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Revelation 15–16

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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. bBlessed is the one who stays awake and keeps his garments, cso that he will not walk about naked and men will not see his shame.”)

16And they agathered them together to the place which bin Hebrew is called 1cHar-Magedon.

The Seventh Bowl

17Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl upon athe air, and a bloud voice came out of the csanctuary from the throne, saying, “dIt is done.”

18And there were flashes of alightning and sounds and peals of thunder; and there was ba great earthquake, csuch as there had not been since man came to be upon the earth, so great an earthquake was it, and so mighty.

19aAnd the great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the 1nations fell. bBabylon the great was cremembered before God, to give her dthe cup of the wine of the wrath of His rage.

20And aevery island fled away, and the mountains were not found.

21And ahuge 1hailstones, about one 2talent each, *came down from heaven upon men; and men bblasphemed God because of the cplague of the hail, because its plague *was extremely 3severe.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit from
  2. *Marks verbs that are historical presents in the Greek which have been translated with an English past tense in order to conform to modern usage.
  3. 1In OT, Yahweh, cf. Amos 4:13
  4. 2Two early mss ages
  5. 1In OT, Yahweh, Jer 10:6
  6. 2Or judgments
  7. 1One early ms stone
  8. 1Lit into
  9. 1Lit into
  10. 2Gr anthropoi
  11. 1Lit soul
  12. 1Lit are worthy
  13. 1In OT, Yahweh, cf. Amos 4:13
  14. 1Lit great
  15. 1Lit rising of the sun
  16. 1Lit inhabited earth
  17. 1Two early mss Armagedon
  18. 1Or Gentiles
  19. 1Lit hail
  20. 2Approx. 100 lb. or 45 kg
  21. 3Lit great

Cross references

  1. aRev 12:1, 3
  2. bRev 15:6–8; 16:1; 17:1; 21:9
  3. cLev 26:21
  4. dRev 9:20
  5. aRev 4:6
  6. bRev 12:11
  7. cRev 13:1
  8. dRev 13:14f
  9. eRev 13:17
  10. fRev 4:6
  11. gRev 5:8
  12. aEx 15:1ff
  13. bJosh 22:5; Heb 3:5
  14. cPs 98:2; Rev 5:9f, 12f
  15. dDeut 32:3f; Ps 111:2; 139:14
  16. eHos 14:9; Rev 1:8
  17. f1 Tim 1:17
  18. aJer 10:7; Rev 14:7
  19. bPs 86:9; Is 66:23
  20. cRev 19:8
  21. aRev 11:19
  22. bEx 38:21; Num 1:50; Heb 8:5; Rev 13:6
  23. aRev 15:1
  24. bRev 14:15
  25. cRev 1:13
  26. aRev 4:6
  27. bRev 15:1
  28. cRev 5:8
  29. dRev 14:10; 15:1
  30. eRev 4:9
  31. aEx 19:18; 40:34f; Lev 16:2; 1 Kin 8:10f; 2 Chr 5:13f; Is 6:4
  32. aRev 11:19
  33. bRev 15:1
  34. cPs 79:6; Jer 10:25; Ezek 22:31; Zeph 3:8; Rev 16:2ff
  35. aRev 8:7
  36. bEx 9:9–11; Deut 28:35; Rev 16:11
  37. cRev 13:15–17; 14:9
  38. aEx 7:17–21; Rev 8:8f; 11:6
  39. aRev 8:10
  40. bEx 7:17–20; Ps 78:44; Rev 11:6
  41. aJohn 17:25
  42. bRev 11:17
  43. cRev 15:4
  44. dRev 6:10
  45. aRev 17:6; 18:24
  46. bIs 49:26; Luke 11:49–51
  47. aRev 6:9; 14:18
  48. bRev 1:8
  49. cRev 15:3; 19:2
  50. aRev 6:12
  51. bRev 14:18
  52. aRev 16:11, 21
  53. bRev 2:21
  54. cRev 11:13
  55. aRev 13:2
  56. bEx 10:21f; Is 8:22; Rev 8:12; 9:2
  57. aRev 16:9, 21
  58. bRev 11:13
  59. cRev 16:2
  60. dRev 2:21
  61. aRev 9:14
  62. bIs 11:15f; 44:27; Jer 51:36
  63. cIs 41:2, 25; 46:11
  64. dRev 7:2
  65. aRev 12:3
  66. bRev 13:1
  67. cRev 13:11, 14; 19:20; 20:10
  68. dRev 18:2
  69. eEx 8:6
  70. a1 Tim 4:1
  71. bRev 13:13
  72. cRev 3:10
  73. d1 Kin 22:21–23; Rev 17:14; 19:19; 20:8
  74. eRev 6:17
  75. aMatt 24:43f; Luke 12:39f; Rev 3:3, 11
  76. bLuke 12:37
  77. cRev 3:18
  78. aRev 19:19
  79. bRev 9:11
  80. cJudg 5:19; 2 Kin 23:29f; 2 Chr 35:22; Zech 12:11
  81. aEph 2:2
  82. bRev 11:15
  83. cRev 14:15
  84. dRev 10:6; 21:6
  85. aRev 4:5
  86. bRev 6:12
  87. cDan 12:1; Matt 24:21
  88. aRev 11:8; 17:18; 18:10, 18f, 21
  89. bRev 14:8
  90. cRev 18:5
  91. dRev 14:10
  92. aRev 6:14; 20:11
  93. aRev 8:7; 11:19
  94. bRev 16:9, 11
  95. cEx 9:18–25