Revelation 14:2

And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of many waters and the loud rumbling of thunder. And the sound I heard was like harpists strumming their harps.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:

In Context

1Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.

3And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. And no one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.

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Cross References

Exodus 19:16On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.

2 Samuel 6:5David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.

2 Chronicles 20:28So they entered Jerusalem and went into the house of the LORD with harps, lyres, and trumpets.

Psalms 43:4Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.

Psalms 92:3with the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre.

Psalms 98:5Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, in melodious song with the harp.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 14:2-6

The Lamb and His Attendants. ( a. d. 95.) 1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him a hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. 2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: 3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty… Read the whole commentary →

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