flesh.p>

<p class="bodytext">And the one seated on the throne said: &#8220;Look! I am making all things new!&#8221; Then<n id="1" /> he said to me, &#8220;Write it down,<n id="2" /> because these words are reliable<n id="3" /> and true.&#8221;

The foundations of the city&#8217;s wall are decorated<n id="1" /> with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation is jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate,<n id="2" /> the fourth emerald,

And the twelve gates are twelve pearls &#8211; each one of the gates is made from just one pearl! The<n id="1" /> main street<n id="2" /> of the city is pure gold, like transparent glass.p>

but<n id="1" /> nothing ritually unclean<n id="2" /> will ever enter into it, nor anyone who does what is detestable<n id="3" /> or practices falsehood,<n id="4" /> but only those whose names<n id="5" /> are written in the Lamb&#8217;s book of life.p>