Revelation 11:17

saying – ‘We thank you, Lord, our God, the Almighty, who is and who was, that you have assumed your great power and reigned.

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In The King James Version

Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.

In Context

16At this the twenty-four elders, who were seated on their thrones before God, prostrated themselves on their faces and worshiped him,

18The nations were enraged, and your wrath fell on them; the time came for the dead to be judged, and for you to give the reward to your servants the prophets, and to the people of Christ, and to those who honor your name – the high and the low alike – and to destroy those who are destroying the earth.’

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Cross References

Psalms 21:13Be exalted, Lord, in your strength, to your might we shall sing and make music.

Psalms 64:9Then every person, touched to awe, as they ponder what God has wrought, will tell the tale of his deeds.

Psalms 102:13You will arise and have pity on Zion; it’s time to be gracious; her hour has come.

Luke 10:21At that same time, moved to exultation by the Holy Spirit, Jesus said: “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that, though you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, you have revealed them to the childlike! Yes, Father, I thank you that this has seemed good to you.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 11:15-19

The Seventh Trumpet. ( a. d. 95.) 14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly. 15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. 16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, 17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because… Read the whole commentary →

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