Revelation 7:9–17 (NIV)
9 After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one
could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before
the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were
holding palm branches in their hands. 10 And they cried out in a loud voice:
“Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.”
11 All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and
the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and
worshiped God, 12 saying: “Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks
and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!”
13 Then one of the elders asked me, “These in white robes—who are they,
and where did they come from?” 14 I answered, “Sir, you know.” And he said,
“These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have
washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
15 Therefore, “they are before the throne of God and serve him day and night
in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them.
16 Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not
beat upon them, nor any scorching heat. 17 For the Lamb at the center of the
throne will be their shepherd; he will lead them to springs of living water. And
God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”