OrthJBC - Revelation of John - 7

7:1  After this I saw arba'ah mala'khim taking their stand on the arbah pinnot ha'aretz, holding the arbah ruchot of ha'aretz so that wind should not blow on ha'aretz nor on the yam (sea) nor on any aitz (tree). [Yeshayah 11:12; Yirmeyah 49:36; Yechezkel 37:9; Daniel 7:2; Zecharyah 6:5]

7:2  And I saw another malach coming up from the rising of the shemesh (sun), having a chotam of the Elohim Chayyim, and he cried with a kol gadol to the four malachim. These were the malachim to whom it was given to harm ha'aretz and hayam,

7:3  saying, "Do not harm ha'aretz nor hayam nor haaitz, until we have marked with the chotam the avadim (servants) of Eloheinu upon their foreheads. [Yechezkel 9:4]

7:4  And I heard the mispar of the ones having been sealed, 144,000, having been marked with the chotam from every shivtei Bnei Yisroel,

7:5  of the shevet of Yehudah, 12,000 having been sealed; of the shevet of Re'uven, 12,000, of the shevet of Gad, 12,000,

7:6  of the shevet of Asher, 12,000, of the shevet of Naphtali, 12,000, of the shevet of M'nasheh, 12,000,

7:7  of the shevet of Shim'on, 12,000, of the shevet of Levy, 12,000, of the shevet of Yissass'khar, 12,000,

7:8  of the shevet of Z'vulun, 12,000, of the shevet of Yosef, 12,000, of the shevet of Binyamin, 12,000, HALELU ES HASHEM KOL GOYIM (TEHILLIM 117:1): THE MULTITUDE FROM KOL HAUMMIM (ALL THE PEOPLES)

7:9  After these things I looked, and hinei!, a great multitude, which to number no one was being able, out of every nation and from shvateem and haummim (the peoples) and lashonot (tongues), standing before the kisseh and before the Seh (Lamb, Yeshayah 53:7), each clothed with a kittel and lulavim in their hands.

7:10  And they cry with a kol gadol, saying, "Yeshu'at Eloheinu is of Hashem, our G-d, the One sitting on the kisseh, and of the Seh (Lamb, Yeshayah 53:7)."

7:11  And all the malachim stood around the kisseh and the Zekenim and the Arbah Chayyot and they fell before the kisseh on their faces and they worshiped Hashem, saying, [Tehillim 3:8]

7:12  "Omein, the brakhah (blessing) and the kavod (glory) and the chochmah (wisdom) and the hadayah (thanksgiving) and the hod (honor) and the oz (power) and the gevurah (strength) be to Hashem Eloheinu l'Olelamei Olamim. Omein."

7:13  And one of the Zekenim answered, saying to me, "These ones, each wearing a kittel, who are they and from where did they come?"

7:14  And I said to him, "Adoni, you have da'as." And he said to me, "These are the ones coming out of HaTzarah HaGedolah (The Great Tribulation, Mt.24:29f) and each washed his kittel and whitened it in the dahm of the Seh (Lamb, Yeshayah 53:7).

7:15  Therefore, they are before the kisseh of Hashem and serve Him yomam valailah in His Beis Hamikdash, and the One sitting on the kisseh will pitch the tent of His Mishkan over them. [Yeshayah 4:5]

7:16  they will hunger no more nor thirst nor shall the shemesh (sun) strike them nor any scorching heat, [Yeshayah 49:10]

7:17  because the Seh (Lamb, Yeshayah 53:7) at the center of the kisseh, will shepherd them and will lead them to the Makor Mayim Chayyim ["Fount, source of Living Waters," Yirmeyah 2:13], and Hashem will wipe away every tear from their eynayim." [Yeshayah 25:8; 35:10; 51:11; 65:19]