Revelation 7:9
After these things I saw a great army of people more than might be numbered, out of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and languages, taking their places before the high seat and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, and with branches in their hands,
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In Context
10Saying with a loud voice, Salvation to our God who is seated on the high seat, and to the Lamb.
Cross References
Genesis 13:16And I will make your children like the dust of the earth, so that if the dust of the earth may be numbered, then will your children be numbered.
Leviticus 23:40On the first day, take the fruit of fair trees, branches of palm-trees, and branches of thick trees and trees from the riverside, and be glad before the Lord for seven days.
Psalms 22:27\22:26\The poor will have a feast of good things: those who make search for the Lord will give him praise: your heart will have life for ever.
Psalms 76:4\76:3\There were the arrows of the bow broken, there he put an end to body-cover, sword, and fight. (Selah.)
Psalms 98:3He has kept in mind his mercy and his unchanging faith to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Psalms 117:1Let all the nations give praise to the Lord: let all the people give him praise.
Matthew Henry on Revelation 7:2-13
The Vision of Heaven. ( a. d. 95.) 1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. 2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, 3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants… Read the whole commentary →