Revelation 13–16

Chapter 13

The Beast from the Sea

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

Then I saw a ^abeast coming up out of the sea, having ^bten horns and seven heads, and on his horns were ^cten diadems, and on his heads were ^dblasphemous 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.

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

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

⁵There was given to him a mouth ^aspeaking ¹arrogant words 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.

⁷It was also given to him to ^amake war with the ¹saints and to overcome them, and authority over ^bevery tribe and people and tongue and nation was given to him.

⁸All 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 ²perseverance and the faith of the ³saints.

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 spoke as a ^cdragon.

¹²He ^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.

¹³He ^aperforms 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 it was given him to perform ^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, ¹to be given a ^bmark on their right hand or on their forehead,

¹⁷and he provides 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 the number is that ^bof a man; and his number is ¹six hundred and sixty-six.

Chapter 14

The Lamb and the 144,000 on Mount Zion

¹Then I looked, and behold, ^athe Lamb was standing on ^bMount Zion, and with Him ^cone hundred and forty-four thousand, having ^dHis name and the name of His Father written ^eon 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 the song except the ^eone hundred and forty-four thousand who had been purchased from the earth.

^4aThese are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they ¹have kept themselves chaste. 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.

Vision of the Angel with the Gospel

⁶And I saw another angel flying in ^amidheaven, having ^ban eternal gospel to preach to ^cthose who ¹live on 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 ²passion of her immorality.”

Doom for Worshipers of the Beast

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,

¹⁰he also will drink of the ^awine of the wrath of God, which is mixed ¹in full strength ^bin the cup of His anger; 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 image, and ¹whoever receives the ^dmark of his name.”

¹²Here is ^athe ¹perseverance of the ²saints who ^bkeep the commandments of God and ^3ctheir 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.”

The Reapers

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 ¹temple, crying out with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, “^2bPut in your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come, because the ^charvest of the earth ³is ripe.”

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

¹⁷And another angel ^acame out of the ¹temple which is in heaven, and he also had a sharp sickle.

¹⁸Then another angel, ^athe one who has power 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 ²two hundred miles.

Chapter 15

A Scene of Heaven

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

²And I saw something like a ^asea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had ^bbeen victorious ¹over the ^cbeast and ^dhis image and the ^enumber of his name, standing on the sea of glass, holding ^fharps of God.

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

“^dGreat and marvelous are Your works,

^eO Lord God, the Almighty;

Righteous and true are Your ways,

^fKing of the ¹nations!

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

For You alone are holy;

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

For Your ^1crighteous acts have been revealed.”

⁵After these things I looked, and ^athe ¹temple of the ^btabernacle of testimony in heaven was opened,

⁶and the ^aseven angels who had the seven plagues ^bcame out of the ¹temple, clothed in ²linen, 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 ¹temple was filled with ^asmoke from the glory of God and from His power; and no one was able to enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished.

Chapter 16

Six Bowls of Wrath

¹Then I heard a loud voice from ^athe ¹temple, saying to the ^bseven angels, “Go and ^cpour out ²on 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 had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image.

³The 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 are and who were, 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 ^bLord God, the Almighty, ^ctrue and righteous are Your judgments.”

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

⁹Men were scorched with ¹fierce heat; and they ^ablasphemed the name of God who has the power 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.

¹²The 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.

Armageddon

¹³And 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, ^bperforming signs, which go out to the kings of the ^cwhole ¹world, to ^dgather them together for the war of the ^e…