Revelation 4:8

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Revelation 4:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible

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

7 The first living creature was like a lion, the second like a calf, the third had a face like a man, and the fourth was like an eagle in flight.

8 And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”

9 And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the One seated on the throne who lives forever and ever,

10 the twenty-four elders fall down before the One seated on the throne, and they worship Him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying:

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Above Him stood seraphim, each having six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.

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Isaiah 6:4

At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook, and the temple was filled with smoke.

Isaiah 6:5

Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”

Isaiah 6:6

Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.

Isaiah 6:7

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until the LORD has driven men far away and the land is utterly forsaken.

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2 Thessalonians 3:8

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2 Thessalonians 3:9

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