A Great Multitude from Every Nation
9 After this I looked, and behold, aa great multitude that no one could number, bfrom every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, cclothed in white robes, with dpalm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice, a“Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” 11 And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and athe four living creatures, and they bfell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12 asaying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”
13 Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, aclothed in white robes, and from where have they come?” 14 I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of athe great tribulation. bThey have washed their robes and cmade them white din the blood of the Lamb.
15 “Therefore they are before the throne of God,
and aserve him day and night in his temple;
and he who sits on the throne bwill shelter them with his presence.
16 aThey shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore;
bthe sun shall not strike them,
nor any scorching heat.
17 For the Lamb in the midst of the throne awill be their shepherd,
and he will guide them to springs of bliving water,
and cGod will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”