14:6 Then 1 I saw another 2 angel flying directly overhead, 3 and he had 4 an eternal gospel to proclaim 5 to those who live 6 on the earth – to every nation, tribe, 7 language, and people. 14:7 He declared 8 in a loud voice: “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has arrived, and worship the one who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water!”
14:8 A 9 second 10 angel 11 followed the first, 12 declaring: 13 “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great city! 14 She made all the nations 15 drink of the wine of her immoral passion.” 16
14:9 A 17 third angel 18 followed the first two, 19 declaring 20 in a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and takes the mark on his forehead or his hand, 14:10 that person 21 will also drink of the wine of God’s anger 22 that has been mixed undiluted in the cup of his wrath, and he will be tortured with fire and sulfur 23 in front of the holy angels and in front of the Lamb. 14:11 And the smoke from their 24 torture will go up 25 forever and ever, and those who worship the beast and his image will have 26 no rest day or night, along with 27 anyone who receives the mark of his name.” 14:12 This requires 28 the steadfast endurance 29 of the saints – those who obey 30 God’s commandments and hold to 31 their faith in Jesus. 32
14:13 Then 33 I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this:
‘Blessed are the dead,
those who die in the Lord from this moment on!’”
“Yes,” says the Spirit, “so they can rest from their hard work, 34 because their deeds will follow them.” 35
14:14 Then 36 I looked, and a white cloud appeared, 37 and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man! 38 He had 39 a golden crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. 14:15 Then 40 another angel came out of the temple, shouting in a loud voice to the one seated on the cloud, “Use 41 your sickle and start to reap, 42 because the time to reap has come, since the earth’s harvest is ripe!” 14:16 So 43 the one seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.
14:17 Then 44 another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. 14:18 Another 45 angel, who was in charge of 46 the fire, came from the altar and called in a loud voice to the angel 47 who had the sharp sickle, “Use 48 your sharp sickle and gather 49 the clusters of grapes 50 off the vine of the earth, 51 because its grapes 52 are now ripe.” 53 14:19 So 54 the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the grapes from the vineyard 55 of the earth and tossed them into the great 56 winepress of the wrath of God. 14:20 Then 57 the winepress was stomped 58 outside the city, and blood poured out of the winepress up to the height of horses’ bridles 59 for a distance of almost two hundred miles. 60