13. Then one of the elders spoke up and said to me, “Who are these wearing white robes, and where did they come from?”
14. I said to him, “My lord, you are the one who knows.” He said to me, “These are the ones who have survived the time of great distress; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
15. “For this reason they stand before God’s throneand worship him day and night in his temple.The one who sits on the throne will shelter them.
16. They will not hunger or thirst anymore,nor will the sun or any heat strike them.
17. For the Lamb who is in the center of the throne will shepherd themand lead them to springs of life-giving water,and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”