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After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God!
Revelation 19:1 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and glory belong to our God:
  • KJV And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:
  • NKJV After these things I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Alleluia! Salvation and glory and honor and power belong to the Lord our God!
  • NASB After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation, glory, and power belong to our God,
  • NLT After this, I heard what sounded like a vast crowd in heaven shouting, “Praise the Lord! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God.

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Quick answer

A great multitude in heaven cries 'Hallelujah!' praising God for salvation, power, and glory. Babylon's fall provokes worship.

Overview

In stark contrast to earth's mourning, heaven erupts in the first of several Hallelujahs, the only occurrences of the word in the New Testament. The praise ascribes salvation, power, and glory to God alone. The scene shows that God's judgments are not merely negative but the occasion for joyful worship of His righteous reign.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 20

  • Rev 7:10–12And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
  • Rev 11:15Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”
  • 1 Chr 29:11Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all.
  • Matt 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
  • Rev 5:9–13And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
  • Rev 19:3–4And a second time they called out: “Hallelujah! Her smoke rises forever and ever.”
  • Ps 148:1Hallelujah! Praise the LORD from the heavens; praise Him in the highest places.
  • Rev 12:10And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down—he who accuses them day and night before our God.
  • Rev 19:6And I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude, like the rushing of many waters, and like a mighty rumbling of thunder, crying out: “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns.
  • Rev 4:10–11the twenty-four elders fall down before the One seated on the throne, and they worship Him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying:
  • Ps 106:1Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
  • 1 Tim 1:16–17But for this very reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His perfect patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life.
  • Ps 146:1Hallelujah! Praise the LORD, O my soul.
  • Ps 3:8Salvation belongs to the LORD; may Your blessing be on Your people. Selah
  • Jonah 2:9But I, with the voice of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to You. I will fulfill what I have vowed. Salvation is from the LORD!”
  • Ps 115:18But it is we who will bless the LORD, both now and forevermore. Hallelujah!
  • Ps 149:1Hallelujah! Sing to the LORD a new song—His praise in the assembly of the godly.
  • Ps 150:1Hallelujah! Praise God in His sanctuary. Praise Him in His mighty heavens.
  • Rev 18:1–24After this I saw another angel descending from heaven with great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his glory.
  • Ps 111:1Hallelujah! I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart in the council of the upright and in the assembly.

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Christ at the center

Revelation ends the story with the slain-yet-standing Lamb who is worthy, the Lion of Judah, the Alpha and Omega, the returning King who makes all things new and dwells with his people forever.

How Revelation 19:1 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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