Revelation 13–16

CHAPTER 13

The Beast from the Sea

¹And the ¹dragon stood on the sand of the ²seashore.

Then I saw a ^abeast coming up out of the sea, having ^bten horns and ^cseven heads, and on his horns were ^dten diadems, and on his heads were ^eblasphemous names.

²And the beast which I saw was ^alike a leopard, and his feet were like those of ^ba bear, and his mouth like the mouth of ^ca lion. And the ^ddragon gave him his power and his ^ethrone and great authority.

³And I saw one of his heads as if it had been ¹slain fatally, and his ^afatal wound was healed. And the whole earth ^bmarveled and followed after the beast.

⁴And they worshiped the ^adragon because he ^bgave his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “^cWho is like the beast, and who is able to wage war with him?”

⁵And there was given to him a mouth ^aspeaking ¹great boasts and blasphemies, and authority to act for ^bforty-two months was given to him.

⁶And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle, that is, ^athose who ¹dwell in heaven.

⁷And it was also given to him to ^amake war with the saints and to overcome them, and authority over ^bevery tribe and people and tongue and nation was given to him.

⁸And all who ^adwell on the earth will worship him, everyone ^bwhose name has not been ¹written ^cfrom the foundation of the world in the ^dbook of life of ^ethe Lamb who has been slain.

^9aIf anyone has an ear, let him hear.

^10aIf anyone ¹is destined for captivity, to captivity he goes; ^bif anyone kills with the sword, with the sword he must be killed. Here is ^cthe perseverance and the faith of the saints.

The Beast from the Earth

¹¹Then ^aI saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had ^btwo horns like a lamb and he was speaking as a ^cdragon.

¹²And he ^aexercises all the authority of the first beast ^1bin his presence. And he makes ^cthe earth and those who dwell in it to ^dworship the first beast, whose ^efatal wound was healed.

¹³And he ^adoes great signs, so that he even makes ^bfire come down out of heaven to the earth in the presence of men.

¹⁴And he ^adeceives ^bthose who dwell on the earth because of ^cthe signs which were given to him to do ^1din the presence of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who ^*had the ^ewound of the sword and has come to life.

¹⁵And it was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast would even ¹speak and cause ^aas many as do not ^bworship the image of the beast to be killed.

¹⁶And he causes all, ^athe small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, that they ¹be given a ^bmark on their right hand or on their forehead,

¹⁷and that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the ^amark, either ^bthe name of the beast or ^cthe number of his name.

^18aHere is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number ^bof man; and his number is ¹666.

CHAPTER 14

The Lamb and the 144,000

¹Then I looked, and behold, ^athe Lamb was standing on ^bMount Zion, and with Him ^c144,000, having ^dHis name and the ^ename of His Father written ^fon their foreheads.

²And I heard a voice from heaven, like ^athe sound of many waters and like the ^bsound of loud thunder, and the voice which I heard was like the sound of ^charpists playing on their harps.

³And they ^*1sang ^aa new song before the throne and before the ^bfour living creatures and the ^celders. And ^dno one could learn that song except the ^e144,000 who had been ^fpurchased from the earth.

^4aThese are the ones who are not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who ^bfollow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been ^cpurchased from among men ^das first fruits to God and to the Lamb.

⁵And ^ano lie was found in their mouth; they are ^bblameless.

The Messages of the Three Angels

⁶Then I saw another angel flying in ^amidheaven, having ^ban eternal gospel to proclaim to ^cthose who ¹inhabit the earth, and to ^devery nation and tribe and tongue and people.

⁷And he said with a loud voice, “^aFear God, and ^bgive Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come; worship Him who ^cmade the heaven and the earth and sea and ^dsprings of waters.”

⁸And another angel, a second one, followed, saying, “^1aFallen, fallen is ^bBabylon the great, she who has ^cmade all the nations drink of the ^dwine of the wrath of her ²sexual immorality.”

⁹Then another angel, a third one, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone ^aworships the beast and his ^bimage, and receives a ^cmark on his forehead or on his hand,

¹⁰and he also will drink of the ^awine of the wrath of God, which is mixed ¹in full strength ^bin the cup of His rage, and he will be tormented with ^cfire and ²brimstone in the presence of the ^dholy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.

¹¹“And the ^asmoke of their torment goes up forever and ever; ^bthey have no rest day and night, those who ^cworship the beast and his ^dimage, and ¹whoever receives the ^emark of his name.”

¹²Here is ^athe perseverance of the saints who ^bkeep the commandments of God and ^1ctheir faith in Jesus.

¹³And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, “Write, ‘^aBlessed are the dead who ^bdie in the Lord from now on!’” “Yes,” ^csays the Spirit, “so that they may ^drest from their labors, for their ^edeeds follow with them.”

