Verse 11
An innumerable host of angels now joined the four creatures and 24 elders in ascribing worth to the Lamb (cf. Daniel 7:10; Psalms 68:17-18; Matthew 2:13). The word order "myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands" may seem anticlimactic.
"The word order is deliberate and the resultant anticlimax brings even more emphasis to the expression. When ten thousand is multiplied by itself, even this does not match the number of angels involved. The leftover still comes to a figure amounting to a thousand multiplied by itself. This is an apocalyptic symbol for countless thousands of angels who lift their voices in this great doxology." [Note: Thomas, Revelation 1-7, pp. 403-4. Cf. Lenski, p. 210; and Rienecker, p. 825.]
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