Revelation 15–16

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 ^egreat day of God, the Almighty.

¹⁵(“Behold, ^aI am coming like a thief. ^bBlessed is the one who stays awake and keeps his clothes, ^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.

Seventh Bowl of Wrath

¹⁷Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl upon ^athe air, and a ^bloud voice came out of the ^1ctemple 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.

^19aThe 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 ²His fierce wrath.

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

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