The Scroll with Seven Seals
1I saw
2And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to break its seals?”
3And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it.
4Then I began to weep greatly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it.
5And one of the elders *said to me, “Stop weeping; behold, the Lion that is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome so as to be able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
6And I saw
7And He came and took the scroll out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne.
8When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the
9And they *sang a new song, saying,
10You have made them into a kingdom and priests to our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”
Angels Exalt the Lamb
11Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and the number of them was
12saying with a loud voice,
13And I heard every created thing which is in heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth, or on the sea, and all the things in them, saying,
14And the four living creatures were saying, “Amen.” And the elders fell down and worshiped.