The Lamb and the 144,000

14 Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb,^(A) standing on Mount Zion,^(B) and with him 144,000^(C) who had his name and his Father’s name^(D) written on their foreheads.^(E)

⁴ They will see his face,^(A) and his name will be on their foreheads.^(B)

⁴ and said to him, “Go throughout the city of Jerusalem^(A) and put a mark^(B) on the foreheads of those who grieve and lament^(C) over all the detestable things that are done in it.^(D)”

¹⁶ It also forced all people, great and small,^(A) rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads,^(B)

⁸ But I will make you as unyielding and hardened as they are.^{(A) 9} I will make your forehead^(B) like the hardest stone, harder than flint.^(C) Do not be afraid of them or terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people.^(D)”