7After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth so that no wind could blow on earth or sea or against any tree.G2532G3326G5023G1492G5064G32G2476G1909G5064G1137G1093G2902G5064G417G1093G3363G417G4154G3363G4154G1909G1093G3383G1909G2281G3383G1909G3956G11862I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, having the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to damage earth and sea,G2532G1492G243G32G305G305G575G395G2246G2192G4973G2198G2316G2532G2896G3173G5456G5064G32G3739G846G1325G91G1093G2532G22813saying, "Do not damage the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have marked the servants of our God with a seal on their foreheads."G3004G91G3361G1093G3383G2281G3383G1186G891G3739G4972G4972G1401G2257G2316G1909G846G33594And I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the people of Israel:G2532G191G706G4972G4972G1540G5062G5064G5505G1537G3956G5443G5207G24745From the tribe of Judah twelve thousand sealed, from the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand, from the tribe of Gad twelve thousand,G1537G5443G2455G4972G1427G5505G1537G5443G4502G4972G1427G5505G1537G5443G1045G4972G1427G55056from the tribe of Asher twelve thousand, from the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand, from the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand,G1537G5443G768G4972G1427G5505G1537G5443G3508G4972G1427G5505G1537G5443G3128G4972G1427G55057from the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand, from the tribe of Levi twelve thousand, from the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand,G1537G5443G4826G4972G1427G5505G1537G5443G3017G4972G1427G5505G1537G5443G2466G4972G1427G55058from the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand, from the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand, from the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand sealed.G1537G5443G2194G4972G1427G5505G1537G5443G2501G4972G1427G5505G1537G5443G958G4972G1427G55059After this I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches in their hands.G3326G5023G1492G2532G2400G4183G3793G3739G3762G1410G705G846G1537G3956G1484G2532G5443G2532G2992G2532G1100G2476G1799G2362G2532G1799G721G4016G3022G4749G2532G5404G1722G846G549510They cried out in a loud voice, saying, "Salvation belongs to our God who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb!"G2532G2896G3173G5456G3004G4991G2257G2316G3588G2521G1909G2362G2532G72111And all the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,G2532G3956G32G2476G2945G2362G2532G4245G2532G5064G2226G2532G4098G1799G2362G1909G846G4383G2532G4352G231612singing, "Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen."G3004G281G2129G2532G1391G2532G4678G2532G2169G2532G5092G2532G1411G2532G2479G2257G2316G1519G165G165G28113Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, "Who are these, robed in white, and where have they come from?"G2532G1520G1537G4245G611G3004G3427G5101G1526G3778G3588G4016G3022G4749G2532G4159G206414I said to him, "Sir, you are the one that knows." Then he said to me, "These are they who have come out of the great ordeal; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.G2532G2046G846G2962G4771G1492G2532G2036G3427G3778G1526G2064G1537G3173G2347G2532G4150G846G4749G2532G3021G4749G846G3021G1722G129G72115For this reason they are before the throne of God, and worship him day and night within his temple, and the one who is seated on the throne will shelter them.G1223G5124G1526G1799G2362G2316G2532G3000G846G2250G2532G3571G1722G846G3485G2532G2521G1909G2362G4637G1909G84616They will hunger no more, and thirst no more; the sun will not strike them, nor any scorching heat;G3983G3756G2089G3761G1372G2089G3761G3361G4098G2246G4098G1909G846G3761G3956G273817for the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of the water of life, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."G3754G721G3588G303G3319G2362G4165G846G2532G3594G846G1909G2198G4077G5204G2532G2316G1813G3956G1144G575G846G3788
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