Revelation 20 in plain modern English. New Ground English Translation.

Then I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, holding the key to the bottomless pit and a massive chain in his hand.

He seized the dragon — that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan — and bound him for a thousand years.

He threw him into the bottomless pit, locked it, and sealed it over him so that he could no longer deceive the nations until the thousand years were over. After that, he has to be released for a short time.

Then I saw thrones, and those seated on them were given the authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God — those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. They came to life and ruled with The One for a thousand years.

The rest of the dead did not come back to life until the thousand years were over. This is the first resurrection.

Life is deeply good for anyone who shares in this first resurrection, and they are set apart. The second death has no power over them. They will be priests of God and of The One, and they will rule with him for the thousand years.

When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison.

He will go out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth — Gog and Magog — and gather them for battle. Their number will be like the sand on the seashore.

They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of God's people, the city he loves. But fire came down from heaven and consumed them.

And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

Then I saw a great white throne and the one seated on it. Earth and sky fled from his presence, and there was no place left for them.

And I saw the dead — the powerful and the insignificant — standing before the throne. Books were opened, and then another book was opened: the book of life. The dead were judged based on what they had done, as recorded in the books.

The sea gave up its dead, and Death and the Grave gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged based on what they had done.

Then Death and the Grave were thrown into the lake of fire. This lake of fire is the second death.

If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, they were thrown into the lake of fire.