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People in Heaven Praise God

19 After this I heard what sounded like a large crowd of people in heaven. The people were saying,

“Hallelujah[a]!
Victory, glory, and power belong to our God.
    His judgments are true and right.
Our God has punished the prostitute.
    She is the one who ruined the earth with her sexual sin.
God has punished the prostitute to pay her back for the death of his servants.”

These people also said,

“Hallelujah!
    She is burning and her smoke will rise forever and ever.”

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 19:1 Hallelujah This means “Praise God!” Also in verses 3, 4, 6.

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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