Revelation

Revelation 5

The Scroll with Seven Seals

1 And I saw on the right hand of the one seated on the throne a scroll written inside and on the back, sealed up with seven seals. 2 And I saw a strong messenger proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose its seals?” 3 And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look at it. 4 And I was weeping much, because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look at it. 5 And one of the elders says to me, “Do not weep. Look, the lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered — to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

A Lamb Standing as Though Slaughtered

6 And I saw in the middle of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the middle of the elders, a Lamb standing as though slaughtered, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. 7 And he came and has taken it out of the right hand of the one seated on the throne. 8 And when he took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell before the Lamb, each having a lyre and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the holy ones; 9 and they sing a new song, saying:

“Worthy are you to take the scroll

and to open its seals,

because you were slaughtered,

and you bought for God by your blood

out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,

10 and you made them a kingdom and priests for our God,

and they reign on the earth.”

Every Created Thing

11 And I saw, and I heard a voice of many messengers around the throne and the living creatures and the elders, and their number was ten thousands of ten thousands and thousands of thousands, 12 saying with a loud voice:

“Worthy is the Lamb that was slaughtered

to receive the power and riches and wisdom

and strength and honor and glory and blessing.”

13 And every created thing that is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all the things in them, I heard saying:

“To the one seated on the throne and to the Lamb

be the blessing and the honor and the glory and the might

forever and ever.”

14 And the four living creatures were saying, “Amen.” And the elders fell and bowed down.