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Heaven Rejoices Over God’s Judgment

19 After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven[a] of ones saying “Hallelujah— the salvation and the glory and the power of [b] our God! Because His judgments are true and righteous. Because He judged the great prostitute who corrupted[c] the earth with her sexual-immorality, and He avenged the blood of His slaves from her hand”. And a second time they have said, “Hallelujah! And her smoke goes up forever and ever”.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 19:1 John’s perspective changes from earth (17:3-18:24) back to heaven, where he hears heaven’s response to the events in 16:17-21.
  2. Revelation 19:1 Or, belonging to, belongs to. Or, of our God came, as in 12:10.
  3. Revelation 19:2 Or, was corrupting.

Threefold Hallelujah Over Babylon’s Fall

19 After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a great multitude(A) in heaven shouting:

“Hallelujah!(B)
Salvation(C) and glory and power(D) belong to our God,
    for true and just are his judgments.(E)
He has condemned the great prostitute(F)
    who corrupted the earth by her adulteries.
He has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”(G)

And again they shouted:

“Hallelujah!(H)
The smoke from her goes up for ever and ever.”(I)

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