They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their sufferings<n id="1" /> and because of their sores,<n id="2" /> but nevertheless<n id="3" /> they still refused to repent<n id="4" /> of their deeds.p>

<p class="bodytext">Finally<n id="1" /> the seventh angel<n id="2" /> poured out his bowl into the air and a loud voice came out of the temple from the throne, saying: &#8220;It is done!&#8221;

<p class="poetry">(Rejoice over her, O heaven,p> <p class="poetry">and you saints and apostles and prophets,p> <p class="poetry">for God has pronounced judgment<n id="1" /> against her on your behalf!)<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">After these things I heard what sounded like the loud voice of a vast throng in heaven, saying,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,p>

(The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were finished.)<n id="1" /> This is the first resurrection.

And I saw the holy city &#8211; the new Jerusalem &#8211; descending out of heaven from God, made ready like a bride adorned for her husband.

The nations<n id="1" /> will walk by its light and the kings of the earth will bring their grandeur<n id="2" /> into it.

Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers<n id="1" /> and the sexually immoral, and the murderers, and the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> the fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. And there was no light for a third of the day<n id="2" /> and for a third of the night likewise.

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>

They<n id="1" /> sang the song of Moses the servant<n id="2" /> of God and the song of the Lamb:<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Great and astounding are your deeds,p> <p class="poetry">Lord God, the All-Powerful!<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Just<n id="5" /> and true are your ways,p> <p class="poetry">King over the nations!<n id="6" />p>

And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life<n id="1" /> and in the holy city that are described in this book.p>

<p class="bodytext">I, John, your brother and the one who shares<n id="1" /> with you in the persecution, kingdom, and endurance that<n id="2" /> are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus.<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;To<n id="1" /> the angel of the church in Thyatira write the following:<n id="2" />p> <p class="bodytext">&#8220;This is the solemn pronouncement of<n id="3" /> the Son of God, the one who has eyes like a fiery flame<n id="4" /> and whose feet are like polished bronze:<n id="5" />

The one who conquers<n id="1" /> will be dressed like them<n id="2" /> in white clothing,<n id="3" /> and I will never<n id="4" /> erase<n id="5" /> his name from the book of life, but<n id="6" /> will declare<n id="7" /> his name before my Father and before his angels.

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;To<n id="1" /> the angel of the church in Philadelphia write the following:<n id="2" />p> <p class="bodytext">&#8220;This is the solemn pronouncement of<n id="3" /> the Holy One, the True One, who holds the key of David, who opens doors<n id="4" /> no one can shut, and shuts doors<n id="5" /> no one can open:

<p class="poetry">&#8220;You are worthy, our Lord and God,p> <p class="poetry">to receive glory and honor and power,p> <p class="poetry">since you created all things,p> <p class="poetry">and because of your will they existed and were created!&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

Then<n id="1" /> one of the elders said<n id="2" /> to me, &#8220;Stop weeping!<n id="3" /> Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered;<n id="4" /> thus he can open<n id="5" /> the scroll and its seven seals.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been violently killed<n id="2" /> because of the word of God and because of the testimony they had given.

<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,