The Lamb Takes the Scroll
1 And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne aa scroll written inside and on the back, bsealed with seven seals.
2 Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, a“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 So I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open1 and read the scroll, or to look at it.
5 But one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Behold, athe Lion of the tribe of bJudah, cthe Root of David, has dprevailed to open the scroll eand to loose its seven seals.”
6 And I looked,1 and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood aa Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and bseven eyes, which are cthe seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
7 Then He came and took the scroll out of the right hand aof Him who sat on the throne.
Worthy Is the Lamb
8 Now when He had taken the scroll, athe four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the bprayers of the saints.
9 And athey sang a new song, saying:
b“You are worthy to take the scroll,
And to open its seals;
For You were slain,
And chave redeemed us to God dby Your blood
Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,
b“You are worthy to take the scroll,
And to open its seals;
For You were slain,
And chave redeemed us to God dby Your blood
Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,
10 And have made1 us akings and1 bpriests to our God;
And we shall reign on the earth.”
And we shall reign on the earth.”
11 Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands,
12 saying with a loud voice:
“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
To receive power and riches and wisdom,
And strength and honor and glory and blessing!”
“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
To receive power and riches and wisdom,
And strength and honor and glory and blessing!”
13 And aevery creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying:
b“Blessing and honor and glory and power
Be to Him cwho sits on the throne,
And to the Lamb, forever and1 ever!”
b“Blessing and honor and glory and power
Be to Him cwho sits on the throne,
And to the Lamb, forever and1 ever!”
14 Then the four living creatures said, “Amen!” And the1 twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped2 Him who lives forever and ever.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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