Revelation 5:13

Revelation 5:13

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!”

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!”

14 Then the four living creatures said, “Amen!” And the¹ twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped² Him who lives forever and ever.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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The universal chorus of creation, including the outermost circles as well as the inner (of saints and angels), winds up the doxology. The full accomplishment of this is to be when Christ takes His great power and reigns visibly.

every creature—"all His works in all places of His dominion" (Psalms 103:22).

under the earth—the departed spirits in Hades.

such as are—So B and Vulgate. But A omits this.

in the sea—Greek, "upon the sea": the sea animals which are regarded as being on the surface [ALFORD].

all that are in them—So Vulgate reads. A omits "all (things)" here (Greek, "panta"), and reads, "I heard all (Greek, "pantas") saying": implying the harmonious concert of all in the four quarters of the universe.

Blessing, etc.—Greek, "the blessing, the honor, and the glory, and the might to the ages of the ages." The fourfold ascription indicates world-wide universality.

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