and took a vow in the name of God, who lives forever and ever, who created heaven, earth, and the sea, and everything in them. The angel said, "There will be no more delay!

And the people of this evil nation who survive, who live in the places where I have scattered them, will prefer to die rather than to go on living. I, the LORD Almighty, have spoken."

The hilltop shrines of Aven, where the people of Israel worship idols, will be destroyed. Thorns and weeds will grow up over their altars. The people will call out to the mountains, "Hide us!" and to the hills, "Cover us!"

That will be the time when people will say to the mountains, 'Fall on us!' and to the hills, 'Hide us!'

At once the Spirit took control of me. There in heaven was a throne with someone sitting on it.

From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. In front of the throne seven lighted torches were burning, which are the seven spirits of God.

The four living creatures sing songs of glory and honor and thanks to the one who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever. When they do so,

Then I saw a great white throne and the one who sits on it. Earth and heaven fled from his presence and were seen no more.

They shouted in a loud voice, "Almighty Lord, holy and true! How long will it be until you judge the people on earth and punish them for killing us?"

Out of his mouth came a sharp sword, with which he will defeat the nations. He will rule over them with a rod of iron, and he will trample out the wine in the wine press of the furious anger of the Almighty God.

You will break them with an iron rod; you will shatter them in pieces like a clay pot.' "

Serve the LORD with fear; tremble

But then they will be terrified, for God is with those who obey him.

The king will capture all his enemies; he will capture everyone who hates him.

None of their descendants will survive; the king will kill them all.

He will shoot his arrows at them and make them turn and run.

The Lord is at your right side; when he becomes angry, he will defeat kings.

He will pass judgment on the nations and fill the battlefield with corpses; he will defeat kings all over the earth.

and the angel told me to proclaim what the LORD Almighty had said: "I have a deep love and concern for Jerusalem, my holy city,

and I am very angry with the nations that enjoy quiet and peace. For while I was holding back my anger against my people, those nations made the sufferings of my people worse.

Jesus answered him, "So you say. But I tell all of you: from this time on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right side of the Almighty and coming on the clouds of heaven!"

and he will give relief to you who suffer and to us as well. He will do this when the Lord Jesus appears from heaven with his mighty angels,

They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and from his glorious might,