12. They sang,“Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdomand thanksgiving and honorand power and strength belong to our Godforever and ever! Amen.”
13. Then one of the twenty-four elders asked me, “Who are these who are clothed in white? Where did they come from?”
14. And I said to him, “Sir, you are the one who knows.”Then he said to me, “These are the ones who died in the great tribulation. They have washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb and made them white.
15. “That is why they stand in front of God’s throneand serve him day and night in his Temple.And he who sits on the thronewill give them shelter.
16. They will never again be hungry or thirsty;they will never be scorched by the heat of the sun.
17. For the Lamb on the thronewill be their Shepherd.He will lead them to springs of life-giving water.And God will wipe every tear from their eyes.”