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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,
Revelation 19:1 · New American 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:
  • BSB 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!
  • 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!
  • 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 7:10–12They cried with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation be to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
  • Rev 11:15The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!”
  • 1 Chr 29:11Yours, Yahweh, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty! For all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, Yahweh, and you are exalted as head above all.
  • Matt 6:13Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’
  • Rev 5:9–13They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood, out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,
  • Rev 19:3–4A second said, “Hallelujah! Her smoke goes up forever and ever.”
  • Ps 148:1Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh from the heavens! Praise him in the heights!
  • Rev 12:10I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation, the power, and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ has come; for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night.
  • Rev 19:6I heard something like the voice of a great multitude, and like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of mighty thunders, saying, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns!
  • Rev 4:10–11the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives forever and ever, and throw their crowns before the throne, saying,
  • Ps 106:1Praise Yahweh! Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
  • 1 Tim 1:16–17However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first, Jesus Christ might display all his patience, for an example of those who were going to believe in him for eternal life.
  • Ps 146:1Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh, my soul.
  • Ps 3:8Salvation belongs to Yahweh. Your blessing be on your people. Selah.
  • Jonah 2:9But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to Yahweh.”
  • Ps 115:18But we will bless Yah, from this time forward and forever more. Praise Yah!
  • Ps 149:1Praise Yahweh! Sing to Yahweh a new song, his praise in the assembly of the saints.
  • Ps 150:1Praise Yah! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in his heavens for his acts of power!
  • Rev 18:1–24After these things, I saw another angel coming down out of the sky, having great authority. The earth was illuminated with his glory.
  • Ps 111:1Praise Yah! I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the congregation.

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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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