² And I heard a voice from heaven, like ^(A)the sound of many waters and like the ^(B)sound of loud thunder, and the voice which I heard was like the sound of ^(C)harpists playing on their harps. ³ And they *^[a]sang ^(D)a new song before the throne and before the ^(E)four living creatures and the ^(F)elders; and ^(G)no one could learn the song except the ^(H)one hundred and forty-four thousand who had been ^(I)purchased from the earth. ^4 (J)These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they ^[b]have kept themselves chaste. These are the ones who ^(K)follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been ^(L)purchased from among men ^(M)as first fruits to God and to the Lamb.