Revelation 15–18

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.

Chapter 17

The Doom of Babylon

^1aThen one of the ^bseven angels who had the ^cseven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you ^dthe judgment of the ^egreat harlot who ^fsits on many waters,

²with whom ^athe kings of the earth committed acts of immorality, and ^bthose who dwell on the earth were ^cmade drunk with the wine of her immorality.”

³And ^ahe carried me away ^1bin the Spirit ^cinto a wilderness; and I saw a woman sitting on a ^dscarlet beast, full of ^eblasphemous names, having ^fseven heads and ten horns.

⁴The woman ^awas clothed in purple and scarlet, and ¹adorned with gold and precious ²stones and pearls, having in her hand ^ba gold cup full of abominations and of the unclean things of her immorality,

⁵and on her forehead a name was written, a ^amystery, “^bBABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF ^cTHE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”

⁶And I saw the woman drunk with ^athe blood of the ¹saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered ²greatly.

⁷And the angel said to me, “Why ¹do you wonder? I will tell you the ^amystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the ^bseven heads and the ten horns.

⁸“^aThe beast that you saw ^bwas, and is not, and is about to ^ccome up out of the ^dabyss and ^1ego to destruction. And ^fthose who dwell on the earth, ^gwhose name has not been written in the book of life ^hfrom the foundation of the world, will ⁱwonder when they see the beast, that he was and is not and will come.

⁹“^aHere is the mind which has wisdom. The ^bseven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits,

¹⁰and they are seven ^akings; five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must remain a little while.

¹¹“The beast which ^awas and is not, is himself also an eighth and is one of the seven, and he ^bgoes to destruction.

¹²“The ^aten horns which you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast ^bfor one hour.

¹³“These have ^aone ¹purpose, and they give their power and authority to the beast.

Victory for the Lamb

¹⁴“These will wage ^awar against the Lamb, and the Lamb will ^bovercome them, because He is ^cLord of lords and King of kings, and ^dthose who are with Him are the ^ecalled and chosen and faithful.”

¹⁵And he ^*said to me, “The ^awaters which you saw where the harlot sits, are ^bpeoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.

¹⁶“And the ^aten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the harlot and will make her ^bdesolate and ^cnaked, and will ^deat her flesh and will ^eburn her up with fire.

¹⁷“For ^aGod has put it in their hearts to execute His ¹purpose ²by ^bhaving a common purpose, and by giving their kingdom to the beast, until the ^cwords of God will be fulfilled.

¹⁸“The woman whom you saw is ^athe great city, which ¹reigns over the kings of the earth.”

Chapter 18

Babylon Is Fallen

¹After these things I saw another ^aangel ^bcoming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was ^cillumined with his glory.

²And he cried out with a mighty voice, saying, “^1aFallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She ^bhas become a dwelling place of demons and a ²prison of every ^cunclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful bird.

³“For all the nations ¹have drunk of the ^awine of the ²passion of her immorality, and ^bthe kings of the earth have committed acts of immorality with her, and the ^cmerchants of the earth have become rich by the ³wealth of her ^4dsensuality.”

⁴I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “^aCome out of her, my people, so that you will not participate in her sins and receive of her plagues;

⁵for her sins have ^1apiled up as high as heaven, and God has ^bremembered her iniquities.

⁶“^aPay her back even as she has paid, and ¹give back to her double according to her deeds; in the ^bcup which she has mixed, mix twice as much for her.

⁷“^aTo the degree that she glorified herself and ^blived ¹sensuously, to the same degree give her torment and mourning; for she says in her heart, ‘^cI sit as a queen and I am not a widow, and will never see mourning.’

⁸“For this reason ^ain one day her plagues will come, ¹pestilence and mourning and famine, and she will be ^bburned up with fire; for the Lord God who judges her ^cis strong.

Lament for Babylon

⁹“And ^athe kings of the earth, who committed acts of immorality and ^blived ¹sensuously with her, will ^cweep and lament over her when they ^dsee the smoke of her burning,

^10astanding at a distance because of the fear of her torment, saying, ‘^bWoe, woe, ^cthe great city, Babylon, the strong city! For in ^done hour your judgment has come.’

¹¹“And the ^amerchants of the earth ^bweep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargoes any more—

¹²cargoes of ^agold and silver and precious ¹stones and pearls and fine linen and purple and silk and scarlet, and every kind of citron wood and every article of ivory and every article made from very costly wood and ²bronze and iron and marble,

¹³and cinnamon and ¹spice and incense and perfume and frankincense and wine and olive oil and fine flour and wheat and cattle and sheep, and cargoes of horses and chariots and ²slaves and ^3ahuman lives.

¹⁴“The fruit ¹you long for has gone from you, and all things that were luxurious and splendid have passed away from you and men will no longer find them.

¹⁵“The ^amerchants of ^bthese things, who became rich from her, will ^cstand at a distance because of the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning,

¹⁶saying, ‘^aWoe, woe, ^bthe great city, she…