Revelation 19:5

Then a voice came from the throne, saying, ‘Praise our God, all you His servants and those who fear Him, both small and great!”

• ·        This voice from the throne of God might be Jesus, but more likely it is the voice of one of the angels that serve at the throne of God. (DG)

• ·        The great manifestation of God's power in destroying Babylon calls forth a great voice of praise in heaven.  (JFB)

Psalm 115:13  He will bless those who fear the LORD, both small and great.

Psalm 135:1  Praise the LORD!  Praise the name of the LORD; Praise Him, O you servants of the LORD.

Revelation 19:4

And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sat on the throne, saying, “Amen! Alleluia!”

• ·        Alleluia is Hebrew for “Praise the Lord,” saying it in the imperative sense. It is an encouragement and an exhortation to Praise the Lord! (DG)

• ·        The blessed harmony between the angels and the saints in this triumphant song (MH)

1 Chronicles 16:36  Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting!

Nehemiah 8:6  And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God.  Then all the people answered, “Amen, Amen!” while lifting up their hands.  And they bowed their heads and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.

Revelation 19:3

Again they said, “Alleluia!  Her smoke rises up forever and ever!”

• ·        When the angels and saints cried Alleluia, her fire burned more fiercely (MH)

• ·        Praising God for what we have is praying in the most effectual manner for what is yet further to be done for us; the praises of the saints blow up the fire of God’s wrath against the common enemy (MH)

Isaiah 34:10  It shall not be quenched night or day; its smoke shall ascend forever.  From generation to generation it shall lie waste; no one shall pass through it forever and ever.

Psalm 37:20  But the wicked shall perish; and the enemies of the LORD, like the splendor of the meadows, shall vanish.  Into smoke they shall vanish away.