Revelation 5

¹And I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the high seat, a book with writing inside it and on the back, shut with seven stamps of wax.

²And I saw a strong angel saying in a loud voice, Who is able to make the book open, and to undo its stamps?

³And no one in heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to get the book open, or to see what was in it.

⁴And I was very sad, because there was no one able to get the book open or to see what was in it.

⁵And one of the rulers said to me, Do not be sad: see, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome, and has power to undo the book and its seven stamps.

⁶And I saw in the middle of the high seat and of the four beasts, and in the middle of the rulers, a Lamb in his place, which seemed as if it had been put to death, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.

⁷And he came and took it out of the right hand of him who was seated on the high seat.

⁸And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and the four and twenty rulers went down on their faces before the Lamb, having every one an instrument of music, and gold vessels full of perfumes, which are the prayers of the saints.

⁹And their voices are sounding in a new song, saying, It is right for you to take the book and to make it open: for you were put to death and have made an offering to God of your blood for men of every tribe, and language, and people, and nation,

¹⁰And have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they are ruling on the earth.