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NASB (UPDATED) TEXT: Rev_19:5-6 a
5b"Give praise to our God, all you His bond-servants, you who fear Him, the small and the great." 6Then I heard something like the voice of a great multitude and like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, saying,
▣ "Give praise to our God" This is an allusion to Psa_115:13; Psa_134:1; Psa_135:1. The term is a present active imperative, but it is a different term than "Hallelujah," which is found in Rev_19:1; Rev_19:3-4; Rev_19:6. It is theologically unusual that an angel would use the words, "Our God," but Rev_19:10 shows that angels identify themselves not only with the saints in service, but also with the saints in their testimony concerning Jesus.
▣ "all you His bond-servants, you who fear Him, the small and the great" This is an allusion to Psa_115:13 (used earlier in Rev_11:18).
Rev_19:6 These descriptive phrases were used
1. of God in Eze_43:2
2. of a powerful angel in Dan_10:6
3. of Christ in Rev_1:15
4. of the redeemed community in Rev_14:2
5. in context this seems to be an angelic choir