Revelation 4
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The Throne Room of Heaven
1After this I looked, and there in heaven was an open door. The first voice that I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet#Ex 19:19; 20:18; Ps 47:5; Zch 9:14; Rv 1:10 said, “Come up here,#Rv 11:12 and I will show you what must take place after this.”#Gn 12:1; Zch 1:9; Rv 17:1; 21:9
2Immediately I was in the Spirit,#Ac 19:21; Rm 8:9; 14:17; Eph 2:18,22; 3:5; 6:18; Rv 1:10; 17:3; 21:10 and there was a throne in heaven#1Kg 22:19; Ps 11:4; 103:19; Is 66:1; Mt 5:34; 23:22; Dn 7:9 and someone was seated on it. 3The one seated#4:3 Other mss omit The one seated there had the appearance of jasper and carnelian stone.#Ex 28:17,20; 39:10,13; Ezk 28:13; Rv 21:11,18–20 A rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald surrounded the throne.#Gn 9:13–17; Ezk 1:28; Rv 10:1
4Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones sat twenty-four elders#Mt 19:28; Rv 11:16; 5:8; 19:4; 20:4 dressed in white clothes,#Rv 3:4,18 with golden crowns on their heads.#Zch 6:11; Rv 9:7
5Flashes of lightning and rumblings and peals of thunder came from the throne.#Ex 19:16; 20:18; Ps 77:18; Rv 8:5; 11:19; 16:18 Seven fiery torches were burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God.#Rv 1:4; 3:1; 5:6 6Something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal, was also before the throne.#Rv 15:2; 21:18,21
Four living creatures covered with eyes in front and in back were around the throne on each side. 7The first living creature was like a lion; the second living creature was like an ox; the third living creature had a face like a man; and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle.#Ezk 1:5–28; 10:9–14 8Each of the four living creatures had six wings;#Is 6:2 they were covered with eyes around and inside. Day and night#Rv 7:15 they never stop,#4:8 Or rest saying,
Holy, holy, holy,
Lord God, the Almighty,
who was, who is, and who is to come.#Is 6:3
9Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the one seated on the throne, the one who lives forever and ever,#Rv 10:6; 15:7 10the twenty-four elders fall down before the one seated on the throne#2Ch 20:18; Mk 5:33; Rv 5:8 and worship the one who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne and say,
11Our Lord and God,#4:11 Some mss add the Holy One; other mss read Lord
you are worthy#2Sm 22:4; Ps 18:3; Heb 3:3; Rv 5:2,9,12 to receive
glory and honor and power,#Rv 5:12; 7:12
because you have created all things,#Gn 1:1; Ac 14:15; Rv 10:6; 14:7
and by your will
they exist and were created.
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Ḥazon (Revelation) 4
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1After this I looked and saw a door having been opened in the heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here and I shall show you what has to take place after this.”
2And immediately I came to be in the Spirit and saw a throne set in the heaven, and One sat on the throne.
3And He who sat there was like a jasper and a ruby stone in appearance. And there was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald in appearance.
4And around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, dressed in white robes. And they had crowns of gold on their heads.
5And out of the throne came lightnings, and thunders, and voices. And seven lamps of fire were burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of Elohim.
6And before the throne there was a sea of glass, like crystal. And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, were four living creatures, covered with eyes in front and in back.
7And the first living creature was like a lion,#Ezek. 1:10 and the second living creature like a calf,#Ezek. 1:10 and the third living creature had a face like a man,#Ezek. 1:10 and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle.#Ezek. 1:10
8And the four living creatures, each having six wings,#Isa. 6:2 were covered with eyes around and within. And they do not cease, day or night, saying, “Set-apart, set-apart, set-apart, יהוה Ěl Shaddai,#Isa. 6:3 who was, and who is, and who is coming!”
9And when the living creatures give esteem and respect and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever,
10the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and bow before Him who lives forever and ever, and they cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
11“You are worthy, O יהוה, to receive esteem and respect and power,#1Ch. 29:11 for You have created all, and because of Your desire they are, and were created.”
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