Revelation 15–16

Seven Angels With Seven Plagues

15I saw in heaven another great and marvelous sign:^b seven angels^c with the seven last plagues^d—last, because with them God’s wrath is completed. ²And I saw what looked like a sea of glass^e glowing with fire and, standing beside the sea, those who had been victorious^f over the beast^g and its image^h and over the number of its name.ⁱ They held harps^j given them by God ³and sang the song of God’s servant^k Moses^l and of the Lamb:^m

“Great and marvelous are your deeds,ⁿ

Lord God Almighty.^o

Just and true are your ways,^p

King of the nations.^a

⁴Who will not fear you, Lord,^q

and bring glory to your name?^r

For you alone are holy.

All nations will come

and worship before you,^s

for your righteous acts^t have been revealed.”^b

⁵After this I looked, and I saw in heaven the temple^u—that is, the tabernacle of the covenant law^v—and it was opened.^{w 6}Out of the temple^x came the seven angels with the seven plagues.^y They were dressed in clean, shining linen^z and wore golden sashes around their chests.^{a 7}Then one of the four living creatures^b gave to the seven angels^c seven golden bowls filled with the wrath of God, who lives for ever and ever.^{d 8}And the temple was filled with smoke^e from the glory of God and from his power, and no one could enter the temple^f until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.

The Seven Bowls of God’s Wrath

16Then I heard a loud voice from the temple^g saying to the seven angels,^h “Go, pour out the seven bowls of God’s wrath on the earth.”ⁱ

²The first angel went and poured out his bowl on the land,^j and ugly, festering sores^k broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.^l

³The second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it turned into blood like that of a dead person, and every living thing in the sea died.^m

⁴The third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs of water,ⁿ and they became blood.^{o 5}Then I heard the angel in charge of the waters say:

“You are just in these judgments,^p O Holy One,^q

you who are and who were;^r

⁶for they have shed the blood of your holy people and your prophets,^s

and you have given them blood to drink^t as they deserve.”

⁷And I heard the altar^u respond:

“Yes, Lord God Almighty,^v

true and just are your judgments.”^w

⁸The fourth angel^x poured out his bowl on the sun,^y and the sun was allowed to scorch people with fire.^{z 9}They were seared by the intense heat and they cursed the name of God,^a who had control over these plagues, but they refused to repent^b and glorify him.^c

¹⁰The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast,^d and its kingdom was plunged into darkness.^e People gnawed their tongues in agony ¹¹and cursed^f the God of heaven^g because of their pains and their sores,^h but they refused to repent of what they had done.ⁱ

¹²The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates,^j and its water was dried up to prepare the way^k for the kings from the East.^{l 13}Then I saw three impure spirits^m that looked like frogs;ⁿ they came out of the mouth of the dragon,^o out of the mouth of the beast^p and out of the mouth of the false prophet.^{q 14}They are demonic spirits^r that perform signs,^s and they go out to the kings of the whole world,^t to gather them for the battle^u on the great day^v of God Almighty.

¹⁵“Look, I come like a thief!^w Blessed is the one who stays awake^x and remains clothed, so as not to go naked and be shamefully exposed.”^y

¹⁶Then they gathered the kings together^z to the place that in Hebrew^a is called Armageddon.^b

¹⁷The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air,^c and out of the temple^d came a loud voice^e from the throne, saying, “It is done!”^{f 18}Then there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder^g and a severe earthquake.^h No earthquake like it has ever occurred since mankind has been on earth,ⁱ so tremendous was the quake. ¹⁹The great city^j split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. God remembered^k Babylon the Great^l and gave her the cup filled with the wine of the fury of his wrath.^{m 20}Every island fled away and the mountains could not be found.^{n 21}From the sky huge hailstones,^o each weighing about a hundred pounds,^a fell on people. And they cursed God^p on account of the plague of hail,^q because the plague was so terrible.