Revelation 4

¹ After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this."

² At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me stood a throne in heaven, with someone seated on it.

³ The one seated there had the appearance of jasper and ruby, and a rainbow that looked like an emerald encircled the throne.

⁴ Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads.

⁵ From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. In front of the throne seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits of God.

⁶ In front of the throne was something like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, covered with eyes in front and behind.

⁷ The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man's, and the fourth was like a flying eagle.

⁸ Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under its wings. Day and night they never stop saying:
"Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty,
who was, and who is, and who is to come."

⁹ Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the one who sits on the throne, who lives for ever and ever,

¹⁰ the twenty-four elders fall down before the one who sits on the throne and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:

¹¹ "You are worthy, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things,
and by your will they existed and were created."