Reaping the Earth’s Harvest

¹⁴Then I looked, and behold, a ^awhite cloud, and sitting on the cloud was one ^blike ¹a son of man, having a golden ^ccrown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand.

¹⁵And another angel ^acame out of the sanctuary, crying out with a loud voice to Him who sits on the cloud, “^1bPut in Your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come, because the ^charvest of the earth ²is ripe.”

¹⁶Then He who sits on the cloud ¹swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.

¹⁷And another angel ^acame out of the sanctuary which is in heaven, and he also had a sharp sickle.

¹⁸Then another angel, ^athe one who has authority over fire, came out from ^bthe altar; and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “^1cPut in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters ²from the vine of the earth, ^dbecause her grapes are ripe.”

¹⁹So the angel ¹swung his sickle to the earth and gathered the clusters from the vine of the earth, and threw them into ^athe great wine press of the wrath of God.

²⁰And ^athe wine press was trodden ^boutside the city, and ^cblood came out from the wine press, up to the horses’ bridles, ¹for a distance of ²1,600 stadia.

CHAPTER 15

Seven Angels, Seven Plagues

¹Then I saw ^aanother sign in heaven, great and marvelous, ^bseven angels who have ^cseven plagues, which are ^dthe last, because in them the wrath of God is finished.

²Then I saw something like a ^asea of glass mixed with fire, and those who have ^bovercome ¹the ^cbeast and ^dhis image and the ^enumber of his name, standing on the ^fsea of glass, having ^gharps of God.

³And they ^*sang the ^asong of Moses, ^bthe slave of God, and the ^csong of the Lamb, saying,

“^dGreat and marvelous are Your works,

^eO ¹Lord God, the Almighty;

Righteous and true are Your ways,

^fKing of the ²nations!

⁴“^aWho will not fear, O ¹Lord, and glorify Your name?

For You alone are holy;

For ^ball the nations will come and worship before You,

For Your ^2crighteous acts have been revealed.”

⁵And after these things I looked, and ^athe sanctuary of the ^btabernacle of testimony in heaven was opened,

⁶and the ^aseven angels who have the seven plagues ^bcame out of the sanctuary, clothed in ¹linen, clean and bright, and ^cgirded around their chests with golden sashes.

⁷Then one of the ^afour living creatures gave to the ^bseven angels seven ^cgolden bowls full of the ^dwrath of God, who ^elives forever and ever.

⁸And the sanctuary was filled with ^asmoke from the glory of God and from His power; and no one was able to enter the sanctuary until the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished.

CHAPTER 16

The Seven Bowls of God’s Wrath

¹Then I heard a loud voice from ^athe sanctuary, saying to the ^bseven angels, “Go and ^cpour out ¹on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God.”

²So the first angel went and poured out his bowl ^1aon the earth; and it became a loathsome and malignant ^bsore on the ²people ^cwho have the mark of the beast and who worship his image.

³And the second angel poured out his bowl ^ainto the sea, and it became blood like that of a dead man, and every living ¹thing in the sea died.

⁴Then the third angel poured out his bowl into the ^arivers and the springs of waters, and they ^bbecame blood.

⁵And I heard the angel of the waters saying, “^aRighteous are You, ^bwho is and who was, O ^cHoly One, because You ^djudged these things;

⁶for they poured out ^athe blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them ^bblood to drink. They ¹deserve it.”

⁷And I heard ^athe altar saying, “Yes, O ^1bLord God, the Almighty, ^ctrue and righteous are Your judgments.”

⁸And the fourth angel poured out his bowl upon ^athe sun, ^band it was given to it to scorch men with fire.

⁹And men were scorched with ¹fierce heat, and they ^ablasphemed the name of God who has the authority over these plagues, and they ^bdid not repent so as to ^cgive Him glory.

¹⁰Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the ^athrone of the beast, and his kingdom became ^bdarkened; and they gnawed their tongues because of pain,

¹¹and they ^ablasphemed the ^bGod of heaven because of their pains and their ^csores, and they ^ddid not repent of their deeds.

¹²And the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the ^agreat river, the Euphrates, and ^bits water was dried up, so that ^cthe way would be prepared for the kings ^dfrom the ¹east.

¹³Then I saw coming out of the mouth of the ^adragon and out of the mouth of the ^bbeast and out of the mouth of the ^cfalse prophet, three ^dunclean spirits like ^efrogs;

¹⁴for they are ^aspirits of demons, ^bdoing signs, which go out to the kings of the ^cwhole ¹world, to ^dgather them together for the war of the ^egreat day of God, the Almighty.

¹⁵(“Behold, ^aI am coming like a thief.…